Day: May 10, 2026
Stock futures slide as investors monitor the latest Iran war negotiations: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on May 7, 2026. NYSE Stock futures edged lower Sunday night, following a winning week on Wall Street, as oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 143 points, or 0.3%. […]
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Netanyahu says Iran war is ‘not over’ as Trump rejects latest Iranian offer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026. Ronen Zvulun | Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the war with Iran is “not over,” as the U.S. and Israel still aim to bring an end to Tehran’s nuclear […]
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Meet the YouTube whisperers, a booming class of advisors behind MrBeast and other million-dollar channels
When wildlife TV personality Forrest Galante sat down for his monthly call with YouTube consultant Paddy Galloway, he received some bad news. No more turtles. Galante has 2.5 million YouTube subscribers. He’s been producing wildlife programming for more than a decade, including a docuseries on Animal Planet and a show on the History Channel. He […]
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SEC delay on prediction markets ETFs echoes a long-fought bitcoin fund battle
Prediction markets ETFs may soon be coming to retail investors and even into retirement plans, but maybe just not as fast as anticipated. The Securities and Exchange Commission during the second Trump administration has sought to distinguish itself from Biden era regulators with what it calls a move away from the “regulatory creep” that it […]
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Alphabet’s 160% rally in a year reflects value of owning ‘most of the stack’ in AI
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet briefly passed Nvidia by market cap in after-hours trading this week, a remarkable feat for a company that was seen as deeply at […]
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Target is trying to win back busy families from Walmart, starting with the baby aisle
CLIFTON, New Jersey — Along with aisles of diapers and colorful onesies, Target shoppers in some of the retailer’s big-box stores can now find baby brands typically carried by specialty boutiques. Shoppers can see, feel and test strollers, car seats and high chairs outside of cardboard boxes at about 200 stores, or roughly 10% of […]
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Retailers are on a hiring spree. But consumers are sending warning signs
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Retailers are ramping up hiring this year, defying economic concerns as consumers keep shopping. The retail trades added nearly 22,000 jobs in April, accounting for almost one-fifth of […]
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Memory chip makers are looking at a ‘supercycle’ and ‘windfall gains.’ The stocks jumped 30% in one week
Memory chip makers have been riding a wave of surging demand that’s boosted pricing power and profit projections in the historically volatile sector. Rather than a one-time shortage in need of a correction, analysts are increasingly talking about this demand as evidence of a “supercycle” in the sector. They think it could last for years, […]
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Tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz as U.S. waits for Iran’s response to peace proposal
In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Amirhossein Khorgooei | Afp | Getty Images A Qatari […]
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Global week ahead: Crude diplomacy casts shadow over Trump-Xi summit
Waitforlight | Moment | Getty Images China has quietly amassed the world’s largest stockpile of crude oil. This is no mean feat for a country that is also the globe’s biggest importer of energy. It brings a fresh dynamic to Beijing’s relations with the United States, as Premier Xi Jinping prepares to host President Donald […]
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