Meta Platforms, Tesla and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies.

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September

Wall Street ended lower on Wednesday, with the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady as expected and Fed Chair Jerome Powell offering soothing comments for investors. Lisa Bernhard has more. Real Madrid first club to generate 1 billion euros revenue in a season,

Leaders at Microsoft and Meta told investors that China’s DeepSeek doesn’t harm their businesses and that they will still spend billions on AI data centers.

Liang Wenfeng's firm, DeepSeek, emerged from the setbacks of his previous hedge fund, leveraging limited resources and local talent to disrupt the global AI supply chain. Despite constraints, DeepSeek's rapid rise has raised questions about AI innovation costs and China’s competitive momentum.

World shares are mostly lower after Wall Street edged back from its record highs on Monday. US stock futures sank as investors weighed a significant challenge from a Chinese firm, DeepSeek, to US dominance in artificial intelligence (AI).