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Cocoa Prices Erase Early Losses on Dollar Weakness
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) closed up +6 (+0.10%) on Friday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed up +4 (+0.09%).
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Corn Hold Steady on Friday
Corn futures closed with contracts steady to fractionally higher at the close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was unchanged at $4.09 1/2.
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Stocks Settle Higher as a Weak Jobs Report Allays Rate Hike Fears
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up +0.62% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.19%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) r…
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Cocoa Prices Pressured by Larger Supplies from Ghana
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) is down -10 (-0.17%) today, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) is down -7 (-0.16%).
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Hogs Hold onto Gains on Friday
Lean hog futures saw steady to 50 cent gains on Friday, with August slipped $3.35 on the week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $97.67 on Friday afternoon, down 63 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Ho…
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Notable Friday Option Activity: GRAL, TWLO, SEZL
Twilio Inc (Symbol: TWLO) options are showing a volume of 29,927 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 3.0 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 155.4% of TWLO's aver…
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Ondo Perps hits $7 billion in volume weeks after launch
Ondo Finance's derivatives platform has raced past $7 billion in cumulative trading volume, according to data from analytics site DefiLlama, a fast climb for a product that only recently opened to the public.
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Ground control to private equity: has AI landed on the factory floor?
In a fabrication shop outside Lexington, KY, MiddleGround Capital builds robotic work cells: self-contained stations where robots perform tasks with minimal human involvement.
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The smart way to invest in gold right now as the dollar slips
Also in Weekend Reads: Kevin O’Leary’s investing strategy, a 9% dividend paired with lower stock-market risk and advice from the Moneyist.
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Two reasons why Nvidia’s stock saw its biggest weekly surge in more than a year
The chip maker recorded its largest-ever weekly increase in market capitalization.
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Stocks Rally on Earnings and Fed-Friendly US Payroll Report
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.89%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.44%, an…
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‘SaaSpocalypse’ debate intensifies as software stocks swing wildly
The pennies-on-the-dollar acquisition of one-time highflyer Airtable, followed by plunges in HubSpot, Datadog and Figma on earnings reports, all served to underscore investor concerns that artificial intelligence models…
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Russia sanctions bill honoring Lindsey Graham breezes through Senate, heads to House
The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a Russia sanctions bill that was long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before his death last month.
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Earnings call transcript: Hut 8 misses Q2 2026 profit view as revenue climbs
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
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Trump is trying to fire Lisa Cook again. He still wants to stack the Fed with his allies.
Two months after he was blocked by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has resumed his effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as part of an effort to stack the central bank’s board with more allies.
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I’m an unemployed software developer who is skeptical of AI. Can I still find a job in tech?
“What will AI mean for jobs?” may be the single most-asked question about the technology category that dominates Silicon Valley, pop culture, and our politics. Fears that AI will put us out of work routinely top opinion…
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Here’s when Elon Musk’s Starlink internet is worth the steep monthly price — and $350 startup cost
Starlink versus fiber, cable and 5G: The smart spender’s guide to 2026 internet options.
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Cassidy supports Todd Blanche, rescuing Trump's embattled attorney general pick
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Friday he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, giving President Donald Trump's embattled nominee a crucial vote after two other Senate Republicans announced their opposit…
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Palantir’s stock stages best week since 2024 — showing it’s no longer an ‘AI loser’
Booming demand for Palantir’s AI solutions is restoring confidence in the company.
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Dollar Falls and Gold Soars on the Weak US Payroll Report
The dollar index (DXY00) dropped to a 7-week low today and is down by -0.34%. The dollar tumbled today on the US July payroll report that showed an unexpected decline in nonfarm payrolls and a smaller-than-expected incr…
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BorgWarner secures new VCT engine contracts in Europe and China
BorgWarner has added to its variable cam timing (VCT) order book with fresh programme awards in Europe and China.
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Palantir CEO drops 11-word bombshell for stock market investors
Software stocks have had a rough year. The fear driving them down is real: AI agents are getting good enough to automate tasks that enterprise software used to handle, and investors have been cutting valuations across t…
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Here are three key takeaways from the disappointing July jobs report
Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in July, but so did the unemployment rate, leaving investors with mixed signals on how to process the latest jobs report.
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Trump reopens effort to remove Fed Cook following Supreme Court ruling - ABC
The Justice Department's second attempt to indict former FBI Director James Comey is the latest salvo in what critics call a campaign of retribution on the part of the Trump administration since Donald Trump returned to…