Thursday, 12 November 2026
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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 $0.356.
The wheat complex is in rally mode to the lead the grains higher on Wednesday, with export concerns out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts are 35 to 36 cents in the green at midday. KC HRW futures are up 41 to 43 c…
Bank of Nova Scotia reported beneficial ownership of 9,244,742 shares of Intuitive Machines, Inc. common stock, representing 5.6% of the class. The shares are reported with sole voting and sole dispositive power, with n…
A former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was sentenced to over three years in prison for lying to federal investigators about sharing restricted central-bank information with Chinese intelligenc…
The S&P 500 Index ($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…
Nat-gas prices settled higher on Wednesday as forecasts for above-average US temperatures are expected to boost nat-gas demand from electricity suppliers to power air-conditioning. The Commodity Weather Group on Wednesd…
The final defendant awaiting sentencing in the brazen $100 million New Jersey deli stock manipulation case is asking a judge to give him no prison time — despite having a prior felony conviction that got him locked up.
The dollar index (DXY00) fell to a 3.5-week low on Wednesday and finished down by -0.46% today. The dollar retreated on Wednesday with T-note yields after US June producer prices rose less than expected, a dovish factor…