July 22, 2026

With AI spending skyrocketing, investors are looking for Alphabet Inc.’s earnings to show strong growth in its cloud-computing business, which would demonstrate a clear return on the company’s investments.

Investment funds and other speculators boosted their net-long positions in European gas by the most since the first week of the Iran war, signaling a strong conviction that prices still have room to rise as the conflict darkens the supply outlook ahead of winter.

The term TACO — “Trump always chickens out” — has become a popular, if not always reliable, method to forecast the next turn from the mercurial American president, who’s now leading a new fight against Iran that few see as winnable.

It took a Chinese artificial-intelligence tool to protect an American company from an American AI attack.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co., the power distribution company in India’s richest state, has shortlisted six investment banks for a planned initial public offering that could raise between $500 million and $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

Investment fund TPG Angelo Gordon Inc. plans to sell a Tokyo hotel property to Japan Hotel REIT Investment Co. as a tourism boom unfolds and boosts valuations, people familiar with the matter said.