Finance Updates – Page 64 – Finance Updates

Snowflake to Acquire Observe: AI Observability & Telemetry Boosts IT Ops by 10×

Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on Ja...

The combined platform aims to ingest and reta...

Snowflake says Observe’s agentic AI SRE could...

Financial terms were not disclosed, but repor...

CME Globex & EBS Outage Exposes Infrastructure Risk After CyrusOne Cooling Failure

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

A cooling failure at CyrusOne’s CHI1 Chicago ...

The disruption froze prices in major benchmar...

The outage exposed infrastructure single-poin...

Regulators and market participants are expect...

Global Currency Market Shifts: Fees, Liquidity & De-Dollarization Trends

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Currency exchangers earn mainly from the bid-...

Many U.S. credit cards charge about a 3% fore...

The FX market is highly liquid (about $1.38 t...

Reserve and trade shifts away from the U.S. d...

Ruble Hits ₽78/USD & ₽92/EUR as 2025 Ends—What’s Driving Its Surge and Threats Ahead

Europe Markets Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

The Bank of Russia set official rates for Dec...

The ruble strengthened over 40% in 2025, supp...

Analysts warn this strength is mechanically d...

A strong ruble squeezes exporters and federal...

Supreme Court Set to Strike Down IEEPA’s Tariff Powers—Manufacturers Face Refunds & Market Shock

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide wh...

A strike-down could force $150–$200 billion i...

Stocks and sectors exposed to import costs co...

Even if IEEPA authority is limited, the admin...

Markets Soar on Stocks Record, Gold & Silver Rally, Venezuela & Fed in Focus

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

U.S. stocks rallied Jan. 6, with the Dow clos...

Geopolitical shock from the reported U.S. cap...

Oil rose modestly on speculation about eventu...

Investors rotated toward cyclicals and AI-lin...

Undervalued Stocks in 2026: Intel, Ford, Vodafone & Pfizer Face Big Risks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Several large-cap “value” names (Intel, Ford,...

Intel and Ford look cheap mainly because marg...

Vodafone has improved balance-sheet and share...

Pfizer’s valuation is weighed down by pipelin...

Coinbase’s New Growth Drivers: Base Token, RWAs & Prediction Markets Fueling Re‐rating

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Bank of America upgraded Coinbase to Buy with...

Coinbase is expanding into 24/5 S&P 500 stock...

It also plans international equity perpetuals...

Analysts flag upside from diversification but...

How Managing Director Pay Is Shifting: Fixed Salary Stagnation & Bonuses Drive Big UK/Europe Upside

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Investment-banking MD base pay has been flat ...

Post-Brexit loosening of bonus caps is shifti...

In strong years like 2024, bonuses for top MD...

Despite big headline totals, high taxes, cost...

APAC IB Fees Surge 19% in 2025: China & Singapore Drive M&A & ECM Boom

Asia Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

APAC ex-Japan investment banking fees rose 19...

Chinese firms dominated the league tables, wi...

Singapore fees jumped 28.9% to US$864.6 milli...

Equity and M&A fees surged alongside steady d...