Nasdaq rises after OpenAI revenue report rattles AI stocks

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U.S. stocks have risen following concerns about the pace of artificial intelligence revenue growth, with the Nasdaq $NDAQ Composite rising 0.6% and the S&P 500 adding 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial…

Trump bought SpaceX bonds before signing commercial space policy

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President Donald Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million in SpaceX bonds on Aug. 18, two days before he signed a national space transportation policy that requires federal agencies to…

Richest countries in the world by GDP per capita

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GDP per capita measures an average, not a standard of living, and is used to compare national income levels to national income. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uses GDP per capita adjusted for…

Wolfspeed Gets Conditional $1.5B Loan, Offers Warrants

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Wolfspeed received a conditional commitment for up to $1.5 billion in 30-year financing from the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital to support domestic production of silicon carbide…

Oil jumps 4% as Trump rules out Iran deal, stocks slip

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Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday after President Donald Trump ruled out a deal with Iran to end the war, with Brent crude rising 4% to around $104 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate futures…

$10 million home sales by city, ranked across 12 global markets

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The Knight Frank report ranks every publicly recorded residential sale of $10 million or more in 12 international markets for its Global Super-Prime Intelligence report. In the second quarter of…

Seven & i Holdings Q2 2026 earnings: profit falls

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Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven, reported a 12% fall in net profit to ¥63.84 billion in Q2 2026, despite revenue growing 8.5% to ¥3.081 trillion. The overseas segment saw…

Fast Retailing FY2026 annual earnings: record profit for 5th year

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Fast Retailing has reported its fifth consecutive year of record net profit for FY2026, rising 25% to 542.52 billion yen. The company's annual revenue grew 17% to 3.9633 trillion yen, and business…

Duke math majors topped U.S. earnings at $297,029

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Duke $DUK University math majors recorded the highest median earnings of any school-and-major combination tracked by federal data, reaching $297,029 four years after graduation. The HEA Group, a…

Baillie Gifford sees CoStar and Duolingo stocks rebounding

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Baillie Gifford, a British investment management firm, has stated that shares of CoStar and Duolingo are expected to recover after both companies fell in value this year. Ben James, investment…

Fed minutes, jobs data headline busy Wall Street week

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Wall Street is set to receive several economic updates this week, including minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting, new unemployment figures, and a fresh consumer sentiment reading….

Foreign home buyers in the U.S. 2026, the 5 countries buying the most

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Foreign home buyers from outside the United States have seen a decrease in activity over the past year, largely due to fewer international visitors and tourists coming to the country. Foreign buyers…

Consumer confidence falls to lowest level since 2024

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Consumer confidence fell by 6.7 points in September, bringing the Conference Board's index down to 81.9 from 88.6 the previous month. This is the first time since September 2024 that consumers' read…

Nvidia adds $150 billion to stock buyback program

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Nvidia $NVDA's board has approved a $150 billion expansion of its share repurchase program, bringing the remaining $235 billion to total. The company described this as the largest stock buyback in…