Monday, 14 September 2026
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There's a popular expression on Wall Street: KISS, which stands for, Keep It Simple, Stupid. Amid a torrent of complicated cross currents, it might present the best approach to trading this week's news.
A Goldman Sachs partner leading one of the bank's flagship artificial intelligence projects warned that AI's spread across Wall Street risks hobbling the thinking capabilities of the next generation of financiers.
Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with arabica soaring to a 6.75-month high. The slow pace of Brazil’s coffee harvest is keeping supplies tight and underpinning prices. Last Wednesday, Brazil’s Cooxupe co-op repor…
While the labour movement often seems at its lowest ebb, what Marx identified as capitalism’s main internal contradiction – the overaccumulation of capital at the world scale – has never been worse in absolute terms. Ca…
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) is down -0.05 (-0.28%) today, and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV26) is down -16.10 (-2.92%).
California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a meeting with Paramount Skydance on Monday, saying the company demonstrated a "lack of good faith" in early settlement talks around its planned merger with Warner Bros. Di…
Cotton price action is down 4 to 42 points so far on Monday morning. Futures were up 1 to 7 points in the front months on Friday, with contracts down 8 points to 20 points higher. December was up 355 points on the week.…
The Trump administration on Monday announced a plan to isolate Iran's economy by threatening to impose secondary sanctions on the "enablers" keeping the Islamic Republic afloat.
July 22, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. Satsuma Technology, a Bitcoin treasury manager listed in London, will sell its BTC assets and return almost all capital after receiving 90% approval from its shareholders. The company intends…
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
Nvidia announced Monday that its Groq 3 LPX rack is in full production, marking the commercialization of technology from the company's largest acquisition on record.
The Treasury could use its near $1 trillion General Account to help fund its recently announced plans to increase purchases of government bonds, according to two senior Treasury officials.
Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation .
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday said Canada was responsible for the collapse of trade deal negotiations last week, telling CNBC that Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.
The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods and threatening Canada's economic growth.
Bitcoin and crypto stocks extended their rally to start the week after the flagship cryptocurrency broke out of its trading range as investor concern over inflation and the fiscal deficit grew.
Sam Azzarello: What's next for markets and the global economy after a year defined by escalating tariffs, persistent geopolitical tensions, and the rise of artificial intelligence across industries?
In recent trading, shares of Grupo Cibest S.A (Symbol: CIB) have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $41.50, changing hands for $41.57/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, th…
Trump Media interim CEO Kevin McGurn on Monday defended his company offering faster access to President Donald Trump's Truth Social posts, and said more customers have signed up for the pricey and controversial service.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
Long-awaited media M&A appeared to be finally getting off the ground in recent months.
PDD Holdings reported a 12% decline in net profits in the three months ended June 30, surpassing Wall Street consensus.
Safety and security company Federal Signal (NYSE: FSS) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2024, but sales rose 6.2% year on year to $474.2 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.88 per share was 5.3% above an…
Alibaba shares plunged as much as 10% in Hong Kong on Monday after the Chinese tech giant priced an 80 billion Hong Kong dollar ($10.20 billion) placement of newly issued shares to non-U.S. investors.