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August 16, 2026, 1:06 AM EDT. Europe’s fifth heatwave of the year is exposing a widening gap between the economic damage caused by extreme heat and what traditional business-interruption policies cove…
The $4,000 break matters more as a psychological level than as a reaction to news, and losing it could trigger further selling from momentum-driven and leveraged holders. The most important near-term …
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was approaching a decision on Iran, warning Tehran faced the “easy way or the hard way” as the Pentagon kept military options open amid continued attacks on …
Brent crude prices are up more than 60 percent compared with pre-war levels, despite rebound in supply.
One laptop, $6.3 billion gone. Attackers drained cryptocurrencies worth about $6.3 billion (about €5.7 billion) from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, on Thursday evening. It is the larges…
Spot gold trades at $4,158 an ounce, up 0.4% from Friday's close of $4,140.68, after a session range of $4,125.22 to $4,170.27. December futures on Comex are at $4,189.50, up 0.65%. The gain recovers …
US stock futures fell on Thursday, October 29, as Alphabet's earnings miss renewed concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence investments.
The blockade on ships “entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas” will begin on Monday, U.S. Central Command said. But U.S. forces will not impede vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, …
“Let the oil flow!” With those words on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had reached an agreement to end the war with Iran after more than one hundred days an…
Diplomatic developments weighed on prices, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran remained open to negotiations. The Wall Street Journal reported that US Vice President JD Vance ha…
The US and Israel have teased strikes around their elections, particularly against Iran’s civilian infrastructure.
On October 28 Eastern Time, SK Hynix shares surged 12% following a third-quarter financial report that beat consensus, driven by memory price hikes and improved product mix. Record revenue and operati…
The cryptocurrency had been widely expected to break higher in anticipation of a halving, but instead it sold off.
The Fed heads into its September meeting with inflation still at 3.4% and markets heavily pricing a rate hike, turning the decision into an early credibility test for Kevin Warsh.
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix reporting a more than seven-fold rise in quarterly operating profit added to the buoyant mood.
Oil prices dropped amid hopes of easing US-Iran tensions, yet persistent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia kept crude near six-month highs, reflecting ongoing regional instability and supply concerns.
Stocks bounced to a higher finish Monday after artificial intelligence systems maker Anthropic stepped toward a potentially mammoth initial public offering. Tech stocks shined ahead of earnings due fr…
Oil prices fell for a third day on Friday as easing concerns over Saudi supply disruptions outweighed anxiety about a widening the Middle East conflict amid fresh fighting between Saudi Arabia and Ye…
Gold prices stage a rebound off a daily low of $3,989, rising over 1% on Tuesday even as the US Dollar and US Treasury yields rose. Falling Oil prices provide a leg up for the yellow metal, while inve…
Spot gold rises 0.9% to $4,087.79/oz; silver, platinum and palladium each climb over 1% ahead of Fed's policy decision
NVIDIA said on October 27, 2026 that it will invest $3 billion in Meta’s equity offering while the two companies widen their Nvidia Meta Muse partnership. The deal covers Meta’s Muse assistant and the…
August 18, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. Nicotine pouches are becoming a bigger earnings driver for Philip Morris and British American Tobacco as cigarette volumes decline. BAT expects industry pouch revenue to …
Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the artificial intelligence company at more than $2 trillion, even as it reported a net loss of nearly $42 billion in 2025 and fa…
Bitcoin price consolidates near $74,200 as traders eye the FOMC meeting. Our 4-hour chart analysis reveals critical support levels and RSI divergence.