Today: 8 July 2026

Khadija Saeed

Khadija Saeed is a financial markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and emerging industries. She studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and previously worked in market research before moving into financial journalism. Her coverage focuses on the companies, innovations and economic trends influencing global investors.

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Stock Market Today

  • Latham & Watkins Out Front in IPO Advisory as AI Boom Fuels Energy Deals
    July 8, 2026, 5:26 AM EDT. Latham & Watkins led global IPO advisory with close to $67 billion in deals for H1 2024, more than doubling its total for all of 2023, according to Bloomberg. The firm is seeing a pickup from growing energy demands tied to artificial intelligence, which is feeding a wave of U.S. energy IPOs. Capital markets lawyer Ryan Maierson at Latham called for a record year, saying energy IPOs could hit their highest mark since 2014. That puts the firm front and center as companies look to go public and AI's intense power consumption pushes up activity.
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