Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Most Read from Fast Company For much of the past three years, Lennar, America’s second-largest homebuilder, has pursued an aggressive strategy: prioritize sales pace and market share, even if it meant slicing deeper into margins through price cuts and heavy incentives in the currently housing affordability strained market. That approach helped the company keep homes moving in softer Sun Bel ...

Cardless, a credit card platform allowing companies to design and launch branded credit cards in-house, announced the close of a $60 million Series C funding round led by Spark Capital. The new financing brings the company’s total capital raised to over $170 million to date. Other investors include Activant Capital, Industry Ventures, and Pear VC. Spark Capital, which has previously backed high-profile companies such as Slack, Coinbase, and Anthropic, shows the potential of Cardless to reshape the $200 b ...

Will eliminate 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco offices, including 157 in Santa Clara County and 64 in San Francisco, effective October 13, according to filings with California’s Employment Development Department reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. The cuts are part of the company’s broader workforce-reduction strategy.Is trimming another 262 jobs at its San Francisco headquarters , according to a state filing, with layoffs set to take effect November 3. The move comes just weeks aft ...

The governments of Britain and the United States will set up a body to reduce red tape for firms seeking to access capital markets on both sides of the Atlantic and improve cooperation on crypto assets, Britain's finance ministry said on Monday. ...

Nvidia and OpenAI are becoming strategic partners, and the chipmaker says it will invest up to $100 billion into the AI company. The two tech titans announced a deal on Monday that will see OpenAI build out "at least 10 gigawatts" of AI data centers running Nvidia systems."Nvidia and OpenAI have pushed each other for a decade, from the first DGX supercomputer to the breakthrough of ChatGPT," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a release. "This investment and infrastructure partnership mark the next leap forwar ...

Apple Inc AAPL is showing strong early demand for the iPhone 17, leading to analysts highlighting more upside in shares.AAPL stock is up today. See the market dynamics here.The Apple Analysts: Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan reiterated a Buy rating on Apple with a $270 price target.Wedbush analyst Dan Ives maintained an Outperform rating on Apple and raised the price target from $270 to $310.Bank of America on AAPL: With iPhone lead times trending higher, Mohan said Apple should be a leader in AI.Mohan ...

Core Viewpoint - Pfizer has acquired Metsera for up to $4.9 billion to strengthen its position in the weight loss treatment market, focusing on longer-lasting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) [1][7] Acquisition Details - Pfizer will purchase Metsera's shares at $47.50 each, a 43% premium over Metsera's closing price of $33.32 on September 19, with the deal expected to close in Q4 2025 [2] - Additional payments of up to $22.50 per share are contingent on achieving specific clinical and regulatory milestones related to Metsera's weight loss drug portfolio [2][6] Market Impact - Following the announcement, Metsera's stock rose 36.6% to $52.59, while Pfizer's shares increased by 1% at market open [3] - Pfizer's market capitalization stands at $139.5 billion [3] Metsera's Product Pipeline - Metsera has developed injectable and oral peptides for weight loss, with a focus on less frequent dosing, targeting monthly administration instead of the weekly dosing typical of current therapies [3][4] - The lead candidate, MET-097i, is in Phase II development and has shown promising weight loss results after 12 weeks [5] - Metsera also has two oral GLP-1RA candidates set to begin clinical trials soon [6] Strategic Positioning - The acquisition positions Pfizer at the forefront of next-generation obesity treatments, aiming to differentiate its offerings in a market currently dominated by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly [7]

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25) today is down -0.11 (-0.71%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25) is down -3.30 (-0.72%). Sugar prices are sliding today, with London sugar posting a new 4-year low.   Sugar prices have been sliding over the past six months, with NY sugar slumping to a 4.25-year nearest-futures low last Thursday on ramped-up sugar production in Brazil.  Last Wednesday, Unica reported that Brazil's Center-South sugar output in the second half of August rose by +18% y/y to 3.872 ...

Company Overview - BitMine Immersion, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner, has shifted its focus from Bitcoin mining to acquiring Ethereum, now holding a total of 2.42 million ETH valued at over $10 billion, representing 2% of the total ETH supply [1][2] - The company holds the largest Ethereum treasury among publicly traded firms and the second-largest overall crypto treasury, following Strategy's $72 billion Bitcoin stockpile [2] Financial Position - BitMine's balance sheet includes 192 Bitcoin worth $21.6 million, unencumbered cash of $345 million, and a $175 million stake in crypto treasury Eightco, totaling $11.4 billion [2] - The company announced a deal to sell $365.2 million worth of shares to an unnamed institutional investor, expected to be completed soon [3] Market Performance - BitMine's stock (BMNR) was trading nearly 10% lower at $55.30, although it remains up more than 3% over the past month [3] - Ethereum was recently trading at approximately $4,180 per coin, having dropped nearly 7% in a 24-hour period [4] Strategic Insights - BitMine's Chairman, Tom Lee, expressed confidence in Ethereum's potential, stating that the company aims to increase its ETH holdings to 5% of the total supply, viewing Ethereum as a significant macro investment opportunity over the next 10-15 years [3][4] - The rising interest in stablecoins, which are predominantly utilized on the Ethereum network, highlights the network's utility and growing profile [5]

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Litigation Partner Brandon Walker Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In RCI (RICK) To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options If you purchased or acquired securities in RCI between December 15, 2021 and September 16, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Bragar Eagel & Squire partner Brandon Walker or Marion Passmore directly at (212) 355-4648. Click here to participate in the action. NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What’s Happening: Bra ...