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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.
Markets tumbled after President Trump said the ceasefire with Iran may be over. Speaking in Turkey at the NATO summit, the president said the U.S. was likely to continue strikes. The Nasdaq Composite, however, managed a 0.2% gain.
Dish DBS, the satellite TV and wireless subsidiary of EchoStar, filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 30 in federal court in Houston. The filing ends months of speculation about the future of the industry's would-be fourth wireless carrier. More than 88% of Dish's bondholders ...
Stocks were little-changed after the Fed released minutes from its latest meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee held rates steady in June, and the meeting was the first under the leadership of Chairman Kevin Warsh. The Dow was down 600 points, or 1.6%, the S&P 500 was down 0.4%, and the Nasdaq was down 0.1%.
LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - Global investors had a stark reminder of how quickly the oil market can reignite concern about inflation and volatility, after U.S.
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) keeps quietly compounding while the stock market debates AI and rate cuts. Membership fees hit $1.37 billion last quarter, worldwide renewals sit at 89.7%, and comparable sales just accelerated to 9.8%. Cost stock trades at $950.25, up 10.51% year to date but still 3.18% below where it traded a year ago. Can this ... Price Prediction: Can Costco Stock Double by 2032?
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA)'s US-listed shares jumped almost 11% on Tuesday, supported by a temporary legal reprieve in the United States and growing optimism ahead of the company's upcoming earnings report. Investor sentiment improved after a US federal judge temporarily blocked restrictions...
Three hundred thousand dollars sits in an awkward zone for income investors. It is too large to ignore and too small to coast on. With the 10-year Treasury recently around 4.4% and the federal funds target range at 3.50% to 3.75%, the question is how to make this account pay without taking more risk than ... What A $300,000 Portfolio Can Realistically Pay You Each Month
On CNBC’s Squawk Box on July 7, 2026, anchors dug into fresh Reuters reporting that the U.S. cyber defense agency is using Anthropic’s Mythos software to audit federal code for vulnerabilities foreign adversaries could exploit. The tool, per that reporting, has already flagged a meaningful number of bugs in government systems. For an industry that ... The U.S. Government Is Now Using Anthropic’s AI to Hunt Bugs in Its Own Code
FedEx's steady expansion stands in sharp contrast to UPS's quarterly volatility — and the gap is widening.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Wednesday after Trump declared the ceasefire is "over." Micron and Sandisk dived.
For generations, the stock market has quietly done something no savings account has ever been able to match — it has turned patience into wealth. Despite recessions, wars, inflation, and market crashes, the S&P 500 has delivered roughly a 10% average annual return over the long run. That simple fact has helped millions of Americans ... Trump Accounts Just Went Live. Here’s Why You Must Open One Today
The sportswear brand has collected more than $300 million in refunds for the invalidated levies, as of the quarter ending May 31.
By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - Airbus on Wednesday revised down its 20-year industry-wide forecast for passenger aircraft demand by 1% after the Iran war and trade
U.S. futures and European equities extended losses in late morning European trading, as market fear further conflict in the Middle East.
Apple is ramping up its investment in U.S.-made chips, with plans to spend more than $30 billion with Broadcom in the next five years. The investment is the largest Apple has specified as part of its pledge to invest $600 billion in the U.S. over four years, a pledge that helped the company secure an exemption from proposed Trump administration tariffs. Apple said the investment will enable Broadcom to expand a manufacturing facility in Fort Collins, Colo.
Insurers want to do the same next year. “It is a stunning jump” when you add both years together, said Cynthia Cox, senior vice president at KFF, a health-research nonprofit. At the request of The Wall Street Journal, KFF analyzed the rate requests for the largest ACA plans by enrollment in 15 states where insurers’ 2027 filings have already become public, as well as the District of Columbia.
Analysts expect tariff refunds and lower fuel costs to offset the discounts, leaving Walmart's profit guidance intact.
The inflation devil is in the details.
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting will be released today. Investors will also be watching on Friday for the expected start of trading for SK Hynix’s U.S.-listed shares. The South Korean chip maker is the latest global company to surpass $1 trillion in market value.
U.S. forces carried out a "series of powerful strikes" against Iran late Tuesday after the Middle Eastern country struck three commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
FedEx is guiding for a major profit acceleration, but on its latest earnings call, analysts pressed hard on whether the growth is real or just a story of well-timed costs.
Tariffs pressured food costs, but pricing and labor efficiencies drove margin expansion.
The major gauges wavered after strikes in Iran resumed to end a brief period of stability.
A 12% yield looks unbeatable on day one. A retiree who wants $60,000 a year needs only about $500,000 at that yield, compared with roughly $1.7 million at a 3.5% yield. But retirement income is not a one-year problem. The better question is which income stream can hold up after inflation, market cycles, and years ... The Dividend Growth Snowball: How Modest Income Today Can Become Serious Income Later
Investors expected a much simpler economy by now. Inflation was expected to keep easing, consumers were expected to bend under higher prices, and the next big Fed debate was supposed to be about when rate cuts could begin. However, Bank of America isn’t telling that story. The bank sees an economy ...
The Number With oil now trading well below the $100 level (and seemingly poised to continue heading lower, after OPEC announced further production increases recently and recessionary concerns pick up), it’s unclear where certain oil stocks are headed. One such name that’s on my radar right now just reported its Q1 2026 earnings in early ... Oil’s $100 Threshold: What It Means for Energy Stocks Now
Spain's GDP outperform the Eurozone's in the first quarter, and the economy will probably beat the eurozone for the full year.
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