SpaceX flies 13th Starship test, deploys 20 V3 Starlink satellites
What's new: The upper stage reached a soft Indian Ocean splashdown, but the booster made a hard landing after engine relight problems.
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Tesla, Alphabet shed $500 billion as AI spending hits Wall Street
What's new: Tesla fell 14.5% and Alphabet 7.1% after both posted negative second-quarter free cash flow.
Tesla profit falls as AI and robot spending tops $5.8 billion
What's new: The company posted negative free cash flow of $1.09 billion and said capital spending will keep rising for 2 to 3 years.
Elon Musk targets AI film 'The Odyssey' for late 2026
Musk claims Grok Imagine can make a historically accurate feature film, despite Homer’s story being mythic fiction.
Republika, Antara News +1
SpaceX scrubs Starship test flight as engine issue hits stock
What's next: SpaceX plans another launch attempt early next week after replacing 2 Raptor engines.
SpaceX falls below $135 IPO price in 4-day losing streak
What's next: upcoming earnings could trigger lockup expirations, raising the risk of more selling by early investors.
CNBC, The Business Times (Singapore)
SpaceX falls below $135 IPO price after four-day slide
What's new: The stock briefly dipped under its June offering price before closing at $135.27 ahead of Thursday's 13th Starship test flight.
SpaceX stock slips below $135 IPO price after four-day slide
What's new: Shares briefly fell under the June offering price before closing at $135.27, ahead of Thursday's 13th Starship test flight.
SpaceX stock falls below $135 IPO price for first time
Why it matters: The drop leaves early retail buyers in the red and tests whether demand for blockbuster IPOs can hold.
SpaceX shares fall for a second day, nearing $135 IPO price
What's next: The FAA cleared Starship to resume launch prep after a May test setback, with Flight 13's window opening Thursday.
Musk, Altman trade insults after Apple sues OpenAI
What's new: The clash followed Apple's trade-secrets case against OpenAI and fresh AI model launches from xAI and OpenAI.
US judge approves Musk’s $1.5 million SEC settlement over Twitter stake
What’s new: The judge flagged “red flags” and questioned why regulators dropped a bid to recover gains the SEC pegged at $150 million.
Bloomberg, The Hill
SpaceX enters Nasdaq 100, setting up $4.3 billion in fund buying
What's new: Wall Street banks began coverage as the quiet period ended, while options traders stayed heavily tilted toward calls.
Bloomberg, CNBC +1
SpaceX enters Nasdaq-100 with 1% weight as options frenzy holds
Why it matters: SpaceX’s 92 implied volatility could nudge QQQ swings, though Nasdaq caps low-float stocks to limit the effect.
Tesla holders bet SpaceX IPO could pave way for Musk merger
What's new: Analysts say SpaceX's post-IPO slide may make a deal easier as investors price in an acquisition premium for Tesla.
Series: Elon Musk · Tesla Spacex Merger Speculation · 2 chapters since Jun 18Tesla shares hold near $400 as investors eye possible SpaceX tie-up
Why it matters: A merger bet is helping support Tesla even after SpaceX slid from about $2.6 trillion to $2 trillion in days.
SpaceX starts first investment-grade bond sale targeting $20 billion
Why it matters: The deal would refinance a bridge loan that makes up most of SpaceX's $29.1 billion in long-term debt.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore) +2
SpaceX drops 16%, wiping out most gains from its June 12 IPO
What's new: The company also launched a notes sale and disclosed $100.8 billion in cash as of June 19.
Bloomberg, The New York Times +2
SpaceX drops 23% in 3 days after bond sale plan jars investors
What's new: The stock closed at $154.60, while SpaceX is seeking at least $20 billion in its first investment-grade bond offering.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
SoftBank rejects orbital data centers, backs Earth-based AI buildout
What's new: Masayoshi Son argued power is only a small share of data center costs, making launch, maintenance and latency bigger hurdles in space.
Ro Khanna challenges Elon Musk to TV debate after lawsuit threat
What's new: The clash centers on Khanna's claim that DOGE's USAID cuts could contribute to 4.5 million child deaths.
CNBC, Fox News
Singapore court shifts X defamation fight with Media Matters to US
What's next: A Texas trial over the same 2023 article is scheduled for March 2027, while X's Singapore unit sought US$26 million in lost ad revenue.
Tesla-SpaceX merger talk grows as Musk’s control limits challenges
Why it matters: Texas law makes shareholder suits harder, raising the odds Musk could push through a deal between his two biggest companies.
The New York Times, Bloomberg
SpaceX nears $2.75 trillion value, topping Amazon after IPO jump
What's next: Nasdaq 100 inclusion and index additions later this month could force passive funds to buy more shares.
South Korean investors bought $796 million of SpaceX on debut
What's new: The buying spree made SpaceX the top US stock among Korean retail investors and drew scrutiny of Mirae Asset's failed IPO allocation.
SpaceX options price in 50% swing up or down by September
What's new: Traders are betting on both another surge and a steep drop as lock-up supply and valuation risks shadow the post-IPO rally.
SpaceX agreed to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion
What's next: The stock deal is expected to close in the third quarter, pending regulatory approvals.
SpaceX options top $1.4 billion as traders chase 80% 2-day jump
What's new: Nearly 1 million contracts traded, with calls beating puts 600,000 to 400,000 and some bets targeting a Thursday expiry.
SpaceX buys AI coding startup Anysphere for $60 billion
Why it matters: The stock deal deepens SpaceX's push into AI days after its IPO and ties Cursor to its Colossus supercomputer.
Bloomberg, The New York Times +1
SpaceX jumps 20%, pushing valuation above $2.5 trillion
What's new: The rally added $412 billion in a day and left the stock more than 42% above its $135 IPO price.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
Musk targets $1 trillion in SpaceX revenue by 2030
What's new: The forecast far exceeds Wall Street estimates of roughly $330 billion to $470 billion for 2030.
SpaceX rally lifts Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s stake to $6.8 billion
Why it matters: The holding is now worth roughly half of Kingdom Holding’s market value after SpaceX’s first-day 19% jump.
SpaceX jumps 19% after $75 billion IPO priced at $135 a share
What's new: The stock opened at $150, hit $176.52 and drew an unusually large retail allocation in the low 20% range.
Bloomberg, The New York Times +1
SpaceX shares jump 19% after record $75 billion IPO
What's new: The stock closed at $160.95, lifting the company above a $2 trillion market value on its first trading day.
Bloomberg, NPR +1
SpaceX closes up 56%, ending first day at $2.1 trillion
What's new: The $75 billion IPO became the largest on record and put SpaceX among the six most valuable U.S. companies.
The New York Times, The Hill
Musk tops $1.2 trillion after SpaceX IPO values company above $2 trillion
Why it matters: The milestone sharpened a US debate over extreme wealth, drawing criticism from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
SpaceX raises $75 billion in record IPO at $1.7 trillion value
What's next: Trading begins Friday, with index access expected within three weeks and demand from individual investors already topping $70 billion.
The New York Times, Bloomberg +3
SpaceX IPO opens Friday with options set to start trading June 16
What's new: Traders expect unusually wide early options markets as investors lack a clear hedge for the space company.
Bloomberg, BBC News (World) +5
SpaceX IPO tops 4x demand, pulls in more than $70 billion from retail
What's next: The $75 billion deal is set to price June 11 and start trading June 12, with retail investors expected to get at least 20% of shares.
Bloomberg, The New York Times +1
SpaceX IPO drew $10 billion in orders ahead of June 12 debut
What's next: The $75 billion offering is due to price June 11, with retail investors eligible for as much as 30% of the deal.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
SpaceX share sale opens June 12 in test of Musk’s market appeal
What’s next: UK retail investors may get about £1.5 billion in stock as pension savers also gain indirect exposure.
The New York Times, Bloomberg +2
Social Security chief faces House hearing after 7,000 job cuts
What's new: Frank Bisignano plans to defend shorter phone waits and higher field-office service as lawmakers question staffing and privacy.
PBS NewsHour, The Hill
SpaceX targets $1.75 trillion IPO with up to $22.5 billion for retail
What’s new: Bankers have already received roughly twice as many orders as available shares, underscoring intense demand ahead of pricing.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore) +2
Banks tap SpaceX IPO to court ultrawealthy clients in New York
Why it matters: The offering could generate more than $500 million in fees while deepening private-bank ties as wealth competition intensifies.
Downing Street rebukes JD Vance over post on UK teen's killing
What's new: The British government accused US figures of inflaming unrest after protests in Southampton injured 11 officers and a police dog.
BBC News (US & Canada), The Hill +1
Tech rout, Bitcoin slide test demand ahead of SpaceX IPO
Why it matters: A 5% Nasdaq 100 drop and Bitcoin falling below $60,000 could drain retail cash from what may be a record IPO.
Google struck $920 million-a-month AI capacity deal with SpaceX
What's new: The contract runs through June 2029 for about 110,000 Nvidia GPUs, with Google able to walk away if capacity misses a Sept. 30 deadline.
Google signs $920 million-a-month AI compute deal with SpaceX
What's new: The contract runs through June 2029 for about 110,000 Nvidia GPUs, with Google able to walk away if capacity targets are missed.
JPMorgan lifts Tesla target to $475, citing robotaxi and AI upside
What's new: The bank moved Tesla to neutral from underweight and sees revenue topping $200 billion by 2030.
SpaceX bars China, Hong Kong orders from $75 billion IPO
What's new: banks were told not to market the deal to investors in ITAR-restricted jurisdictions, including Russia, Lebanon, Cyprus and Syria.
Anthropic pushes global AI pause plan as labor risks grow
What's next: The company plans talks with policymakers and rival labs in coming months on shared thresholds for slowing risky AI work.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
US rebuke deepens UK row over police handling of 18-year-old's murder
What's new: The dispute widened after Washington echoed claims of "two-tier policing" and Starmer backed a review while condemning unrest.