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Paramount Skydance representatives are reportedly meeting on Monday with the California attorney general's office to discuss a path to a potential settlement of the antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount's takeove…
Live cattle futures are trading with 60 to 90 cent losses at midday. Cash trade has picked up a few at $355-360 dressed and $223-227. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,520 he…
Amidst the AI infrastructure boom and strong earnings by technology giants, there seems to be lingering fear of a potential bubble. Michael Hartnett, managing director and chief investment strategist at the Bank of Amer…
I've been cooking professionally for most of my life. But if you'd told the teenager peeling potatoes after school that one day he'd have his own pizzeria —and operate it out of a Smart car, no less — I'm not sure he wo…
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada fell apart on Friday, triggering a new set of 50% Trump administration tariffs.
About 20% of the world’s oil supply travels through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran War threatens to cut it off. The history of the Strait of Hormuz, who controls it and how it became so critical to the global oil supply.
The judge in the Northern District of California spent late April and much of May in her downtown Oakland courtroom, overseeing the high-profile battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
“Mom, they’re going to release me soon,” Ryan Matlock told his mother over the phone from his addiction treatment center. She remembered him sounding like he was crying. “I’m not strong enough to do this. I need help.”
Artificial intelligence may be rattling the job market, but for workers with the right skills, the disruption comes with a lucrative upside.
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Tucked away in an anonymous office park not far from its global headquarters here, Coke has been working on a flood of innovation at its secretive labs, including a way for its Freestyle drink dispensers to make dirty s…
Iran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against the U.S.' plans to impose tough new sanctions.
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (TXRH) director and officer Gerald L. Morgan reported selling 15,000 shares of common stock on August 21, 2026 at a weighted average price of $202.17 per share, in open-market transactions made und…
It has been a volatile year for global markets, rewarding some trades while punishing others.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
Corn futures found late strength on Friday with contracts 2 ¾ to 6 ½ cents higher across the board. September was 24 ¾ cents higher on the week, with December rallying 25 ¼ cents. September options expired today. The Cm…
Live cattle futures pull off early losses on Friday, with contracts closing down 30 cents to $1.15 higher. October was up 95 cents on the week. Cash trade has picked up a few at $355-360 dressed and $223-227. Feeder cat…
Aug nat-gas prices settled sharply higher Tuesday as forecasts for hotter US weather sparked short covering in nat-gas futures. Forecaster Vaisala on Tuesday said that above-normal temperatures are forecast for the West…
A federal judge in Manhattan has significantly pared down a lawsuit filed by Ben & Jerry's involving its former parent company, Unilever. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel dismissed seven claims and part of an…
Anthropic is poised to hit the public market at a time when an increasing number of Americans are worried about artificial intelligence and are loudly opposing new data centers. That backlash is expected to be a key ris…
Soybeans are trading with midday losses of 1 to 3 cents at Friday’s midday. September options expire today. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 3/4 cent at $11.98 3/4. Soymeal futures are back up $1 t…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) ro…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up by +0.37% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up by +0.10%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.30%, and…
The wheat complex is in the red across the three exchanges on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts are 4 to 6 cents lower so far on Friday. KC HRW futures are trading with contracts 7 to 9 cents in the red. MPLS spring wheat i…
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