Ravi Gupta, a partner at Sequoia Capital, and John Hegeman, former chief revenue officer at Meta, are raising at least $1 billion for their new venture called Ithaca Holdings, a Berkshire Hathaway-style holding firm that will find acquisition targets and drive growth in part by using artificial intelligence, according to a person familiar with the...

US stock futures were little changed Tuesday evening as investors braced for a closely watched inflation report that could help shape expectations for the economy and Federal Reserve policy. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) traded flat. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ=F) were also little changed....

Markets were relatively unmoved after a choppy day of trading. Investors reacted to mixed oil headlines and the Iran conflict went into its 11th day. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) slipped 0.21% to 6,781.48, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) inched up 0.01% to 22,697.10, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) eased 0.07% to 47,706.51. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)...