PEP's international growth contrasts with a North America reset as affordability, marketing and tariff refunds shape its 2026 outlook.
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Your exchange-traded fund is flat. Remember that ETF you tucked away that invests in developed markets outside the U.S.—the one that looked cheap but has lagged behind the S&P 500 forever because it’s loaded with crusty old companies in Europe and Japan? By the way, both of these overseas funds, developed and emerging, beat the S&P 500 by a lot in 2025, too, but that was partly because the value of the dollar tanked last year as the Federal Reserve was cutting interest rates.
Tencent is in talks to become Manus' largest shareholder as investors seek alternatives after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of the AI start-up, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing two sources. (Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
The MAX 7 is expected to receive Federal Aviation Administration approval later this month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Federal regulators are expected to certify Boeing’s second-to-last version of its 737 later this month, marking a significant—albeit belated—milestone for the plane maker.
PepsiCo Inc (PEP) reports robust international performance and strategic portfolio gains, while navigating North American market pressures and commodity inflation.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has revealed the leadership of the US central bank's new task forces to review monetary policy and even communication on the Fed's interest rate messaging. Yahoo Finance Senior Fed Reporter Jennifer Schonberger breaks down who the new task force leaders are.
More than 200 major clean energy projects have been canceled or downsized since Trump took office again, costing nearly half a million jobs and $55 billion in annual GDP growth.
FINANCE U.S. stocks rose as fears about a return to full-blown war in Iran subsided, bringing down oil prices and quelling inflation expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139.02, or 0.27%, to 52487.
The task forces will study Fed communications, the balance sheet, economic data usage, productivity and jobs, and inflation.
The external advisers will lead five task forces that will re-examine how the central bank operates.
FedEx has launched a life sciences division, building on its healthcare logistics infrastructure to provide more end-to-end services. The post New FedEx life sciences unit integrates healthcare logistics capabilities appeared first on FreightWaves.
Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) reported higher fiscal third-quarter sales and improved restaurant-level profitability despite negative comparable sales and continued pressure from tariffs on imported ingredients, executives said on the company’s earnings call. President and CEO Hajime Uba said the co
$7 trillion. That is the scale of the cash pile parked in money market funds and short duration instruments, waiting for a reason to deploy. The reasons are stacking up fast. What It Means The economics of holding cash are eroding in real time. The Federal Reserve’s target rate upper bound sits at 3.75%, down ... What Will Push This Market Into Its Next Gear? Maybe the $7 Trillion Cash Pile on the Sidelines.
Gas prices are squeezing consumers’ wallets. The food and beverage industry is feeling it all. PepsiCo Chief Executive Ramon Laguarta, though, sees new opportunities for one of America’s biggest beverage and snack companies, from portion control to heightening mental focus.
Investing.com -- Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said today he does not expect a sustained rise in energy prices for the rest of the year, despite renewed conflict in the Middle East.

PepsiCo (PEP) stock slides in Thursday's pre-market after the food company's second quarter earnings results illustrated how Americans are cutting back on snacking amid inflationary pressures. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporters Pras Subramanian and Brooke DiPalma sit down with Monetary Matters Network co-founder Jack Farley to talk about the earnings release and the state of the US consumer.
S&P downgraded Harley-Davidson to BB+, citing lower-cost motorcycles, restructuring costs, and tariff pressures.
In crypto news today (July 8), Bitcoin has experienced a slight retracement, still sitting comfortably above $60,000, but down -1.1% over the past 24-hours and trading for around $62,600. Liquidations have slowed since yesterday, dropping from over $532M to $345M, with over $240M of that figure coming from long positions, ...
The Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting under Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted a big focus on artificial intelligence spending. Bond markets are listening. Minutes of the Fed’s June meeting, where interest rates were kept unchanged at between 3.5% and 3.75% but communication was sharply pared back under Warsh’s new leadership, suggested a hawkish stance among Fed governors, many of whom remained focused on inflation pressures in the world’s biggest economy.
PepsiCo expects the second half of 2026 to improve.
Fewer surcharges are among the tactics the service is using to gain market share after opening to all businesses earlier this year, experts said.
Investing.com - U.S. Treasury yields held near multi-week highs while eurozone yields held near their highest levels in a month on Thursday, following a dramatic escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda, the former Los Angeles Dodgers manager who won two World Series, didn’t have much time for the idea of “pressure” in professional sports. Stock markets are different matter, however. The looming second-quarter earnings season—set against the pullback in big tech stocks, the resurgence of global geopolitical risks, and the specter of renewed inflation—has investors on edge.
The Bank of New York Mellon said in a post on its website published Wednesday that the S&P 500’s performance is defined by resilience rather than continuous gains.
U.S. stock futures edged higher in the overnight session on Wednesday as markets assessed risks from the U.S.-Iran war and the Federal Reserve’s inflation concerns.
Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital Inc., pledged on Monday that the company will match the federal government’s initial $1,000 funding to the “Trump Accounts” program for eligible children of employees. Novogratz Hails ‘Trump Accounts’ Initiative Novogratz, who was present...
President Donald Trump highlighted the launch of Trump Accounts during a July 6 White House event, days after the federal savings program became available. Parents, legal guardians and other authorized individuals can now begin opening accounts for eligible children. Here’s...
It looks like John Deere owners can soon feel free to fix their own machines. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.