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Stocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump back above $100 a barrel after Iran war escalates
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street lost ground again Wednesday as the price of crude oil climbed back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. The S&P 500 index fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq…
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Vulnerable GOP senator sounds alarm on Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada. Trump has escalated a trade war with Canada in recent weeks after negotiations between the two countries fell apart last month. On Tuesday, Canada imposed tariffs on $20 billion in American goods, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics…
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq extend losses as bond yields jump, oil holds above $100
US stocks sank on Thursday morning as oil prices and Treasury yields continued to climb and investors assessed fresh wholesale inflation data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) dropped 0.8%, with all three indexes deepening losses from the past three days.…
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A New Anthropic Model Seeks to Test How AI Could Impact the US Economy
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude assistant, has created an interactive tool to show how AI might affect the U.S economy a little or a lot in the next few years. Sep 10, 2026 Scott Horsley, NPR Close-up of a phone screen in Lafayette, California, on June 27, 2024, displaying Claude, a generative…
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Energy Stock Insider Doubles Down, Buys 2,500 Shares Worth More Than $140,000
Christopher P. Calvert, EVP and CFO of Matador Resources Company (NYSE:MTDR), purchased 2,500 shares of common stock on Aug. 27, 2026, for a total investment of $141,600, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($56.64); post-transaction value based on Aug. 27, 2026,…
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Bloom Energy Has Fallen 28% From Its Peak and May Only Deliver a 15% Return by September 2027
On Sept. 4, Bloom Energy (BE +0.10%) closed at $252.87 per share, a 28% fall from its 52-week high of $351.28. That isn’t necessarily due to how the company has performed, but rather to the high expectations it has established. Bloom appears to be in an “Nvidia moment,” where it’s performed so well that it’s…
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US Stock Futures: S&P 500, Dow edge higher ahead of inflation data; oil, Treasury yields in focus
US stock futures were largely subdued on Thursday, September 10, as investors awaited the August producer price index (PPI) for fresh clues on inflation and the outlook for interest rates. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were up 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 99 points, or 0.2%. Nasdaq-100 futures were down 0.4%,…
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Dow Jones| Nasdaq | S&P 500 | US Stock Market Today |Live Updates: US stocks open lower as inflation data lifts rate hike bets, oil tops $100
American Eagle Outfitters shares fell 11.87% in premarket trading after the retailer maintained its annual comparable-sales forecast and warned that gross margins in the current quarter could remain unchanged from a year earlier. Meanwhile, Apple shares rose 1.33% following the launch of its $1,999 folding iPhone, giving the technology giant a lift even as broader…
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‘Super El Nino’ is coming: What it could mean for US food prices, power bills and economy
El Nino is strengthening rapidly, with more than a 90% chance of becoming a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter of 2026-27, reported Reuters citing the US Climate Prediction Center forecast from September 10. The forecast also puts the odds of an unusually powerful El Nino at a historic level. The…
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Traders fully price in Federal Reserve rate hike in October after PPI data
Interest-rate futures markets are now pricing in a 100% probability of at least one Federal Reserve rate hike by the October 2026 FOMC meeting, a shift driven by the latest Producer Price Index report that showed wholesale inflation running well above the Fed’s comfort zone. The August PPI came in at 0.4% month-over-month, matching consensus…