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Shoppers are buying fewer items than a year ago, and grocery sales are declining as weakening unit sales are now outweighing rising prices. That is according to new analysis from Bain & Company using NielsenIQ grocery d…
Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.14 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.02 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.07 per share a year ago. These figures are adjuste…
Soybeans were up 7 ½ to 11 cents at the Wednesday close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 8 3/4 cents $11.55 1/2. Soymeal futures were $1.50 to $3.70 higher at the close, with Soy Oil futures 16 to …
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin removed their $18.99M Hamptons home from the market after multiple price cuts and re-listings
Lean hog futures are showing gains of $1.6 to $2.05 on Wednesday with August up a nickel. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $100.70 on Wednesday morning, up $3.83 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index …
Amazon (US:AMZN), Microsoft (US:MSFT), Meta (US:META) and Alphabet (US:GOOGL) reported higher sales but largely weakened cash flow for the first quarter as AI spending continues to rise.
Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock Micron (MU) is a leading provider of semiconductor memory solutions. The Idaho-based company manufactures and markets high-performance memory and storage technologies, including Dynamic …
Iran warned Thursday that it would "crush" key targets in the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to target the country's infrastructure in the coming days are carried out.
Albemarle ALB is a premier specialty chemicals company with leading positions in attractive end markets globally. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 29.1% downward over the last …
Ukrainian protesters took to the streets of Kyiv on Thursday, decrying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's surprise decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as part of a major government reshuffle.
More action over in the FTSE 250: Ocado shares have slumped 10% this morning after the online grocer reported a set of half-year results that failed to excite investors.
Based in Minneapolis, MN, Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) stock General Mills Inc. (GIS) is one of the largest food producers worldwide, selling its products through supermarkets and retail stores. Its principal product cat…
Founded in 1903 and headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PEG) has grown into one of the country's leading energy companies. Its regulated utility business delivers electrici…
The U.S. has levied 25% tariffs on most imports from Brazil effective next week, concluding a yearlong investigation into what Washington calls unfair trade practices, and reigniting tensions with the Latin American nat…
A firefighter works at the site next to a multi-storey residential building damaged following massive Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 2, 2026. (Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images)
Shares of Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu rose Thursday on their partnership with Apple for deploying their AI tools.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Thursday reported a 77.4% jump in second-quarter profit year on year, shattering estimates as the world's largest contract-chipmaker continues to set consecutive record-breaking …
Lean hog futures posted gains of $1.05 to $2.35 across most contracts on Wednesday, with July up 7 cents on expiration. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $100.66 on Wednesday afternoon, up $2.10 from the da…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.28%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU…
While most investors were fixated on Jerome Powell & Co. this week, trying to gauge the Federal Reserve’s next moves in light of recent bank failures, something interesting occurred in Moscow.
The wheat complex is in rally mode to the lead the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts are 35 to 36 cents in the green at midday. KC HRW futures are up 41 to 43 c…
Asian semiconductor stocks tumbled Thursday, as a sell-off in U.S. chipmakers spilled into the region, with SK Hynix continuing to see massive volatility since its U.S. listing last week.
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank delivered a quarter-percentage-point interest rate hike Thursday for the first time in 3 1/2 years, as widely expected, to tackle high inflation amid lingering Middl…
Cotton futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts up 24 to 96 points at the final bell. Crude oil was up 90 cents on the day with the US dollar index up $0.356.