Sunday, 8 November 2026
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TWG Global has tapped veteran Goldman Sachs lawyer David Markowitz to be its chief legal officer, as federal investigators probe how two insurers that are part of TWG CEO Mark Walter's sprawling business empire classifi…
Gold prices rose to its highest in over three months, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and the U.S. treasury's recent buyback announcement
The company announced a leadership transition where Dan Taylor will succeed Peter Jackson as CEO on Oct. 1, 2026. Management reported a strategic shift toward prioritizing market share and customer acquisition in the U.…
December arabica coffee (KCZ26) closed up +19.00 (+5.89%) today, and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26) closed up +192 (+5.34%).
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.28% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down by -0.97%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26…
Indian IT services giant TCS has secured a $1.5 billion contract to deploy AI for German sports carmaker Porsche.
Nvidia NVDA will step back into the earnings spotlight after the market closes on Wednesday, August 26, when the AI chip leader reports its much-anticipated Q2 results.
Main Street Sports, the now-defunct owner of a portfolio of regional sports networks, is suing cable companies Comcast and Charter Communications in separate lawsuits for what it alleges are underpaid licensing fees.
Corn futures took off higher at the Sunday night open with midday gains holding of 11 to 12 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 12 1/2 cents at $4.67 ½.
The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.22% on Monday. The dollar gained on Monday on safe-haven demand after US Treasury Secretary Bessent unveiled US plans to isolate Iran’s economy. The weakness in stocks on Monday also …
David Ellison — the founder of a film production company and son of billionaire Larry Ellison — has been at the helm of Paramount Skydance for just over a year. He's been fighting to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for n…
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump for now in his effort to impose sweeping new restrictions on distributing mail ballots, putting on hold a lower-court ruling that had blocked key parts of th…
A conventional data center uses between 5,000 and 15,000 tons of copper. A hyperscale data center, on the other hand—the kind being built to run artificial intelligence (AI)—can require up to 50,000 tons of copper per f…
The KOSPI has erased around $2 trillion in 40 days, its worst crash on record. Here is what happened, why it matters and what it means for crypto.
L3Harris Technologies (LHX) stands out on the upside. The stock rallies about 13% after announcing a plan to spin off its Missile Solutions business via an IPO in the second half of 2026, seeded with $1 billion from the…
SpaceX and NVIDIA have formalized a partnership to design the compute payload for SpaceX’s Starmind AI1 satellite, a spacecraft built to run artificial intelligence workloads directly from low Earth orbit.
Gold is up 15% this month, rallying alongside higher interest rates and quietly on pace for its best month since 2008. The biggest trade in the entire options market today says that run is coming to an end. Twenty minut…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is down by -0.27% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -1.00%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.26…
Health policy expert Will Dow breaks down the risks—and potential state-level response
There's a popular expression on Wall Street: KISS, which stands for, Keep It Simple, Stupid. Amid a torrent of complicated cross currents, it might present the best approach to trading this week's news.
A Goldman Sachs partner leading one of the bank's flagship artificial intelligence projects warned that AI's spread across Wall Street risks hobbling the thinking capabilities of the next generation of financiers.
Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with arabica soaring to a 6.75-month high. The slow pace of Brazil’s coffee harvest is keeping supplies tight and underpinning prices. Last Wednesday, Brazil’s Cooxupe co-op repor…