Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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China's DeepSeek is considering expanding its latest funding round to as much as 100 billion yuan ($14.9 billion), double its earlier target, with state-backed funds and corporate investors jostling for stakes, people f…
Anduril won an up to $2.9 billion contract with the U.S. Navy on Tuesday to boost submarine production, days after co-founder Palmer Luckey was named to a Pentagon future weapons task force.
In a state that hasn't elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall suddenly finds himself in a competitive race with weeks to go until the 2026 midterm elections.
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Mistral on Tuesday unveiled a new AI model it said ranked among the best open models in the world, as Western companies race to close the capability gap with Chinese developers in the market.
Prediction market sites have quickly become popular across the U.S. These apps allow users to trade contracts on various events (including sports), with the potential to profit if they predict correctly.
Trucks move goods in a shipping container next to large stacks of shipping containers and cranes at the Port of Long Beach Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026.
It's been just over a year since Paramount Skydance set out to buy one of Hollywood's most iconic institutions.
Yemen government forces said they've reclaimed the strategic port city of Mokha from the Iran-backed Houthis, seeking to loosen the militant group's grip on a critically important Red Sea oil route.
Euro extends last week’s 1.2% drop amid French debt fears and political uncertainty in Europe
Rep. John Moolenaar wants the Fed to rethink Hong Kong’s access to a dollar-liquidity facility as China promotes the renminbi as a global currency.
Quantitative hedge funds have captured big trends in bonds and oil to outperform the stock market this year.
President Donald Trump has allowed the use of cheaper red-dyed diesel, typically reserved for farm operations, to be used more broadly in an attempt to bring down record-high fuel costs.
U.S. Treasury yields were broadly lower on Tuesday morning after reaching fresh highs the previous day.
Memory stocks delivered some of the biggest gains in semiconductor history as AI demand swept through the sector, rewarding investors who got in early. Now those same stocks are cratering, and the question keeping trade…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) closed up by +0.66% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up by +0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.87%. December E-mini S&P future…
U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to help Russia after a laboratory worker died following an illness at a plague research institute in Siberia, while the Russian authorities said the situation was under control.
Corn futures closed out the Monday session with contracts down ½ cent in nearby December, steady in other front months and fractionally to a penny higher in the deferreds. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price …
Cotton futures were higher to start the week, with contracts closing 103 to 222 higher across the board. Crude oil was $1.81 per barrel lower on the session, with the US dollar index back up $0.178. The weekly Crop Prog…
Russian gold is pouring into Hong Kong at a record pace, highlighting how Western sanctions have rerouted bullion bound for London toward China and other Asian markets.
The Pentagon on Monday evening said that President Donald Trump has approved a recommendation by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to have convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan executed by a U.S. Army firing squad.
“She developed pleural effusion — fluid between the lungs and ribs — compressing her lungs and making it hard for her to breathe.”
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Hout…
The U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers removed from England have been used in strikes on Iran.