Korean retail traders chase 40% coupons after historic stock rout - report
A historic stock selloff has driven South Korea’s retail investors toward complex structured products as the risk-loving cohort continues to look for ways to boost returns.
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Brush fire in Nevada grows to over 10,500 acres
The Hawk Fire grew to more than 10,500 acres Saturday, threatening 1,000 homes and prompting expanded evacuation orders and warnings across northwest Reno and the North Valleys.
Corn Rallies into Friday’s Close Following Week of Weaker Tour Yields
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…
Stocks Settle Higher as Crude Oil Prices Stabilize
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 Pushing Higher into the Weekend
Corn futures are holding onto 1 to 2 cent gains across most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 ½ cents at $4.52 ½.
Brazil Harvest Pressures Weigh on Coffee Prices
Coffee prices on Tuesday gave up an early advance and sold off sharply due to Brazil's coffee harvest pressures. Brazil's Cooxupe coffee co-op announced Tuesday that its members reported the coffee harvest was 13.7% com…
The Gas Turbine Shortage Just Became AI’s Biggest Constraint
Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won't arrive until 2031. That's the company's actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it's the fact sitting underneath every AI…
‘The estrangement isn’t about politics’: My daughter hasn’t spoken to me for 4 years. Do I leave her a monthly annuity?
Major bond markets are under pressure thanks to massive AI debt sales, fiscal woes, and inflation concerns.
Paramount, California AG office reportedly plan to meet Monday to discuss settling WBD lawsuit
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…
Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods after trade talks break down
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday morning called steep new U.S. tariffs on a wide swath of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” after trade talks with Canada collapsed late Friday night.
Nvidia customers reportedly warned about AI-related price hikes
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
Cattle Pulling off Early Lows, but Still Weaker as Tariff Quotas Lifted
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…
Trump reshuffled his portfolio in June, selling names like Meta and buying Berkshire Hathaway
President Donald Trump disclosed just over 1,000 financial transactions for the month of June in what appears to be broad reshuffling of his portfolio.
Iconic fast-food fried chicken chain closes over 300 restaurants
The fast-food fried chicken space has several contenders vying for the throne. Chick-fil-A has been a market leader, but Popeyes has competed with its once-viral chicken sandwich, while Raising Cane's has grown quickly,…
Nvidia Stock Trades at a Reasonable Valuation With Ample Growth Headroom
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…
U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse, ushering in wave of new tariffs
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada fell apart on Friday, triggering a new set of 50% Trump administration tariffs.
Iran lets Iraqi oil tankers pass Hormuz as Trump claims "total control"
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.
AI jobs advertise $177,000 salaries — more than double non-AI roles — yet women land just 26% of hires
Artificial intelligence may be rattling the job market, but for workers with the right skills, the disruption comes with a lucrative upside.
38-year-old runs a mobile pizzeria out of his Smart car in New York City: It's 'like a circus or a magic act'
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…
‘She’s desperate’: My friend was laid off and lost her health insurance. How can she find affordable coverage?
“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.”
Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom. Meet Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
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.
Warren Buffett Watch: It's Buffett, not Abel, who appears to be calling the shots on stocks
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Inside Coca-Cola’s secretive innovation labs: How the beverage giant wants to automate dirty soda and refreshers
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…
Billionaire Leon Cooperman says today's AI boom echoes a big bust from the 1970s — a lesson from the 'Nifty Fifty' crash
Billionaire Leon Cooperman is issuing a stark warning for investors, laying out a troubling outlook for the U.S. economy that includes a recession sometime within the next year.