Microsoft Corporation

Salesforce, Inc.

Shares of the software giants collapsed amid news of Anthropic and Amazon jeopardizing the subscription model

Echoes of the 'software apocalypse': software developer stocks fall again due to AI threat

Tencent Holdings Limited

NVIDIA Corporation

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Baidu, Inc.

Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Company Limited

Minimax-wp

In early March 2026, a line of<a href="https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3731127675158790"> more than a thousand people</a> lined up outside Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen, China. "Every generation has its own eggs," they quipped, alluding to the way their parents choked in huge lines for free eggs, which in the PRC was at one time customary to give away as promos for stores, writes Chinese tech publication 36Kr. This time, people came for a free installation of the OpenClaw AI agent with a red lobster on its logo, which has become very popular in China lately. Of course, I couldn't pass by such a phenomenon. This text is written partly by an AI agent named Zwat. I share my personal experience.

How to grow a lobster: I spent three days testing an AI agent, and here are my findings about it

Apple Inc.

The voice assistant will be available in a chat format - like ChatGPT and other assistants

Bloomberg: Apple will make a separate app for the new Siri with AI. It will be unveiled in June

National Vision Holdings, Inc.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.

Five Below, Inc.

Loop Capital has recommended three defensive stocks that could help investors preserve capital amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The war is “casting a major pall, as we think a prolonged period of high oil prices will not only reduce purchasing power but will also dent consumer confidence,” analyst Anthony Chukumba wrote in a note <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">cited</a>&nbsp;by CNBC.

Loop capital recommends three defensive stocks as Middle East conflict continues

Braze, Inc.

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

KB Home

Blaize Holdings, Inc.

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Core & Main, Inc.

Circle Internet Group

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: geopolitics swaying quotations

Futures on U.S. stock indices opened trading on March 25 with active growth. In Europe, shares are also actively rising in price: the Stoxx 600 index at the moment added 1.6%. Brent crude oil is holding mostly below $100 per barrel, falling below $98 in the course of trading.

US futures rise, Europe rallies, Brent below $99: what's happening in the markets

SK hynix Inc.

Coupang, Inc.

Shares of key supplier Nvidia have risen 365% in South Korea over the past year

SK Hynix has decided to launch an SPO in the U.S. of up to $14 billion. Why aren't investors happy?


The blocking of the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's new conditions for Tehran to pay for oil in Chinese currency could disrupt U.S. financial dominance

A war in Iran could give rise to a "petro-juan," Deutsche Bank said. This is a threat to the dollar

A balanced portfolio will help generate good returns and avoid unacceptable performance in unfavorable times, writes an investor

Ray Dalio's most important principle: How to protect capital in times of crisis

Arm Holdings plc

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The U.S. has offered Iran a 15-point settlement plan. Arm shares rose after announcing its own artificial intelligence chip and forecasting a six-fold increase in revenue by 2031. Elon Musk's SpaceX could file for an IPO as early as this week. And Meta is trying to retain top managers with options tied to a sharp rise in prices. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of March 25.

'This movie has been done before': oil falls below $100 on news of US peace plan for Iran

OpenAI will raise additional funds in a record funding round, bringing it "to more than $120 billion," CFO Sarah Fryer <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/openai-secures-an-extra-10-billion-in-record-funding-round-cfo-friar-says.html">told</a> CNBC host Jim Cramer. The round may be the last before the company's long-awaited massive IPO. It could float on the stock exchange in the fourth quarter of 2026, sources <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/razrabotcik-chatgpt-spesit-provesti-ipo-v-2026-m-ran-se-antrophic-zacem-emu-eto" target="_blank">told</a> The Wall Street Journal in late January.

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