ECONOMY PULSE

AIBrokerages, startups and even retail investors are building AI agents that can help oversee portfolios and automate investing tasks once handled by humans.

AIVisa plans to cut about 7% of its workforce, or roughly 2,600 employees, as CEO Ryan McInerney seeks to streamline the payments giant.

AICME Group on Monday launched cash-settled single-stock futures on 55 U.S. equities, along with micro-sized contracts on 22 names.

AIMoody's said AI spending is forcing even the world's most cash-rich corporations to lean heavily on debt, stock sales and off-balance-sheet moves.

AIAfter staying flat as the U.S.-Iran war heated up again, equities tumbled on Thursday after oil prices crossed $100 per barrel.

AIU.S. trading partners have rejected the forced labor rationale behind Trump's new global tariffs, while most signaled plans to keep negotiating.

AIThe APEC statement is the first to include open-source cooperation at a minister level, said Li Lecheng, China's industry and information technology minister.

AIInvestors are increasingly readying for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates in September.

AIWall Street is banking heavily on exchange-traded funds that give investors artificial intelligence exposure, according to JPMorgan Asset Management.