Monday, 14 September 2026
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The wheat complex rallied on Wednesday with escalating tensions out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts were up the 45 cent limit in the front months and other contracts up 26 to 44 cents. KC HRW futures were 17 to …
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26) closed up +2 (+0.03%) on Wednesday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed down -4 (-0.10%).
Okta shares surged 20% in extended trading after the identity software provider surpassed Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates.
OpenAI published a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its artificial intelligence models successfully breached Hugging Face last month, an incident that rattled researchers and executives across the tech sector.
CrowdStrike popped more than 11% in extended trading after the cybersecurity company topped Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates and boosted guidance as artificial intelligence threats mount.
Cocoa prices are slightly lower today. Prices have been under pressure this week on signs of abundant global cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052…
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President Donald Trump, in an interview Wednesday, said the word "affordability" was "devised" by Democrats to disparage him. The Republican National Committee sent out a fundraising text attributed to Vice President JD…
Corn futures are trading with midday gains of 11 to 14 cents cents on Wednesday, hitting the highest price since August 2023. Spillover strength in wheat and supply concerns over the US crop have both been supportive. T…
When we warned that America was closing in on $40 trillion in national debt, the point wasn’t that some magic number would suddenly cause the economy to implode. The warning was that the United States is piling enormous…
Cotton price action is up 14 to 31 points so far on Wednesday. Futures saw lower trade on Tuesday with contracts pulling off the lows into the close, still down 27 to 46 points in most contracts. Crude oil was down $3.9…
Salesforce and Anthropic on Wednesday expanded their strategic partnership and unveiled "Claudeforce," a new way for salespeople to access critical data directly from inside Anthropic's Claude chatbot.
In trading on Wednesday, shipping shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Dorian LPG, down about 6.1% and shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions down about…
Hackers targeted networks "operated by hospitals, telecommunications providers, power companies, financial institutions, and defense contractors," a filing said.
“His former lawyer is now holding the settlement funds, maintaining that he is entitled to attorney’s fees.”
The rule in question would require election officials to give USPS voter information and use federally reviewed, uniquely barcoded ballot envelopes.
U.S. stocks face a critical test this week as three key events determine whether the rally can resume. Nvidia's quarterly earnings, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's debut speech at Jackson Hole, and the release of th…
The dollar index (DXY00) is up by +0.23% today. The dollar is moving higher today on signs of strength in the US economy after July personal spending and income rose more than expected and Q2 personal consumption was re…
The U.S. economy is better than it looks — but it might be due for a slowdown Consumer spending soared in the second quarter. A repeat is unlikely. Read at source
Equinix reported a 10% rise in first-quarter revenue to $2.44 billion and lifted its 2026 guidance, with the data center operator citing record bookings and accelerating demand from AI customers as the backbone of the r…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up by +0.04% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.01%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.03%, and…
Apple announced Wednesday that it is holding a launch event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9.
Meta and a coalition of state attorneys general have settled a major federal case centering on allegations that the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook …