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Two American small businesses have filed suit in the U.S. trade court in New York challenging President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners. The plaintiffs argue the tariffs exceed the president’s legal authority, contend that the policy lacks required country-specific findings on forced labor, and say the action attempt…
A coalition of technology companies led by Nvidia and Microsoft publicly urged policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-source artificial intelligence models, arguing that openness supports scrutiny, safety improvements and competition. The appeal, published on social platform X and signed by roughly two dozen organizations including Meta a…
Piper Sandler opened coverage of the Global Integrated Oils sector with a broadly neutral view, giving Chevron an Overweight rating and Neutral ratings to BP, Shell, TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil. The firm models an average Brent price of about $80 per barrel through next year and expects refining margins to remain strong, positioning downstream ope…
Seagate ($STX) still benefits from AI-driven data-center storage demand, but the stock carries a premium — P/E roughly 71x and P/FCF ~85x — that leaves the market little tolerance for disappointing guidance. This trade idea outlines an actionable long entry on weakness ahead of earnings with a defined stop and target across a 180 trading-day horizo…
Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court prosecutor who pushed the court into high-profile confrontations over arrest warrants for world leaders, was dismissed by ICC member states after internal findings of inappropriate sexual conduct with a junior lawyer. His career, spanning high-stakes defence and prosecution roles in international tribuna…
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules & Bylaws Committee voted to keep South Carolina as the first state in the 2028 presidential nominating contest, rejecting Nevada’s push to move ahead. The decision, reached after two days of sometimes acrimonious debate and late-night lobbying, split party leaders along racial lines and will likely be ratif…
The Canadian dollar weakened versus the U.S. dollar as oil prices fell from earlier gains and investors awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest rate decision. The currency traded lower on the day and posted a weekly loss after renewed trade tensions and shifting commodity dynamics influenced market sentiment.
Options activity in Walt Disney Co. accelerated through mid-afternoon, with total contracts traded reaching 74,329 by 1:30 p.m. New York time. Call options made up the bulk of the flow, and the July 24, 2026 $96 call was the single most-traded strike. Several multi-leg November positions also registered sizable volume. Disney shares were higher on …
The market on Friday produced a wide range of moves across capitalization bands, with chip-related names and financials among the largest decliners while select healthcare and software-related names posted double-digit gains following earnings or analyst actions. Mega-cap names such as SanDisk and American Express recorded notable drops, while mid-…
A U.S. district judge in Virginia ruled that the certification requirements imposed in 2023 for prescribing mifepristone were unlawful, finding the Food and Drug Administration did not adequately explain why those limits were needed after repeatedly confirming the drug's safety and effectiveness. The decision stems from a 2023 lawsuit by three abor…
Canada held an opening ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge on the Windsor side on Friday without American officials present after a dispute over toll-sharing and threats of steep U.S. tariffs. The bridge, fully funded by Canada at a cost of $4.7 billion, is set to open to traffic on Monday and is intended as a faster route than the ex…
Insurers and large institutions are signaling greater allocations to private credit, according to a recent survey, even as high-net-worth investor demand cools and regulators probe the sector’s ties to insurance balance sheets. Fundraisers for private-credit secondaries and declining redemption pressure at major funds point to a reallocation toward…
Market participants will focus on the July 27 durable goods report, due at 7:30 AM ET, as a key barometer of manufacturing demand and near-term industrial momentum. The headline is forecast to show a 1.6% rise after a prior 4.5% decline, while core durable goods are expected to slow from recent gains. Later Treasury auctions and regional manufactur…
NorthEast Community Bancorp, Inc. reported net income of $9.8 million in Q2 2026 and $19.7 million for the first six months, reflecting a slight decrease compared to the prior year. The company emphasized strong performance in its construction loan portfolio with increased commitments and maintained excellent asset quality with no non-performing lo…
The International Olympic Committee has declined to pursue a complaint from human rights organisation FairSquare accusing FIFA President Gianni Infantino of breaching political neutrality rules. The IOC said the allegations concern national federation governance and implementation of sport rules, matters it considers outside the remit of its Ethics…
Qualcomm informed its customers in a letter that it will impose price increases in the double-digit range on certain products shipped after September 1, attributing the move to escalating supplier costs. The disclosure, reported by Bloomberg and noting the company's attempts to source alternative components, comes amid pressure in the smartphone ec…
Northwest European gasoline refining margins rose by $1.81 to $32.67 per barrel on Friday as crude oil prices retreated from the prior session's $100-per-barrel level. Trade in Eurobob E5 and E10 barges was recorded, and a Danish-flagged tanker announced a routing decision tied to security developments in the southern Red Sea after Houthi forces de…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, acting as a director and significant 10% shareholder of RENN Fund, Inc., executed a recent equity acquisition. The firm purchased 756 shares of common stock on July 23, 2026, at a price of $3.06 per share, bringing the total transaction value to $2,313. This purchase increases Horizon Kinetics' direct holdings…
Beumer Group has launched legal action against the European Commission after the regulator declined to refer Vanderlande’s acquisition of Siemens’ airport logistics business for EU-level antitrust review. The dispute centers on whether national authorities in Portugal and Spain - which had asked the Commission to step in - were the appropriate bodi…
At the Farnborough airshow, recruiters and interactive displays aimed at teens like 17-year-old Hassan Butt highlight a widening gap between aerospace demand and the available workforce. The UK aerospace and defence sector faces an estimated shortfall of about 10,000 specialized engineers annually, with an aging workforce and newer technologies, in…
The New Party, formed by Ozgur Ozel and 90 former members of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has applied to the interior ministry and been confirmed as an active political party by the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals. The new grouping is now the second-largest in parliament after President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, underscori…
President Donald Trump said the United States will launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union's practice of fining American technology companies after Google was hit with another penalty. The announcement, made on Truth Social, lists a series of recent EU fines on U.S. tech firms and indicates the U.S. may pursue retaliatory trade m…
U.S. energy firms reduced the number of active drilling rigs for the first time in six weeks, with the combined oil and gas rig count falling by one to 587 in the week ending July 24. The move reflects a small pullback in oil-directed activity even as gas-directed rigs rose modestly. Broad-year declines in rig counts over recent years and EIA outpu…
Wheat futures on Euronext closed sharply lower following denials from Ukraine's agriculture minister that Kyiv is discussing alternative means to safeguard grain exports through Black Sea ports in the Odesa region. The September milling wheat contract ended the session down 4.2% at €231.75 per metric ton after an earlier slide of more than 6%.
Qualcomm notified customers that it will increase prices by a double-digit percentage for products shipped on or after Sept. 1. The company said it has exhausted its capacity to absorb higher supplier costs and has sought alternative components, while broader semiconductor supply constraints driven in part by AI data center demand continue to limit…
