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An oil tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post Thursday, the latest in a string of sporadic attacks that have kept ships away from …
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.02% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down by -0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.05%. E-mini S&P futures (ES…
This is Grab’s most significant outlay to date and it marks its first move outside of Southeast Asia, where it currently serves eight countries. When Grab got itself profitable last August, we suggested it could use its…
CrowdStrike's fiscal second quarter was not just a beat — it was, in the words of CEO George Kurtz, 'our very best quarter in company history.' The cybersecurity giant posted a record $333 million in net new annual recu…
Cook’s lawyer says she made an inadvertent error listing her apartment in Atlanta as a primary residence
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26) closed up +2 (+0.03%) on Wednesday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed down -4 (-0.10%).
President Donald Trump, in an interview Wednesday, said the word "affordability" was "devised" by Democrats to disparage him. The Republican National Committee sent out a fundraising text attributed to Vice President JD…
Corn futures are trading with midday gains of 11 to 14 cents cents on Wednesday, hitting the highest price since August 2023. Spillover strength in wheat and supply concerns over the US crop have both been supportive. T…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.02% on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down by -0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.05%. E-mini S&P futures (ES…
Okta shares surged 20% in extended trading after the identity software provider surpassed Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter estimates.
The wheat complex rallied on Wednesday with escalating tensions out of the Black Sea. Chicago SRW contracts were up the 45 cent limit in the front months and other contracts up 26 to 44 cents. KC HRW futures were 17 to …
Cocoa prices are slightly lower today. Prices have been under pressure this week on signs of abundant global cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052…
There are a myriad of reasons women leave or pause their careers. From love to children, marriage, relocation, a partner’s request, or circumstances that feel entirely out of their control, the paths that lead women awa…
Salesforce shares soared 12% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cloud software vendor reported results and issued guidance that surpassed Wall Street projections.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Wednesday it's time to put fears of a "SaaSpocalypse" to rest after the company's latest earnings report.
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OpenAI published a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its artificial intelligence models successfully breached Hugging Face last month, an incident that rattled researchers and executives across the tech sector.
Equinix reported a 10% rise in first-quarter revenue to $2.44 billion and lifted its 2026 guidance, with the data center operator citing record bookings and accelerating demand from AI customers as the backbone of the r…
Salesforce and Anthropic on Wednesday expanded their strategic partnership and unveiled "Claudeforce," a new way for salespeople to access critical data directly from inside Anthropic's Claude chatbot.
U.S. stocks face a critical test this week as three key events determine whether the rally can resume. Nvidia's quarterly earnings, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's debut speech at Jackson Hole, and the release of th…
The social-media giant’s agreement with state officials removes a cloud that was hanging over its stock, analysts say.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up by +0.04% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.01%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.03%, and…
When we warned that America was closing in on $40 trillion in national debt, the point wasn’t that some magic number would suddenly cause the economy to implode. The warning was that the United States is piling enormous…
In trading on Wednesday, shipping shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.1%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Dorian LPG, down about 6.1% and shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions down about…
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