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Federal Trade Commission cleared ‌quantum computing firm IonQ's $1.8 billion acquisition ‌of chipmaker SkyWater Technology after the agency's ​leaders disagreed over whether to impose conditions, they said on Friday.

Schiff says Strategy's latest share sale diluted Bitcoin exposure, with BTC yield per share falling to 4.5%. Supporters argue MSTR still beats Bitcoin over the ...

The stock market has largely viewed new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh as hawkish during his first few months on the job.

Retailers could receive an unexpected financial windfall.

In their wake, the bank’s wealth management unit suffered an exodus of financial advisors. Wedding-related spending has increased 8.5% year over year so far in 2026, according to Bank of America payments data. Inflation is playing a role, but so is social media: A majority of respondents to a BofA survey said the era of digital connections and scrolling has introduced additional expenses, such as hiring content creators to capture and share the special day.

Retail earnings season kicks off Aug. 19 with investors expected to focus less on tariff-driven margin gains and more on whether companies such as Walmart, Target, Dollar General, and Five Below can sustain sales growth.

The e-commerce giant, which saw shipping costs escalate at the highest rate in more than three years, did not specify the amount it could reimburse.

Federal court clears Reddit to advance anti-circumvention claims against Perplexity AI and SerpApi, even as the platform navigates Google search traffic fluctuations following robust Q2 2026 earnings.

In Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, the narrator compares the childhood experience of discovering that his father was “not only deluded and ignorant, but incompetent in every way” to “walking into the cockpit of an airplane and finding the pilot and co-pilot passed out drunk in their seats.” Investors got a taste of that horror on Wednesday, when Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh explained his decision to keep rates steady with a series of contradictory, confounding, and supremely confident answers to reporters’ questions. Warsh kicked things off by saying, “For some households, businesses, and market professionals, five years of high inflation have left a mistaken impression…that the Fed’s implicit inflation target was somehow above 2%,” but in fact, “there’s only a target, and it’s 2%.”

Free cash flow is now expected to be between $1.75 billion and $1.85 billion, up from $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion

The U.S. president has imposed new tariffs based on claims about forced labor in other countries. Is a trade war brewing?

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) reported higher second-quarter earnings, cash flow and free cash flow as stronger gold prices more than offset inflation, fuel costs, currency effects and a temporary operational suspension at its Obuasi mine. Chief Executive Officer Alberto Calderon said the company gen

(Bloomberg) -- Bond traders are paying the highest premiums since March to protect against a further climb in longer-dated yields, as the fallout from this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting continues to ripple through the rates market. Most Read from BloombergSingapore's Gated Island for the Rich Is Marred by Decayed HomesAnthropic AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During TestsMicrosoft’s $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest in Stock Market HistoryChip Stocks Post Biggest Advance Since April 2025

On CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol, Renato Mariotti is joined by guest host Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, for a conversation on the politics of the CLARITY Act, the state-vs-federal fight over prediction markets, and Wisconsin's invocation of an 1849 law that could bar prediction-market users from voting. And, they sit down with Rachel Anderica, Head of Global Operations at Anchorage Digital, who walks through Anchorage's agentic banking build inside its OCC trust and a "cashless reserves" model in partnership with JPMorgan. Plus, the hosts name the TradFi endorsers of CLARITY — BlackRock, Fidelity, and Goldman Sachs — as the Person of the Week.

The company said refunds were limited because it stockpiled inventory ahead of tariffs and is not the importer of record for most goods in its store

The Federal Reserve held rates steady Wednesday, but the bond market pushed borrowing costs sharply higher, sending the 30-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2007. Peter Schiff says the selloff exposed the gap between Kevin Warsh’s words and...

Shares of Coinbase Global slipped 5.6% in premarket trading on Friday after a third straight quarterly loss, though analysts ‌expect strong fundamentals and business diversity to cushion it from a crypto ‌cycle downturn. The cryptocurrency market lost significant value in recent sessions, with bitcoin falling, as expectations that the ​U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates faded and investors pulled money from spot exchange-traded funds. Shares of Coinbase, often tied to the crypto cycle, have matched that ‌with a nearly 28% decline.

In crypto news today (July 30), Bitcoin climbed -0.5% overnight, dropping below $64,000 following yesterday’s FOMC meeting, in which a rate hike wasn’t announced but SEC Chair Paul Atkins hinted at hikes to come, causing a slight sell-off across crypto. However, crypto held up well in comparison to the US ...

Everyone knows that interest rates affect stock prices. The Fed’s decision Wednesday to keep overnight rates unchanged sounds like it would have been clearly bullish, but stocks sold off just after Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference. Also following Warsh’s Q&A, long-term Treasury yields hit a 19-year high.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. employment data and a batch of corporate results this coming week will keep equity investors on edge over the direction of the stock market, which

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) dissension just reached a new (and dubious) milestone.

First Solar Inc (FSLR) reports strong Q2 2026 results with gross margin expansion to 57%, while navigating Section 232 tariff uncertainties and rising input costs.

Apple Inc (AAPL) posts a record June quarter with $109.4 billion in revenue, but faces supply constraints and memory cost inflation that pressure September guidance.

Federal Reserve officials just won't listen to us! We warned them that the economy didn't need the four cuts in the federal funds rate (FFR) at the end of 2024. The Bond Vigilantes agreed with us. Now, we conclude that the Fed has to raise short-term rates to lower long-term rates, writes Ed Yardeni, editor of Yardeni QuickTakes.

The Federal Communications Commission’s latest restrictions target emerging Chinese technologies that U.S. officials say could threaten America’s AI infrastructure, critical supply chains and cybersecurity. FCC Moves to Protect US AI Infrastructure On Tuesday, the Donald Trump administration unveiled sweeping restrictions...

Huang told the investor conference that rising demand for AI compute will drive corporate revenues and GDP higher.

Moby summary of Federal Signal Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

During Thursday night's earnings call, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook highlighted a string of milestones, including the company's best-ever June quarter, with revenue reaching $109.4 billion. iPhone revenue surged 22% year-over-year to $54.3 billion, while Mac revenue climbed to a record $10.4 billion. Beyond the financial results, Cook reaffirmed Apple's commitment to US manufacturing, announcing plans to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years. The investment, which the company said includes the reinvestment of tariff-related funds, expands Apple's long-term domestic manufacturing strategy. As part of that effort, Apple has entered a new multiyear agreement with Broadcom (AVGO) under its American Manufacturing Program. The partnership is expected to contribute more than $30 billion in investment to build an end-to-end silicon supply chain and advanced manufacturing equipment in the United States.

During Thursday night's earnings call, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook highlighted a string of milestones, including the company's best-ever June quarter, with revenue reaching $109.4 billion. iPhone revenue surged 22% year-over-year to $54.3 billion, while Mac revenue climbed to a record $10.4 billion. Beyond the financial results, Cook reaffirmed Apple's commitment to US manufacturing, announcing plans to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years. The investment, which the company said includes the reinvestment of tariff-related funds, expands Apple's long-term domestic manufacturing strategy. As part of that effort, Apple has entered a new multiyear agreement with Broadcom (AVGO) under its American Manufacturing Program. The partnership is expected to contribute more than $30 billion in investment to build an end-to-end silicon supply chain and advanced manufacturing equipment in the United States.