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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order backing fewer routine vaccines for kids, calling to whittle down the number of recommended childhood shots to 11 while falsely tying immuniza…
OpenAI completed a secondary share sale totaling roughly $7 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at the company's $852 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Monday.
September arabica coffee (KCU26 ) is down -4.90 (-1.46%) today, and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26 ) is down -1 (-0.03%). Coffee prices gave up an early advance today and turned lower on signs of…
Sugar prices added to their week-long surge on Monday, with NY sugar posting a 10-month nearest-futures high and London sugar posting a 15-month high. Concerns over lower global sugar production are p…
August 9, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Vertiv Holdings Co. NYSE:VRT holds an average ‘Buy’ recommendation from 29 brokerages, with a 1-year consensus price target at $348.54. Current analyst targets stretch fro…
Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses.
Here’s how the Protect College Sports Act could impact the economics of college sports.
The market expects Telos Corporation (TLS) to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2026. This widely-known consensus outl…
Crude oil stockpiles in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen below 300 million barrels, the lowest level in more than four decades, as global inventories stay under pressure due to the Ira…
Goldman Sachs' Ashok Varadhan has a simple message for investors worried about higher interest rates, elevated oil prices and the durability of the economy: Stay invested.
Soybeans are trading with Monday AM 3 to 7 cent gains. Futures were mostly 1 to 3 cents lower, with August down 11 ¾ cents on the week. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up a penny at…
Archer Aviation’s stock is flying higher after the company agreed to buy three business units from Boeing.
Wendy's (WEN) nearly two years of struggles competing with the likes of behemoths McDonald's (MCD) and Yum! Brands' (YUM) Taco Bell, plus upstarts such as Shake Shack, are creating one big problem.
California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) agreed to acquire Crimson Midstream Holdings from CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust for $63 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The planned dea…
Gold jumped roughly 7% last week, logging its best weekly gain since January, driven by a weaker U.S. dollar, falling Treasury yields, and an unexpected contraction in employment data that reduced fea…
Long Cast Advisers, an independent registered investment adviser, released its Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy can be downloaded here. The firm reported strong earnings in the second quarter, with res…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced a policy proposal aimed at giving the federal government greater visibility into the nation's food supply.
OpenAI on Monday said it is expanding Daybreak, its exclusive cybersecurity initiative, to help give its participants access to the "right capabilities" that they need to help defend themselves from a…
Even as Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh implements measures to curtail so-called forward guidance — or how the Fed signals its future rate moves — investors are largely expecting an increase in i…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.15%. September E-mini S&P futures (E…
Intel announced a $15 billion common stock offering on Monday to support skyrocketing customer demand for artificial intelligence computing power.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.04%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.15%. September E-mini S&P futures …
Prediction market traders expect July's consumer price index will be relatively tame, coming in below the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
September WTI crude oil (CLU26 ) is up +2.76 (+3.53%) on Friday, and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26 ) is up +0.1203 (+4.03%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today, with gasoline clim…