Monday, 2 November 2026
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South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday said it plans to invest $15.5 billion from 2026 through 2032 in India, a market it considers core to the company's emerging-market growth and expansion.
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) is up +0.21 (+1.01%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) is up +1.20 (+0.21%). Sugar prices are moving higher today and are just below last week’s significant highs. …
Anthropic is asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal in a case concerning the Pentagon's blacklisting of the company's AI models.
Oil rises Wednesday, amid worries over supply disruptions as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East with fighting between Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the gas from a proposed liquefied natural gas project in Alaska.
Anticipation is building for Anthropic’s investor day, as Wall Street grows less patient with heavy AI spending.
BEIJING — Equity investors are skeptical of Chinese companies' rapid expansion overseas, according to Goldman Sachs.
Bank of America was hit with more than $1.2 billion in federal penalties Tuesday after regulators said the nation's second-largest bank failed for years to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions and fix …
A federal magistrate judge in Virginia ruled that Elon Musk engaged in "state sanctioned intimidation" of ex-FEMA CFO Mary Comans when he posted falsehoods on X last year accusing her of "criminal action" and of "funnel…
Fintech companies are catching on to how Americans are altering their financial habits, and they’ve created new products to try to meet the moment.
Ballot measures aim to fix the housing crisis in various ways, from making it easier to build new homes, to cutting property taxes.
JPMorgan Chase won't allow outside artificial intelligence agents to access customer accounts and operate on their behalf, CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday, citing risks to the company and its customers as tech firms includ…
Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell said that artificial intelligence models "have to have safeguards and controls" as the debate rages on over the threats the rapidly evolving technology could pose to humans.
Wednesday's closely watched reading on consumer prices could show intensifying inflationary pressures as energy costs keep climbing.
Deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia's second-busiest airport over the past week are highlighting how conflicts in the Middle East are upending air travel on a larger scale.
“Instead of focusing on homeownership, many are prioritizing financial freedom and debt-free living.”
Shkreli was banned from the pharmaceutical industry after a trial found that he organized an illegal scheme to perpetuate a monopoly for the drug Daraprim.
The S&P 500 Index SPY closed down by -0.47% on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DIA closed up by +0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index QQQ closed down -1.39%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26) fell -0.41%, and De…
Anthropic plans to disclose its third-quarter financials for the first time at a meeting with potential investors on Wednesday as the artificial intelligence giant prepares for what could be the largest initial public o…
Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC that next year could be a tough one for the stock market because of increased equity supply from big tech IPOs coming down the pipe, as well as a potential reckoni…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reported third-quarter revenue of $18.68 billion, surpassing the consensus estimate of $16.71 billion. The surge was driven by a 72% increase in equities trading revenue to $6.44 billion, which …
The health-insurance giant said its medical-cost ratio was 88.4% in the third quarter of this year, as the company tries to rein in spending on medical care.
A fatal accident on a Six Flags Entertainment roller coaster sent shares of the amusement-park operator near the lowest level of the year.