Day: April 9, 2026
Stock futures slip as traders monitor fragile ceasefire between U.S. and Iran: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 08, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures ticked lower on Thursday night as traders kept an eye on the fragile two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq […]
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Trump says Iran ‘better stop now’ if it is charging fees to oil tankers to go through Strait of Hormuz
President of the United States Donald J. Trump speaks to press at the White House, Washington, D.C., US, on April 6, 2026. Kyle Mazza | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Iran “better stop now” if it is charging fees to oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s […]
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OpenAI slams Anthropic in memo to shareholders as its leading AI rival gains momentum
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images With Anthropic gaining momentum in the booming AI market, OpenAI sent a memo to investors this week slamming its chief […]
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U.S. Postal Service seeks hike in price of first-class mail stamps to 82 cents in July
A US Postal Service (USPS) post office is near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 5, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Postal Service, citing what it called a “severe financial crisis,” on Thursday announced a proposed set of price hikes across its mail products, […]
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Iran attacks on crucial Saudi pipeline and production facilities slash kingdom’s oil output
Saudi Arabia’s critical pipeline to the Red Sea suffered a recent attack from Iran, cutting throughput by 700,000 barrels per day. The attack hit a pumping station on the East-West pipeline, according to a state-news agency report. This pipeline brings crude oil from processing facilities near the Persian Gulf to an export terminal on the […]
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AI threat’s relentless flogging of software stocks shows no end in sight with Anthropic’s new agent
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 a sharp rally following President Donald […]
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Keir Starmer: ‘I’m fed up’ with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers remarks at the top of the Cabinet meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine at Downing Street on February 24, 2026 in London, England. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is “fed up” seeing […]
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Salesforce won’t be discarded in the AI boom, but what companies want is changing
Companies are not going to abandon Salesforce altogether in the age of artificial intelligence, but they are changing how they use it and what they expect. For Morgan DeBaun, CEO and co-founder of digital media group Blavity, cost-saving enabled by AI is a major factor in how she views Salesforce going forward. Blavity, which aims […]
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OpenAI looks to take on Anthropic with $100 per month ChatGPT Pro subscriptions
Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images OpenAI announced a Pro ChatGPT tier on Wednesday that increases limits for Codex, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence-powered coding assistant, as the company looks to compete with Anthropic’s popular Claude Code. In an announcement posted to X, the company said the $100 per month Pro tier has five times […]
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Melania Trump attacks claims about her and Jeffrey Epstein
US First Lady Melania Trump speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC on April 9, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images First lady Melania Trump, in scathing comments on Thursday, blasted what she described as an array of false claims about her and notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. […]
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