# The Hourly News

> Global News, Business, AI & Markets — Hour by Hour


## Posts

- [Wall Street Slides as AI Spending Fears Hit Big Tech](https://thehourlynews.com/wall-street-slides-as-ai-spending-fears-hit-big-tech/): US stocks fell on Thursday as a record plunge in Alphabet shares revived fears that the AI spending boom is burning cash faster than it earns it — even as data showed the economy growing faster than expected.
- [Oil Climbs as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Raise Supply Fears](https://thehourlynews.com/oil-climbs-as-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-raise-supply-fears/): Oil prices rose on Friday and headed for a fourth straight monthly gain after Yemen's Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil facilities, keeping fears of supply disruption at the centre of the market.
- [Lagarde to Step Down as ECB President in February](https://thehourlynews.com/lagarde-to-step-down-as-ecb-president-in-february/): Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank on 7 February 2027, nine months before her term ends, opening an early race to lead the euro zone's central bank.
- [US Economy Grows 3.4% as Consumers and AI Investment Power Ahead](https://thehourlynews.com/us-economy-grows-3-4-as-consumers-and-ai-investment-power-ahead/): America's economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, beating forecasts as households kept spending and companies poured money into AI infrastructure.
- [OpenAI Puts Human Intent at the Centre of Its New AI Behaviour Rules](https://thehourlynews.com/openai-puts-human-intent-at-the-centre-of-its-new-ai-behaviour-rules/): OpenAI has rewritten the rulebook for how its models should behave, reorganising it around five values — starting with faithfulness to what humans actually intend.
- [Intel's Weak Quarter Sends a Chill Through Chip Stocks](https://thehourlynews.com/intels-weak-quarter-sends-a-chill-through-chip-stocks/): Intel shares plunged in after-hours trading after a weak quarter blamed on a slumping PC market — a reminder that not every chipmaker is riding the AI boom.
- [Younger People's Bowel Cancer Is Biologically Different, Study Finds](https://thehourlynews.com/younger-peoples-bowel-cancer-is-biologically-different-study-finds/): Tumours in patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer before 50 differ at a cellular level from those in older patients, according to the largest study of its kind — a clue to why the disease is rising in the young.
- [Ukraine Pauses Strikes on Russian Refineries After US Pressure, Report Says](https://thehourlynews.com/ukraine-pauses-strikes-on-russian-refineries-after-us-pressure-report-says/): Ukraine's long-range campaign against Russian oil refineries is reportedly on hold after pressure from Washington, as the US pushes to revive peace talks. The report has not been independently verified.
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