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Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Thursday announced it has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, a small company that built an artificial intelligence interface for Apple computers.All 12 members of the Software Applications team will join OpenAI, according to a spokesperson. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.The startup’s product called Sky allows users of Mac computers to prompt it with natural language to get help with writing, coding, planning and managing their…

Court notes purpose of khula is to protect dignity and well-being of women, not to punish husbands In a landmark verdict reinforcing women’s autonomy within Islamic family law, the Supreme Court has held that a woman’s right to seek Khula — dissolution of marriage on grounds of incompatibility — is an “independent and inalienable right” that cannot be made conditional upon her husband’s consent or judicial discretion beyond the scope prescribed in Shariah and statutory law. Authored by Justice Ayesha A Malik, the detailed judgement was issued in a civil petition filed by a woman challenging Peshawer High Court decisions…

An ‘Open House’ sign is posted near a single family home for sale on Aug. 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesSales of previously owned homes rose 1.5% in September from August to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.06 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. That is slightly less than the analysts were forecasting, but the highest pace in seven months.Sales were 4.1% higher compared with September of last year.Regionally, on an annual basis, sales were strongest in the South and Northeast. From August, sales were strongest in the West and actually fell…

Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro, speaks at the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 1, 2023.Walid Berrazeg | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSuper Micro Computer shares fell 6% on Thursday after the company released weak preliminary results for its fiscal first quarter of 2026.The server maker said it expects to report $5 billion in revenue for the quarter, down from the $6 billion to $7 billion guidance that the company had previously issued. Super Micro said “design win upgrades” pushed some expected first-quarter revenue to the second quarter.”We see customer demand accelerating, and we are gaining…

A Ford logo on a Ford F-150 pickup truck for sale in Encinitas, California, U.S. Oct. 20, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersDETROIT – Ford Motor is set to announce third-quarter earnings after the markets close Thursday.Here’s what Wall Street expects, based on average analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: 36 cents adjustedAutomotive revenue: $43.08 billionThose results would mark revenue that’s in line with a year earlier and a 26% drop in adjusted earnings per share. Ford’s third-quarter 2024 results included $43.07 billion in automotive revenue, net income of $896 million and adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of $2.55…

Sees economic consolidation, targets 3.5% growth despite floods; cites 24 JVs signed in Beijing, IMF trust as key deveFinance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview at the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has consolidated its macroeconomic stability through strong fiscal discipline, improved foreign exchange reserves, and falling inflation, while aiming to sustain a growth rate of around 3.5% despite recent flooding, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said in an interview with CGTN America. He said the country had made significant progress since the International Monetary Fund…

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz pushed back on the narrative that artificial intelligence makes cloud-based software obsolete. “I don’t really buy that,” Kurtz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on ” Squawk on the Street ” on Thursday morning. “I think you need software in order to be able to protect AI. They’re interrelated. It’s not like you just have one without the other.” That core argument of AI killing software is two-fold and has been developing ever since agentic AI – a new class of autonomous agents – has gained traction as a more automated way to operate a business. First, the…

Changpeng Zhao, former chief executive officer of Binance, arrives at federal court in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while heading the cryptocurrency exchange, the White House said Thursday.The pardon came two months after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump family’s own crypto venture, which has generated about $4.5 billion since the 2024 election, has been helped by “a partnership with an under-the-radar trading platform quietly administered by Binance.””President Trump exercised his constitutional…

Trade barriers placed on foreign products are mistakenly considered a benefit by many politicians, when in fact they hurt their own citizens and economy and in turn make exports more difficult. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Aqib Mehmood, an entrepreneur connected to the world by a government agency to enhance the nation’s exports, has now made Indonesia his base for conducting business, aiming to overcome Pakistan’s image problem, which was leading to exploitation by foreign buyers. Mehmood, a business partner at a small enterprise, Masairr, was a student of business studies nine years ago at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi,…

As many retailers look for ways to shrink store counts and square footage, Dick’s Sporting Goods is going bigger.The retailer is building more sprawling “House of Sport” stores, which typically come in at 120,000 to 150,000 square feet, more than double the 50,000 for its traditional locations. The sporting goods company believes it’s working.”We needed to build the concept that will kill Dick’s Sporting Goods,” Edward Stack, executive chairman and son of founder Dick Stack, told CNBC in an exclusive interview at Dick’s House of Sport store in Pittsburgh. “We need to build the concept that if somebody else built…