Friday, 13 November 2026
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Jarrett Dieterle, Neetu Arnold, and Rafael Mangual discuss surprising parallels between the soaring costs of higher education and the price of food delivery. What’s driving these increases—and who’s really paying for th…
Opendoor Technologies Inc. OPEN shares soared 10.7% in the last trading session to close at $5.3. The move was backed by solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This compares to the st…
Tech, financials, and industrials led gains, while energy stocks slumped from prior highs.
Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive running for the Democratic nomination in the the Aug. 4 Michigan Senate primary, sees a foundational risk in the rise of artificial intelligence. And he's betting that fears related to th…
Beazer Homes BZH shares rallied 13.1% in the last trading session to close at $31.01. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares …
Tech, financials, and industrials led gains, while energy stocks slumped from prior highs.
The second-quarter earnings season is off to a volatile start, offering an early test of whether investors’ high expectations for corporate profits can hold up.
Chevron has signed a new long-term natural gas supply agreement with Alinta Energy, extending a partnership that has supplied Western Australia for more than 40 years and strengthening domestic gas availability in the s…
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been th…
According to a report by Reuters, easyJet had stated on Sunday that it was prepared to accept Castlelake’s revised bid of £6.90 apiece, thereby concluding negotiations that have been going on for the past month, which c…
The wheat complex posted gains across the three exchanges on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were 4 to 4 ½ cents higher on the day. KC HRW contracts were up 4 ¼ to 7 1/4 cents on the session. MPLS spring wheat rallied 4 ¼…
The test was created by the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC). According to the researchers who conducted the test, just 5% of U.S. adults correctly answered all eight questions.…
Pick and shovel stocks benefit from hyperscaler capex upfront, while those spending the money must wait years to find out if there will be a return on their investments
Aisin Corporation ASEKY is an automotive products company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 5.1% downward over the last 60 days.
Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The U…
nLight LASR shares soared 27.3% in the last trading session to close at $74.71. The move was backed by solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This compares to the stock's 6.4% loss ov…
Global oil demand is set to decline for the first time since 2020 as the Iran war wreaked havoc with production and exports in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.
Many clients worry they won't have enough money saved to retire comfortably, assuming they'll need more than $1 million by the time they leave the workforce. But where they spend their golden years can make a huge diffe…
Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The U…
SK Hynix did not need Wall Street to discover high bandwidth memory. Wall Street needed a cleaner way to buy the company powering Nvidia's AI boom.
EasyJet stock soared Friday after the budget carrier said it is considering a $7.7 billion takeover bid from Apollo Global Management, putting the airline at the center of a private equity bidding war.
The dollar index (DXY00) fell by -0.08% on Thursday. The dollar moved lower on Thursday as strength in stocks reduced liquidity demand for the currency. Also, Thursday’s -2% fall in crude oil prices lowered inflation ex…
As global chip giant SK Hynix makes its Nasdaq debut Friday, the listing will test whether the stock will be able shed its long-standing "Korea discount."
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the country, a $7-8 drop from last week. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchan…