Visuals@tickerstat2 days ago

Richest people 1984–2026

Explore more than four decades of changing fortunes, from the Japanese property boom to the rise of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to follow the top 15 people shown in our richest-people film, from July 1984 to September 2026. Open the event cards for archival interviews, memorable business moments and unexpected humour, including a young Donald Trump on 60 Minutes, Bill Gates on Letterman, Facebook’s stock-market debut and Ga

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Visuals@tickerstat5 days ago

Most valuable companies 1989–2026: an interactive history

Explore 37 years of the world’s most valuable companies. Scroll the timeline, jump to the events that changed markets, or press play to watch the top 15 trade places. Which change surprised you most? 31 May 1989–9 September 2026. Values are nominal US dollars. Public companies use market capitalization; private companies use disclosed funding or secondary-sale valuations. Historical gaps include estimates; animation between observations is interpolated. This interactive uses the same underlying

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Visuals@tickerstat3 days ago

Most popular AI 2021–2026

Watch the AI boom unfold, from early writing assistants to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek. Scroll the timeline, choose a year or press play to explore how popular AI websites change places from January 2021 to September 2026. This is the interactive companion to our “Most Popular AI 2021–2026” video. Open the event cards for memorable launches, interviews, demonstrations and viral moments—from the original DALL·E avocado chair and Toy Jensen to ChatGPT, Sora and Will Smith’s spaghetti. Whi

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Visuals@tickerstat4 days ago

Top car brands by production 1960–2026

Explore the history of car production from 1960 to 2026. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to watch the top 20 change places. Open the historical events for iconic launches, racing victories and turning points in the industry. This is the interactive companion to our “Top Car Brands by Production 1960–2026” video. From the Mustang and the Corolla to Le Mans, Senna and Hamilton, discover the stories alongside the numbers. Which car or moment would you add? Watch video About the data:

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Visuals@tickerstat15 hours ago

Largest Airlines by Passengers 1960–2026

Who carried the world? Explore the changing airline passenger rankings from 1960 to 2026, from Pan Am and the early jet age to the growth of low-cost carriers and today’s airline groups. Drag the timeline, choose a year or press play to follow the top 15 airlines shown in our film. This interactive companion lets you pause the race and compare passenger numbers at your own pace. Open the event cards for 22 moments in aviation history: the Boeing 747 and the jumbo era, Concorde’s supersonic servi

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HIVE@tickerstat8 hours ago

HIVE adds ProCogia partnership to its Canadian AI-cloud platform

HIVE’s ($HIVE) BUZZ High Performance Computing subsidiary partnered with ProCogia to combine Canadian GPU infrastructure with AI software and engineering services. ProCogia will procure dedicated computing capacity and deploy model hosting, custom training, AI agents and specialist applications on BUZZ’s data centers. It will also become a preferred services partner for existing BUZZ customers. The companies intend to sell the combined offering in Canada and expand jointly into the United States

AMZN@tickerstat8 hours ago

Amazon commits over $1.5 billion to operations pay and benefits

Amazon ($AMZN) announced more than $1.5 billion of investment in pay and benefits for its US operations workforce. Minimum starting pay for full-time core operations roles will reach $20 an hour, with eligible employees receiving a $1 hourly increase. Average hourly pay is expected to approach $24. Amazon’s figure of more than $32 an hour includes benefits and should not be interpreted as the average cash wage. The package also adds grocery discounts and plans for banking benefits through First

BRN@tickerstat8 hours ago

Barnwell completes exit from remaining Hawaii development interests

Barnwell ($BRN) Industries completed the sale of its remaining Hawaii land-development interests, receiving approximately $1.77 million in gross proceeds and $1.54 million after transaction costs. Together with a pre-closing distribution of about $140,000, the transaction generated approximately $1.7 million of net cash for the company. The disposal also removes future capital commitments associated with those interests. Barnwell expects only minimal additional costs to wind up the related partn

BOSS@tickerstat8 hours ago

Hugo Boss names Frasers chief executive as supervisory-board chairman

Hugo Boss ($BOSS) named Frasers ($FRAS) Group chief executive Michael Murray as chairman of its supervisory board. The change strengthens Frasers’ influence as it plans to increase its holding above 50%, from approximately 48%. The planned ownership increase has not yet been completed. Frasers finance chief Robert Palmer is also set to join the supervisory board, subject to court authorization. Murray’s role is board oversight, not chief executive of Hugo Boss. The update identifies new leadersh

TCOM@tickerstat8 hours ago

Trip.com reports quarterly loss after antitrust penalty

Trip.com ($TCOM) reported second-quarter revenue of RMB15.7 billion, up 6% from a year earlier but down 3% sequentially. The group recorded a net loss of RMB2.4 billion, compared with a RMB4.9 billion profit a year earlier, after recognizing a RMB5.2 billion antitrust penalty. The penalty had already been announced; its effect on these financial results is the new disclosure. Adjusted EBITDA declined to RMB4.6 billion from RMB4.9 billion, while revenue from the company’s international platform i

HUBS@tickerstat8 hours ago

HubSpot expands AI agents and adds ChatGPT advertising integration

HubSpot ($HUBS) introduced a redesigned Breeze Assistant that can assign agents and carry out marketing, sales and service tasks using information from its customer-management platform. A self-updating Smart CRM captures and synchronizes interactions, while a new Context Home helps teams identify gaps in the information available to their AI tools. Separately, HubSpot expanded its OpenAI partnership with a ChatGPT Ads integration for building, managing and measuring campaigns inside HubSpot, alo

INVE@tickerstat8 hours ago

Identiv sells IoT assets and adopts INVE Technologies name

Identiv ($INVE) completed the sale of its Internet of Things business and the Identiv brand to Trackonomy, receiving $50 million in Trackonomy preferred equity. The listed company has been renamed INVE Technologies and intends to pursue software businesses focused on physical-AI compliance. The consideration is preferred stock, not $50 million in cash. The company is also negotiating a strategic partnership as part of the repositioning; those discussions should not be treated as a completed agre

IBM@tickerstat8 hours ago

IBM’s Anderon finalizes $1 billion US quantum-foundry award

Anderon, an IBM ($IBM) company, finalized an agreement with the US Department of Commerce for a $1 billion CHIPS research-and-development award. The funding supports a US-based quantum foundry using 300-millimeter wafers in Albany, New York. It advances a previously announced letter of intent into a finalized award agreement. IBM is separately committing an additional $1 billion to the initiative. Initial wafers are already running, while the program is intended to strengthen fabrication capabil

PAA@tickerstat8 hours ago

Plains agrees to buy Powder River Basin assets for $585 million

Plains ($PAA) agreed to acquire Silver Creek’s Powder River Basin crude-oil infrastructure for $585 million in cash. The package includes approximately 600 miles of pipelines, 1.2 million barrels of storage and a 49% non-operated interest in the Powder River Gateway joint venture. The assets have around 350,000 barrels per day of operating capacity. Current throughput is approximately 125,000 barrels per day, so capacity should not be confused with actual volumes. The system is supported by roug

BA.@tickerstat8 hours ago

BAE Systems receives $16 million for radiation-hardened chip qualification

BAE Systems received $16 million in US Defense Production Act funding to demonstrate and qualify its radiation-hardened 45-nanometer semiconductor technology. The program supports the RH45 ASIC platform, allowing customers to build specialized chips for spacecraft and other demanding environments using a library of qualified circuit designs. Manufacturing uses GlobalFoundries’ 45-nanometer silicon-on-insulator process in New York, with BAE’s Space Systems team carrying out qualification work in

BORR@tickerstat8 hours ago

Borr Drilling extends rig contracts and starts Odin operations

Borr Drilling ($BORR) reported that Odin had begun earning its day rate offshore Texas and announced additional work for two other rigs. Idun secured a three-well program in Vietnam expected to last approximately 130 days, beginning in the fourth quarter after its current assignment. Eni exercised a nine-month extension for Bestla, taking the firm contract period into September 2027. A further nine-month option remains available for Bestla but has not been exercised. Borr expects to take over it

BA@tickerstat8 hours ago

Boeing and Korean Air finalize 103-aircraft order

Boeing ($BA) and Korean Air finalized an order for 103 aircraft, converting a previously announced commitment into firm business. The package includes 50 737-10s, 25 787-10s, 20 777-9s and eight 777-8 freighters. The aircraft have a combined list-price value of approximately $36.2 billion. List prices are not the actual transaction price, which typically reflects discounts. Several aircraft types in the package still require certification or remain in development. The announcement confirms the o

FTAI@tickerstat8 hours ago

FTAI Aviation authorizes $500 million share buyback

FTAI Aviation’s ($FTAI) board authorized a new program to repurchase up to $500 million of ordinary shares. The authorization runs through September 2029, with purchases expected to be funded from cash on the balance sheet. It gives management another way to deploy capital alongside the company’s aviation business. Repurchases may be made in the market or through negotiated transactions, depending on prices, market conditions and other considerations. The program does not require FTAI to buy a p

AXON@tickerstat8 hours ago

Axon prices $1 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes

Axon ($AXON) priced $1 billion of convertible senior notes carrying no regular interest and maturing in 2031. Initial purchasers can buy an additional $150 million. The initial conversion price is approximately $652.06 per share, with settlement expected subject to customary closing conditions. Pricing does not yet mean the financing has closed. Estimated net proceeds are about $986 million before approximately $99.9 million of capped-call transaction costs. Axon plans to use the remaining capit

ISPR@tickerstat8 hours ago

Ispire rebounds in the quarter while annual sales remain lower

Ispire’s ($ISPR) fourth-quarter revenue increased approximately 33% to $26.7 million, also rising 43% from the previous quarter. Its net loss narrowed to $13.8 million from $14.8 million. However, gross margin fell to 6.3% from 12.3%, with inventory impairments weighing on the result, so higher sales did not translate into stronger gross profitability. Full-year revenue declined 24.7% to $96 million, reflecting weaker sales in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company finished the