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While Meta Platforms (META) has been quite aggressive with its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and, apart from bumping up capex, it has been on an acquisition and talent hiring spree, the markets…
The dollar index (DXY00) recovered from a 1-week low on Friday and finished up by +0.07%. The fragile and uncertain situation in the Middle East is supporting safe-haven demand for the dollar today af…
Oracle's annual filing cited AI adoption among the drivers of 21,000 job cuts in fiscal 2026. Snap cut 1,000 people and the CEO said rapid AI advances meant a smaller team could do the same work. At c…
Immigration policies tend not to specify the total number of people who can move to a country, but simply set eligibility criteria to determine who can qualify for residence. The number of people who …
Consumers, especially those who are less experienced, are constantly bombarded with so-called opportunities to make a bundle. We're not talking about outright fraud, but rather perfectly legal sales p…
Some workers have been mandated back to the office after settling into work-from-home life, while others are finding that cubicle life and working 9-to-5 isn't for them. Perhaps that's why the idea of…
"On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness," Graham's office said in a statement on X.
The woes of the Volkswagen Group are so well known and oft discussed in The Morning Dump that it’s almost not worth repeating them. One version is that the company’s hubris is to blame for all its tro…
Graham Platner announced Wednesday he’s ending his Senate campaign, capping a chaotic few days of uncertainty and Democratic infighting and leaving the party without a candidate in the vitally importa…
Chip stocks have had a blistering rally over the past year as investors bet on the semiconductor sector's central role in the global AI infrastructure buildout.
“The trillion dollar threshold carries material weight beyond the symbolism,” said Dave Mazza, chief executive officer at Roundhill Investments in New York. “More broadly, it reflects a market judgmen…
President Donald Trump ordered renewed airstrikes against Iran on Saturday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military sai…
A major pizza chain is preparing to close dozens of restaurants once again as its parent company works to eliminate underperforming locations following what executives describe as a "challenging perio…
It might sound like the fate of a character in a fable, or a line from Alanis Morissette's famous 1990s hit "Ironic": Man pays off his house, then the roof blows off.
Soybeans closed the Friday session with contracts up fractionally in some deferred to as much as 16 ¾ cents. September closed the week with a 55 ½ cent rally, as November was up 43 cents. The cmdtyVie…
The U.S. has seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz after firing on its engine room, President Trump said in a post on social media.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy posted a map showing alternative shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz to help transiting ships avoid naval mines, the semi-official Iranian news agenc…
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) is one of the best performing AI stocks over the last 3 years, with a 3Y CAGR of 144.7%.
Sugar prices fell sharply on Friday, with London sugar posting a 1.5-week low. Friday’s -1% fall in crude oil prices (CLQ26) weighed on sugar prices. Lower crude oil prices undercut ethanol prices and…
Corn futures are trading with 6 to 8 cent gains so far on Friday following friendlier then expected USDA data. There were 12 deliveries issued against July overnight. The CmdtyView national average Ca…
Cotton futures are showing 40 to 58 point gains across most contracts on Friday. Crude oil is down $1.00 on the day, with the US dollar index is down $0.066.
Corn futures are trading with 6 to 8 cent gains so far on Friday following friendlier then expected USDA data. There were 12 deliveries issued against July overnight. The CmdtyView national average Ca…
The wheat complex is trading with double digit gains across most contracts on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts are trading with 19 to 23 1/2 cent gains at midday. There were 2 deliveries against CBT whea…
2026 looks set to be another interesting year for Asian economies, with likely divergences in their respective policy and growth paths which can lead to a variety of market outcomes. We explore them i…