Traders celebrating at the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2026, as the S&P 500 (^GSPC) closed above the 7,000 level for the first time in history, setting a new record high. NYSE The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose to fresh all-time intraday highs on Thursday, adding toRead More →
Tim Brown, co-founder and co-chairman of sports shoe manufacturer Allbirds, speaks on stage at the OMR Festival digital trade show, May 10, 2023. Marcus Brandt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Allbirds made a surprising announcement Wednesday that it is pivoting from shoes to artificial intelligence. The move boosted sharesRead More →
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 13, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stocks rose on Tuesday following a strong session in which traders shrugged off a breakdown in peace talks between the U.S. andRead More →
In an aerial view, the Netflix logo is displayed above Netflix corporate offices on October 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images There’s a love affair on Wall Street between investors and streaming. The romance started about a decade ago when consumers began cutting the cordRead More →
The president of the Tisza Party, Peter Magyar looks at the camera during his reply on his press conference in Budapest. Magyar — the biggest opposition of Viktor Orban and the Fidesz — went to a polling station (Hegyvideki Mesevar Ovoda) to vote and then he held a press conferenceRead More →
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – APRIL 11: U.S. Vice President JD Vance (C) walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir (L), and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials on April 11, 2026Read More →
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images The White House last month warned staff in an email not to make prediction markets bets related to the Iran war, a Trump administration official confirmed Friday. The warning came amid increasing concern about insider trading on prediction markets such as Polymarket afterRead More →
Software’s artificial intelligence troubles don’t appear as though they will let up anytime soon, following the sector’s slide after Anthropic’s latest product and revenue updates. Software is down again this week, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) falling Wednesday — when most of the market participated in aRead More →
Oil prices plunged Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that allows safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but the fragile agreement has not led to a breakthrough in tanker traffic so far. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with May delivery fell more than 16%Read More →
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday asked President Donald Trump for a two-week extension of his threat to wipe out the “whole civilization” of Iran unless Tehran strikes a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Sharif in an X post also asked Iran’s leadership to agree toRead More →
