Raytheon, Lockheed Rose 2% as Delta and United Fell; the S&P 500 Found Its War Economy
Defence stocks led by Raytheon and Lockheed gained up to 2.4% on September 2 as CENTCOM struck seven Iranian cities and Brent hit $92.63,
Azure Crossed $100 Billion as Microsoft’s Cash Flow Dropped 23%
Microsoft stock (NASDAQ: MSFT) closed at $513.53 on August 28, up 1.68%, as the company's Azure cloud crossed $100 billion in annual revenue for
Russia Returns to the G20: Bessent’s Ultimatum, Europe’s Boycott
Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attended the G20 in Asheville on Monday, his first in-person appearance since 2022, only to be told by US
Bitcoin ETFs Pulled In $3.52 Billion in August, the Most Since October 2025
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $3.52 billion in net inflows during August 2026, the strongest monthly total since October 2025, as BlackRock's IBIT captured
The Quarter Merck Lost $1.3 Billion – and Raised Its Revenue Outlook Anyway
Merck posted a GAAP net loss of $1.34 billion in Q2 2026, but the number was accounting, not collapse — a $5.7 billion one-time
Apple Stock Surges 3% as John Ternus Takes CEO Role, Boosting Nasdaq Composite
On Ternus's first day as Apple CEO, AAPL rose 3% while the Nasdaq fell 1% and chip stocks including Nvidia, Intel and AMD sold
Bonds Sold Off and Stocks Slipped as Hormuz Tanker Strikes Sent Oil to $92 and Pushed Fed Rate Hike Odds to 68%
Two tankers struck in the Strait of Hormuz sent Brent crude above $92 on Tuesday, triggering a global bond sell-off that pushed the 10-year
Brent Crude at $92.63 on September 2 as Trump Targets Kharg Island’s Oil Terminals
Donald Trump's August 31 threat to strike Kharg Island's oil export terminals marked the first explicit White House challenge to Iranian energy infrastructure, sending
The Man Who Ran Hamas’s Internal Security in Gaza Is Now in an Israeli Cell
Muein al-Arabid, Hamas's Gaza-wide security chief, was captured wounded in a daylight Shin Bet raid on September 1 and flown to Israel for interrogation.
Cape Town Just Got Its Most Expensive Bollywood Cameo Yet
Shah Rukh Khan filmed a car chase on a Cape Town street in May. Deepika Padukone shot a beach song at Camps Bay days
How Kevin Warsh’s Rate Warning Ended Up Working in McDonald’s Favor on August 28, 2026
McDonald's MCD fell just 0.31 percent on August 28, 2026, outperforming the Dow as Warsh's Jackson Hole rate warning strengthened the fast-food trade-down thesis.
Trump Orders New Iran Strikes as Hormuz Mining Threatens to Widen the Six-Month War
U.S. forces struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets across seven sites along Iran's southern coast Tuesday, after Iranian forces attempted to mine the Strait