US stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday as investors leaned back into the artificial-intelligence trade, taking comfort from strong corporate earnings and fresh signs that big technology companies are still willing to spend aggressively. The result was a market that

JPMorgan has raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 7,600, arguing that stronger artificial-intelligence earnings and an improved market response to geopolitical risk have created room for further gains. The upgrade marks another shift higher in Wall Street’s

Taiwan's export orders recorded their sharpest annual increase in more than 16 years in March, climbing 65.9% year-on-year to $91.12 billion. The surge came as demand for artificial intelligence hardware and advanced semiconductors drove strong gains across key product categories and

Wall Street’s AI trade is broadening again, and Morgan Stanley wants investors to look beyond the chips that have dominated the first leg of the rally. In a note on April 20, the bank said increasingly autonomous, so-called agentic AI could

Coinbase-backed x402 has rolled out a new marketplace designed to help AI agents discover and pay for digital services without relying on traditional API access. Coinbase product lead Nick Prince said in a video posted on X on Monday that the

Apple’s planned handover to hardware chief John Ternus landed like a re-rating event for Asia’s supplier base, especially the China-heavy names. Apple said on Monday that Tim Cook will become executive chairman and that Ternus will take over as chief executive

Victory Giant Technology burst out of the gate in Hong Kong on Tuesday, jumping 60% in its market debut. The blockbuster debut underlined how investors are still willing to pay up for AI-linked infrastructure names, even with global markets on edge. The