Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. has been notifying hundreds of employees that their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews as the payments firm embarks on a broader business overhaul.

The biggest tech companies are gearing up to spend even more on artificial intelligence than investors had anticipated, and money managers increasingly fear that whatever happens, credit markets will get hit.

The salespeople on the front line of a private-markets push to win over the world’s wealthy are quite adept at fielding questions on opacity, liquidity and valuation. Their list of tricky talking points just got a new addition — the so-called SaaSpocalypse.

The rapid increase in data centers in Malaysia came under the microscope on Saturday, with the AI-driven buildout drawing its first public protest in the Southeast Asian country.

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Investors and policymakers are gearing up for a busy week of US economic reports that includes arguably the two most consequential data snapshots &mdash; employment and inflation.

Lenders to Altice USA Inc., including Apollo Capital Management, BlackRock Financial Management and Oaktree Capital Management, asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of colluding to shut the company out of the US credit market.

The price of gold has experienced significant volatility this year, rising past $5,500 an ounce before plummeting in a matter of days. Yet overall, gold prices remain elevated from recent years and that’s led to soaring profits for Australia’s miners. We travelled to Western Australia to see firsthand how those miners are putting their money to work, and also spoke with Robin Brooks of the Brookings Institution about why gold prices could go higher this year. (Source: Bloomberg)

Precious metals memed out, Bitcoin flamed out and the labor market looks like it’s petering out. None of it started in the equities market, but together it was enough &mdash; along with a reckoning for software firms &mdash; to shake the foundation of an AI-driven bull run.

Horse racing was never really a glamorous business at Hawthorne Race Course. Built in 1891, it’s a hardscrabble, little track tucked into an industrial zone just outside Chicago, a companion venue to the more chic Arlington Park on the city’s north side.