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DoorDash on Wednesday launched its in-house drone-delivery program, DoorDash Air, after ‌securing a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification ‌to operate commercial drone deliveries in the U.S. The move marks ​the food-delivery company's push into autonomous delivery as it looks to reduce reliance on human couriers and expand its logistics network. • ‌The program was ⁠developed by DoorDash Labs, its robotics and autonomy unit, and will eventually be ⁠integrated into its delivery app, according to a TechCrunch report.

Investing.com -- DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) is taking to the skies. The logistics leader announced today that it has received Part 135 air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), clearance that authorizes the company to commercially operate its own autonomous drone fleet. The new service, dubbed DoorDash Air, was engineered entirely in-house by DoorDash Labs, the company’s internal robotics and autonomy division. To earn the elite designation—held by only seven other ope

July 29 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main stock indexes opened lower on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy verdict against a backdrop of simmering Middle East tensions,

Wall Street faces a twin set of risks on Wednesday, tied to Big Tech earnings and a Federal Reserve interest-rate decision, as stocks undergo a rare change of leadership ahead of the summer market doldrums. “The market’s response to both should provide a clearer indication of whether the current rotation continues or begins to develop into broader weakness,” said Zaheer Anwari, co-founder and CEO of the Luxembourg-based Revacy Fund.

Investing.com -- Wall Street is hurtling toward one of the most unpredictable Federal Reserve rate decisions in years. With derivative markets pricing in a staggering 36 percent chance of a surprise rate increase, traders are bracing for a high-wire event that threatens to shatter the fragile summer market calm. While central bank decisions are usually well-choreographed affairs, Wednesday’s meeting presents an explosive, winner-take-all dynamic where billions of dollars hang in the balance. Mic

DoorDash for years has rushed online orders from burritos to cold medicine to customers’ homes via bike couriers and drivers. Now the delivery provider is adding a new mode of transport: air. DoorDash on Wednesday said it has secured a key certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to make commercial deliveries using drones.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.1%, and the actively t

The Michigan governor’s office estimates that the taxes have cost every family in the automaking state an average of $1,000 per year.

Wall Street faces a twin set of risks on Wednesday, tied to Big Tech earnings and a Federal Reserve interest-rate decision, as stocks undergo a rare change of leadership ahead of the summer market doldrums. “The market’s response to both should provide a clearer indication of whether the current rotation continues or begins to develop into broader weakness,” said Zaheer Anwari, co-founder and CEO of the Luxembourg-based Revacy Fund.

Oil prices rise, Visa is streamlining, Corning has worst day in four months, and more news to start your day.

Investing.com -- JPMorgan told clients in a note that today’s Federal Reserve decision is the most important catalyst during regular trading hours, mapping out how the S&P 500 could move across a range of outcomes.

Brookfield ‌Asset ‌Management and ​NextEra Energy are ‌developing ⁠a $100 billion data ⁠center ​campus ​in ​Paducah, ‌Kentucky, a person familiar with ‌the ​matter ​said ​on ‌Wednesday.

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Consumers now expect free delivery in 2.6 days, down from 3.4. Meeting that promise pushed more than half of retailers past FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service. The post Carrier diversification unravels the last-mile delivery duopoly appeared first on FreightWaves.

The main US stock measures were mostly trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders

By Johann M Cherian and Ragini Mathur July 29 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures inched higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy verdict against a backdrop of

Seagate’s earnings give rival Western Digital a boost, while SK Hynix’s results drag down rival Micron.

Wall Street futures were mostly higher pre-bell Wednesday as the global tech sector sell-off paused,

U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Wednesday as investors prepared for a pivotal session featuring the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and quarterly earnings from artificial intelligence leaders Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates twice by year-end -- history suggests that tighter monetary policy could trigger a stock market correction.

By Niket Nishant and Ankur Banerjee July 29 (Reuters) - Global shares struggled to push higher on Wednesday, as modest gains in Europe and the U.S. did little to soothe investors spooked by a

Stocks were on track to open a touch higher Wednesday as investors shrugged off a rally in oil prices ahead of the Federal Reserve’s July interest-rate decision. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 41 points, or 0.1%. This could be a crucial day for the market, with the Fed set to announce its policy decision and mega-cap tech companies Meta and Microsoft due to report earnings after the closing bell.

U.S. stock futures largely moved higher, though Sandisk and Micron Technology fell premarket as investor enthusiasm around semiconductor companies continued to wane.

Hard economic data, not proactive guesswork, drive Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy decisions.

Today Federal Reserve meeting: Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET, following the FOMC interest-rate decision at 2 p.m. Earnings (a.m): Procter & Gamble, Humana, L3Harris, Biogen, General Dynamics, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Airbus Earnings (p.

For years, Federal Reserve decisions became something of a rubber stamp, with investors focused more on the press conference than the announcement itself. Under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, that dynamic has flipped, observes Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.

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Central banks are good at fighting inflation they can recognize. The trouble starts when the price pressure arrives from somewhere the playbook never anticipated. For most of the past four years, the Federal Reserve has sorted rising prices into two bins. Demand inflation happens when people have ...

Leading cryptocurrencies rose slightly on Tuesday as investors weighed renewed tensions in the Middle East and the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+1.01%$63,842.10Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +2.16%$1,913.42XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +1.87%$1.07Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +0.79%$73.67Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +1.72%$0.07071 Crypto Market Gains Bitcoin rallied as high as $64,100 but ran into resistance, with 24-ho

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