The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.89%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.44%, an…
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) closed up +6 (+0.10%) on Friday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed up +4 (+0.09%).
Two months after he was blocked by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has resumed his effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as part of an effort to stack the central bank’s board with more allies.
Ondo Finance's derivatives platform has raced past $7 billion in cumulative trading volume, according to data from analytics site DefiLlama, a fast climb for a product that only recently opened to the public.
The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a Russia sanctions bill that was long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before his death last month.
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President Donald Trump is "considering" firing Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, the White House said this week, reviving an effort that had been stymied by the Supreme Court in June.
The pennies-on-the-dollar acquisition of one-time highflyer Airtable, followed by plunges in HubSpot, Datadog and Figma on earnings reports, all served to underscore investor concerns that artificial intelligence models…
The chip maker recorded its largest-ever weekly increase in market capitalization.
BorgWarner has added to its variable cam timing (VCT) order book with fresh programme awards in Europe and China.
“What will AI mean for jobs?” may be the single most-asked question about the technology category that dominates Silicon Valley, pop culture, and our politics. Fears that AI will put us out of work routinely top opinion…
ExxonMobil posted second-quarter 2026 earnings of $14.5 billion, or $3.48 per share, with adjusted earnings of $14.7 billion, or $3.52 per share. Revenue came in at $116.0 billion against a $97.7 billion estimate. Net i…
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
Booming demand for Palantir’s AI solutions is restoring confidence in the company.
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In a fabrication shop outside Lexington, KY, MiddleGround Capital builds robotic work cells: self-contained stations where robots perform tasks with minimal human involvement.
Software stocks have had a rough year. The fear driving them down is real: AI agents are getting good enough to automate tasks that enterprise software used to handle, and investors have been cutting valuations across t…
The dollar index (DXY00) dropped to a 7-week low today and is down by -0.34%. The dollar tumbled today on the US July payroll report that showed an unexpected decline in nonfarm payrolls and a smaller-than-expected incr…
The Justice Department's second attempt to indict former FBI Director James Comey is the latest salvo in what critics call a campaign of retribution on the part of the Trump administration since Donald Trump returned to…
Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals on how to process the latest jobs report.
Lean hog futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 95 cents to $1.42. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $98.30 on Thursday afternoon, down 71 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index w…
Burger King has overtaken Wendy's as the second-largest burger chain in the U.S. by systemwide sales, retaking its crown six years after losing it to the rival chain.
Soybeans are trading with fractional to 2 cent gains early on Friday. Futures firmed late on Thursday, with contracts closing near the highs and 6 to 9 cents off the lows to post 1 to 5 ¾ cent gains in the front months.…
And underperforming other ETFs today is the iShares U.S. Insurance ETF, down about 1% in Friday afternoon trading. Among components of that ETF with the weakest showing on Friday were shares of Heritage Insurance Holdin…