1. US initial jobless claims last week totaled 219,000, below the expected 210,000.
2. US Elemental, a US lithium company, plans a reverse merger, valuing the company at $573 million.
3. FedEx (FDX.N) reached a preliminary agreement with its union, increasing pilots' hourly wages by approximately 40%.
4. STAAR Surgical (STAA.O) rose 19% pre-market, with the company expecting first-quarter net sales to double year-over-year.
5. Amazon (AMZN.O)'s chip business annualized revenue exceeded $20 billion, with triple-digit year-over-year growth.
6. Tesla (TSLA.O) is developing a new, smaller, and more affordable electric SUV.
7. Pimco plans to sell a portion of Oracle's (ORCL.N) $14 billion debt financing for its data center business.
8. Meta Platforms (META.O) released its first major AI model, Muse Spark, transitioning from open-source to closed-source.
9. CoreWeave (CRWV.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) announced a $21 billion expanded artificial intelligence infrastructure agreement.
