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Investing.com -- The U.S. government reportedly plans to provide about $4.2 billion in financing to power producer Vistra to increase electricity generation from its nuclear fleet, as Washington pushes to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising power demand.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to announce the financing on Monday during a visit to one of Vistra's nuclear facilities along Lake Erie in Ohio, a report from Reuters News said. The planned financing comes as U.S. electricity demand accelerates after decades of relatively modest growth. The expansion of artificial-intelligence data centers, wider electrification and cryptocurrency mining are among the factors driving demand for additional power.

The financing would support efforts to increase the output, or "uprate," of at least three of Vistra's four nuclear power stations, the report added.

Nuclear plants can be uprated through several methods, including using more enriched fuel or increasing the amount of new f

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With mortgage rates continuing to stay untenably high for most Americans, many are staying put. But that doesn’t mean homes don’t need improving and upkeep. And some homeowners figure that if they can’t move into a new home, they’ll make their old home “newer” — a new deck or perhaps a walk-in closet.

Traditionally, a home equity loan or home equity line of credit would be the first tool to reach for. But even those are getting too expensive for homeowners. This leaves homeowners effectively trapped in aging homes with no easy way out, or way to improve them.

And even when homeowners are tapping into home equity loans — homeowners did originate nearly 20% more second mortgages or HELOCs in the second quarter of this year compared with the first quarter — they likely aren’t using the equity for improvements. Experts say they are using them to stay afloat.

Untapped or expensive, Americans are sitting on a record amount of home equity.

“As rates keep rising, tapping i

Gregory Baszucki, a director at Roblox Corp (NYSE:RBLX), sold shares totaling $714,441 on October 1, 2026. The sales were executed at prices ranging between $42.5727 and $43.0342 per share. These transactions were conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which Mr. Baszucki adopted on November 28, 2025.The insider sale comes as Roblox stock trades at $44.10, down 67% over the past year and 46% year-to-date. According to InvestingPro analysis, the stock appears undervalued at current levels, with shares trading well below their Fair Value estimate.

Mr. Baszucki disposed of 3,001 shares of Class A Common Stock at a weighted average price of $42.5735, and an additional 5,332 shares at a weighted average price of $43.0342. These shares were held indirectly through the Greg and Christina Baszucki Living Trust, for which Mr. Baszucki serves as trustee.

Further sales included 2,999 shares at a weighted average price of $42.5727 and 5,334 shares at a weighted average price of $43.0342. The

Investing.com -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the recent rise in Treasury yields largely reflects a broader global increase in borrowing costs and does not, by itself, warrant concern, even as inflation pressures and heavy government borrowing have pushed benchmark yields to multi-decade highs.

In an interview with Axios published on Saturday, Bessent said he would be more concerned if U.S. yields were rising for reasons specific to the country's financial markets. He pointed to the fact that investors were not simply shifting out of Treasuries and into German or Japanese government bonds, suggesting that the move reflected a broader repricing of global debt markets.

His comments come as investors assess whether elevated long-term yields represent a temporary adjustment or a more lasting shift toward a higher-cost global borrowing environment.

Bessent said the Treasury could not dictate where bond yields trade, but that policymakers could encourage investors to step ba

By Stephen Nellis

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Apple said on Friday that it plans to change its Mac operating system to make it more obvious when AI agents ask to access all of the data on Macs.

Some users have criticized Meta’s Muse, an AI agent capable of carrying out complex tasks like canceling unused subscriptions or haggling for better prices. These people claimed the agent accessed what users believed to be private messages.

On Apple’s iPhones and iPads, no single app can access data inside another app by default, a technique called sandboxing. But Apple’s Macs are more flexible, with a "Full Disk Access" option that allows apps such as cloud backup services to access all the data on a machine, with a user’s permission.

Apple on Friday said some developers were using the Full Disk Access feature in ways that could put users at risk.

"Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of a

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In the month since Tesla’s Cybercab rollout in Austin, the company has almost quadrupled the number of its driverless, bronze two-seaters authorized for commercial service in Texas. For Elon Musk to achieve his ambitions, growth has to pick up

The unusual driverless vehicles, with no steering wheel, pedals, rear or sideview mirrors or outside door handles, have received mixed reviews from paying passengers, who shared videos and posts online after the launch on Sept. 3. Criticisms have included lengthy wait times, pickups and drop-offs in the wrong place, and technical difficulties with the vehicles’ butterfly doors or trunk closing improperly.

Improving its driverless technology and rapidly growing the Robotaxi service are key to Tesla’s effort to reignite investor enthusiasm. Auto sales have been sluggish for an extended period, and the shares have been a loser on Wall Street this year, down 18%, the only megacap tech stock that’s failed to generate positive return