Finance

S&P 500 and Dow Hit Records as Oil Falls on Hormuz Deal Hopes
Finance

S&P 500 and Dow Hit Records as Oil Falls on Hormuz Deal Hopes

Wall Street surged to its best day in months Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both...


August 5, 2026
Amazon Raises AI Spending to $220B After AWS Posts Fastest Growth Since 2021
Finance

Amazon Raises AI Spending to $220B After AWS Posts Fastest Growth Since 2021

Amazon delivered a blowout second-quarter earnings report Thursday, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit while announcing it would...


July 31, 2026
Fed Holds Rates Steady but Signals September Hike Is Likely
Finance

Fed Holds Rates Steady but Signals September Hike Is Likely

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday, leaving it at approximately 3.6%, but signaled that a rate...


July 31, 2026
US Consumer Confidence Falls as Iran War Sends Gas Prices Higher
Finance

US Consumer Confidence Falls as Iran War Sends Gas Prices Higher

US consumer confidence declined in July as gas prices resumed their climb following renewed military escalation between the United States...


July 31, 2026
Fed Issues Rate Decision as Iran War Keeps Inflation and Oil Volatile
Finance

Fed Issues Rate Decision as Iran War Keeps Inflation and Oil Volatile

The Federal Reserve is set to announce its next interest rate decision Wednesday amid resurgent inflation driven by on-again, off-again...


July 29, 2026
US Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots Targeting China Over Security
Finance

US Bans Foreign Humanoid Robots Targeting China Over Security

The US Federal Communications Commission has banned imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and power inverters, citing national...


July 29, 2026
Houthi Bab el-Mandeb Blockade Threatens Second Global Trade Chokepoint
Finance, News

Houthi Bab el-Mandeb Blockade Threatens Second Global Trade Chokepoint

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have declared a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, threatening to disrupt a second...


July 22, 2026
Oil Prices Rise 3% Toward $94 as Iran War Keeps Markets on Edge
Finance

Oil Prices Rise 3% Toward $94 as Iran War Keeps Markets on Edge

US stocks drifted in mixed trading Wednesday as oil prices climbed another 3%, raising fresh concerns about inflation and potential...


July 22, 2026
Xi Calls for Global AI Cooperation, Slams US Tech Restrictions
Finance

Xi Calls for Global AI Cooperation, Slams US Tech Restrictions

Chinese President Xi Jinping used the opening of the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday to call...


July 17, 2026
US Oil Firms Sign $60B Iraq Deals to Build Hormuz Alternative Routes
Finance

US Oil Firms Sign $60B Iraq Deals to Build Hormuz Alternative Routes

American companies signed approximately $60 billion in agreements with the Iraqi government Friday, including major energy deals aimed at developing...


July 17, 2026