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PAG, PKG, MAR and TKR raised dividends as investors seek steady income amid inflation, tariffs and Iran conflict uncertainty.

Hotter-than-expected consumer and wholesale price readings this week have rattled investors, who were already fretting about the war in the Middle East driving up fuel costs. President Donald Trump said overnight that the U.S. doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz open “at all,” adding to worries that the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran could drag on.

FedEx has received final board and regulatory approvals to spin off its FedEx Freight segment as a separate company. Shares of FedEx Freight will be distributed to existing FedEx shareholders on a tax-free basis. FedEx Freight is set to begin independent trading on the NYSE under the ticker "FDXF" on June 1, 2026. For investors tracking NYSE:FDX, this spin-off comes after a period in which the stock is at $379.98, up 68.1% over the past year and 75.6% over 3 years. The separation of the...

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Asian stock markets retreated Friday as traders weighed geopolitical concerns, inflation, labor issu

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) broke above the $1.45 resistance yesterday, touching $1.50 after the CLARITY Act committee vote before pulling back to $1.47. The Senate Banking Committee passed the CLARITY Act—the bill that would lock XRP’s commodity status into federal law—by a 15-9 vote on May 14, with two Democrats, Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Angela ... XRP Price: Why Ripple’s Institutional Wins Keep Piling Up Without an XRP Rally

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Two themes critical to the U.S. stock market -- the artificial intelligence boom and inflation-pressured consumer spending -- will come under the

May 15 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 tumbled more than 1% on Friday, with an AI-driven rally in U.S. stocks poised to stall, as Treasury yields jumped on concerns about

A new standalone FedEx Freight may resemble a start-up, but the LTL carrier is far from it, experts say.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is rising toward its highest level in nearly a year, as rising oil prices fan fears about inflation again. The yield topped 4.54% in early trading this morning, as Brent crude futures rose above $109 barrel. President Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded this morning, and while Trump said both he and Xi want the war to end, the meeting publicly yielded little in the way of concrete steps toward a resolution.

The central bank may be transforming from Wall Street's foundation to a liability before our eyes.

It's time to add exposure to businesses that consumers depend on regardless of the economic backdrop.

Stocks looked set to fall on Friday as investors fretted about soaring Treasury yields and President Donald Trump’s summit with China's leader Xi Jinping concluded without any meaningful breakthrough on trade. “For some time, analysts have been puzzled by equity markets’ resilience in the face of rising bond yields and clear inflationary pressures,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at the foreign-exchange brokerage XTB. “Today we may see the pressure of rising bond yields start to weigh on equities, and futures prices suggest that U.S. indices will pull back from record highs later today and could close the week on a dampener.”

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Accenture launched a forward-deployed engineering program to embed AI-native teams directly into client environments. The program focuses on moving agentic AI and workflow automation projects from pilots into full production at enterprise scale. ServiceNow expanded its partnership with FedEx Dataworks, integrating real-time logistics data into Source-to-Pay workflows. The FedEx Dataworks integration targets automated responses to supply disruptions and more...

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian shares dived on Friday as investor euphoria over tech stocks gave way to inflation fears that saw Treasury yields spike to one-year highs and rising bets

Enphase Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH) is one of the 10 Stocks With Unbelievable Gains. Enphase Energy rallied for a second day on Thursday, soaring 14.31 percent to close at $48.01 apiece, as investors cheered a new marketing strategy to lure more commercial customers for its most powerful microinverter to date before the looming deadline of federal […]

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian shares came under pressure on Friday as investor euphoria over tech stocks gave way to inflation fears that saw Treasury yields spike to one-year highs

Wells Fargo made a significant call on interest rates six weeks ago. On May 13, its economists made a different one. And the reasoning behind the reversal says something important about how this bank reads the current inflation environment. The disagreement between Wells Fargo and two other major ...

Inflation worries are preying on investors as they weigh the outcomes of the Trump-Xi summit in China.

Inflation worries are preying on investors as they weigh the outcomes of the Trump-Xi summit in China.

Inflation worries are preying on investors as they weigh the outcomes of the Trump-Xi summit in China.

Inflation worries are preying on investors as they weigh the outcomes of the Trump-Xi summit in China.

<body><p>STORY: Tesla's robotaxi service is experiencing significant operational problems in Texas, raising questions about CEO Elon Musk’s ambitious vision for a near future full of driverless cars.</p><p>Reuters testing in Dallas, Houston and Austin found long wait times exceeding 30 minutes, limited availability and navigation problems.</p><p>In one case, a 20‑minute trip in Dallas stretched to nearly two hours.</p><p>The service remains confined to those three Texas cities despite Musk predicting last July that robotaxis would serve half the U.S. population by the end of 2025.&nbsp;</p><p>Much of Tesla’s $1.6 trillion valuation hinges on investor belief that the company will soon unleash a vast fleet of robotaxis.</p><p>But analysts say the expansion is moving slower than expected, with Musk now describing a more “cautious approach” to avoid injuries or fatalities.</p><p>In the meantime, experts have raised concerns about the technology's limits, including Peter Stone, a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin.</p><p>“People, at least so far, tend to be much better at unexpected situations and being able to reason about something that you've never seen before. But to be able to figure out on the fly what to do, especially if you're using a machine learning-based system, it relies critically on the training data that's been given. And if you come up with a completely, what's known as out of distribution, which is sort of a code word for just new or novel situation, then it's going to be much more difficult for a software-based system to react than people are.”&nbsp;</p><p>Police in Austin said Tesla's robotaxis tend to ignore posted speed limits, noting that vehicles in test rides last year drove 5 mph above the speed limit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Since August, Tesla has reported 15 robotaxi crashes in Austin to federal regulators.</p><p>Most did not involve injuries, but one involved someone being&nbsp;sent to the hospital.</p><p>Tesla has requested that all information about the incidents be kept confidential, according to police.</p><p>Tesla did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.</p></body>

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a look at the top stories for investors to watch on Friday, May 15, including Cerebras' (CBRS) second trading day, day two of President Trump's summit in China with President Xi, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's last day in office.

Rising oil prices are lifting inflation indicators and weighing on bond prices. Sentiment in the U.S. government bond market is bearish, which could explain why the odds favor the upside.

NVIDIA and Howmet Aerospace are drawing strong Q2 inflows as sticky inflation and geopolitical tensions reshape investor priorities.

After a long and controversial process, the U.S. Senate approved Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

We got a hot April Consumer Price Index (CPI) number, driven in a big way by energy costs, but even core CPI was surprisingly high, driven by a jump in shelter costs for the first time in a while. The April Producer Price Index (PPI) was even further above estimates. On May 12th, the ...

WASHINGTON, May 14 () - The Federal ‌Communications Commission ‌said Thursday it has ​approved Verizon's 2024 $1 billion deal to acquire some ‌spectrum assets ⁠from U. Cellular to expand ⁠its network capacity and ​coverage.

Rising Treasury yields are starting to challenge the stock market’s AI-fueled rally, as investors grapple with persistent inflation, surging government borrowing, and elevated oil prices.