Meta raised its capital expenditures guidance for 2025 to $64 billion to $72 billion, signaling huge AI investment by Big Tech is still underway.

U.S. stock index futures jumped on Thursday as shares of Microsoft and Meta Platforms surged after strong quarterly results from both the Magnificent Seven heavyweights pointed to a still-strong outlook for the technology sector.

Key Takeaways Microsoft stock rose 7.6% on Thursday, its second-biggest post-earnings jump since 2015.Cloud-computing revenue at the company surged to $27 billion, driven by faster-than-expected growth in the company's AI and cloud platform,

Trump makes a momentous political comeback, breaking through the "blue wall" to win 312 electoral votes. Trump becomes only the second US president in history to be elected to non-consecutive terms, following Grover Cleveland (the 22nd and 24th US president).

Two Business Insider editors go back and forth on Trump's claims that Biden is the reason for 2025 stock-market losses.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for the stock market’s weak performance, as the main U.S. indexes headed for losses after a report showed the economy has contracted.