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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as S&P 500 hits record high on flat July PPI data

Flat July PPI Drives S&P 500 to Record as Core Wholesale Inflation Climbs

US producer prices were unchanged in July, pushing the S&P 500 to a fresh record high of 7,794. But core wholesale inflation accelerated 0.4 percent, giving Federal Reserve hawks fresh ammunition ahead

August 13, 2026

by Akihito Muranaka

Cars at a Gulf Oil gas station reflecting rising gasoline prices amid US inflation July 2026

US Inflation Holds at 3.4% as Iran Ceasefire Limits Energy Costs

Consumer prices rose 3.4 percent in July from a year earlier, held down by an energy reprieve as the United States-Iran ceasefire kept gasoline costs in check. With the ceasefire set to expire Sunday, economists warn that August inflation could

August 12, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who personally initiated the $30 billion Alphabet investment in Q2 2026

Buffett Picked Berkshire’s $30 Billion Alphabet Bet, Showing the Chairmanship Has Teeth

Warren Buffett personally initiated Berkshire Hathaway's $30 billion Alphabet stake in Q2 2026, complicating the handoff

Oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran refuses to reopen the passage without sanctions relief

Oil Rises on Hormuz Stalemate as Iran Refuses to Reopen Without Sanctions Relief

Brent crude settled at $84.11 a barrel as Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi rejected Hormuz reopening without

Wall Street street sign with American flags, as prediction exchange Kalshi rolls out employment verification to fight insider trading

Kalshi Will Ask Traders Where They Work as Insider Betting Tests Prediction Markets

Kalshi will demand employment details from traders in markets it scores as insider-prone, and put whistleblower buttons on every contract, effective immediately. The exchange's own numbers, 100-plus blocked trades in a quarter,

June 10, 2026

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Trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where futures slipped after US strikes on Iran revived oil's war premium

Oil’s Seven-Week Low Lasted One Evening as US Strikes on Iran Jolt Markets

Brent's seven-week low lasted one evening. US strikes on Iranian air defenses around Hormuz and Tehran's overnight retaliation put the war premium back into oil and pulled US futures lower. The de-escalation

June 10, 2026

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Kennedy Space Center ahead of the company's record Nasdaq IPO

SpaceX IPO Draws More Than $250 Billion as Order Books Close on a Record Listing

Investors have stacked more than $250 billion against the $75 billion SpaceX is selling, Reuters reported, making the largest IPO in history nearly four times oversubscribed before Wednesday's cutoff. How much of

June 10, 2026

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MGM Resorts Springfield casino facade on Main Street Massachusetts

Barry Diller’s $18 Billion MGM Bid Puts a Quiet Rhode Island Financier in the Hot Seat

Barry Diller's People Inc. submitted an $18 billion non-binding bid for MGM Resorts on June 1, offering $48.30 a share for the roughly 74 percent it doesn't already own. By recusing himself

June 8, 2026

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 5 2026 as May jobs report fuels Fed rate hike bets

The Jobs Report That Broke Wall Street’s Bet and Handed Kevin Warsh an Impossible First Test

May nonfarm payrolls surged to 172,000 — more than double what Wall Street had penciled in — upending months of market positioning and forcing traders to price in a Federal Reserve rate

June 5, 2026

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as S&P 500 closes above 7,600 for the first time

S&P 500 Crosses 7,600 for First Time as AI Infrastructure Stocks Shoulder the Bull Market

The S&P 500 ended June 2 at 7,609.78, its first-ever close above 7,600, as earnings explosions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Marvell Technology offset a bruising selloff in Alphabet shares following the

June 3, 2026

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the RTX Spark Superchip at Computex 2026 in Taipei Taiwan

Nvidia’s RTX Spark Drives S&P 500 and Nasdaq to Record Highs as AI Trade Overrides Oil Fears

Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip launch at Computex 2026 sent the S&P 500 to 7,599.96 and the Nasdaq to 27,086.81 — both record closes — as AI concentration drowned out rising oil prices

June 2, 2026

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Contractors build a new home at Taylor Morrison La Solara community in Dublin California

Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Taylor Morrison in $8.5 Billion All-Cash Deal, Abel’s First Major Move

Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Taylor Morrison Home Corporation for $72.50 per share in an all-cash deal valuing the homebuilder at $8.5 billion, the first major acquisition under CEO Greg Abel.

June 1, 2026

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Anthropic Claude developer conference signage in San Francisco

Anthropic Hits $965 Billion as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron Join the Round

Anthropic's $65 billion Series H made it the world's most valuable startup, but the round's quieter signal was the three memory chip giants who bought in.

May 29, 2026

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Trading screens and oil markets react to renewed US-Iran tensions as the ASX 200 falls in May 2026

ASX 200 Tumbles 1.4% as Renewed US-Iran Strikes Gut Gold Miners and Oil Slides Again

The S&P/ASX 200 fell 124.8 points to 8,592.9 on Thursday as fresh US strikes on Iran sank gold miners and dragged oil lower for a second session.

May 28, 2026

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Flat July PPI Drives S&P 500 to Record as Core Wholesale Inflation Climbs

US Inflation Holds at 3.4% as Iran Ceasefire Limits Energy Costs

Oil Rises on Hormuz Stalemate as Iran Refuses to Reopen Without Sanctions Relief

Kalshi Will Ask Traders Where They Work as Insider Betting Tests Prediction Markets

Oil’s Seven-Week Low Lasted One Evening as US Strikes on Iran Jolt Markets

SpaceX IPO Draws More Than $250 Billion as Order Books Close on a Record Listing

Barry Diller’s $18 Billion MGM Bid Puts a Quiet Rhode Island Financier in the Hot Seat

The Jobs Report That Broke Wall Street’s Bet and Handed Kevin Warsh an Impossible First Test

S&P 500 Crosses 7,600 for First Time as AI Infrastructure Stocks Shoulder the Bull Market

Nvidia’s RTX Spark Drives S&P 500 and Nasdaq to Record Highs as AI Trade Overrides Oil Fears

Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Taylor Morrison in $8.5 Billion All-Cash Deal, Abel’s First Major Move

Anthropic Hits $965 Billion as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron Join the Round

ASX 200 Tumbles 1.4% as Renewed US-Iran Strikes Gut Gold Miners and Oil Slides Again

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

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