Sunday, 8 November 2026
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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
Major bond markets are under pressure thanks to massive AI debt sales, fiscal woes, and inflation concerns.
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
Coffee prices on Tuesday gave up an early advance and sold off sharply due to Brazil's coffee harvest pressures. Brazil's Cooxupe coffee co-op announced Tuesday that its members reported the coffee harvest was 13.7% com…
Amidst the AI infrastructure boom and strong earnings by technology giants, there seems to be lingering fear of a potential bubble. Michael Hartnett, managing director and chief investment strategist at the Bank of Amer…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday morning called steep new U.S. tariffs on a wide swath of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” after trade talks with Canada collapsed late Friday night.
Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won't arrive until 2031. That's the company's actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it's the fact sitting underneath every AI…
Live cattle futures are trading with 60 to 90 cent losses at midday. Cash trade has picked up a few at $355-360 dressed and $223-227. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,520 he…
The fast-food fried chicken space has several contenders vying for the throne. Chick-fil-A has been a market leader, but Popeyes has competed with its once-viral chicken sandwich, while Raising Cane's has grown quickly,…
Paramount Skydance representatives are reportedly meeting on Monday with the California attorney general's office to discuss a path to a potential settlement of the antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount's takeove…
President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions for the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio.
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada fell apart on Friday, triggering a new set of 50% Trump administration tariffs.
Billionaire Leon Cooperman is issuing a stark warning for investors, laying out a troubling outlook for the U.S. economy that includes a recession sometime within the next year.
About 20% of the world’s oil supply travels through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran War threatens to cut it off. The history of the Strait of Hormuz, who controls it and how it became so critical to the global oil supply.
Iran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against the U.S.' plans to impose tough new sanctions.
Tucked away in an anonymous office park not far from its global headquarters here, Coke has been working on a flood of innovation at its secretive labs, including a way for its Freestyle drink dispensers to make dirty s…
Artificial intelligence may be rattling the job market, but for workers with the right skills, the disruption comes with a lucrative upside.
“Mom, they’re going to release me soon,” Ryan Matlock told his mother over the phone from his addiction treatment center. She remembered him sounding like he was crying. “I’m not strong enough to do this. I need help.”
I've been cooking professionally for most of my life. But if you'd told the teenager peeling potatoes after school that one day he'd have his own pizzeria —and operate it out of a Smart car, no less — I'm not sure he wo…
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Corn futures found late strength on Friday with contracts 2 ¾ to 6 ½ cents higher across the board. September was 24 ¾ cents higher on the week, with December rallying 25 ¼ cents. September options expired today. The Cm…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
It has been a volatile year for global markets, rewarding some trades while punishing others.
Live cattle futures pull off early losses on Friday, with contracts closing down 30 cents to $1.15 higher. October was up 95 cents on the week. Cash trade has picked up a few at $355-360 dressed and $223-227. Feeder cat…