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ASX 200 Edges Higher as Oil Spikes on Iran War Escalation and Chinese AI Model Sparks Chip Stock Rout

ASX 200 Edges Higher as Oil Spikes on Iran War Escalation and Chinese AI Model Sparks Chip Stock Rout

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index clawed out modest gains Monday, rising as much as 0.45% in early trade before paring back...

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World Cup 2026 Set To Generate Record $13 Billion In Revenue For FIFA This Summer As Tournament Ends

World Cup 2026 Set To Generate Record $13 Billion In Revenue For FIFA This Summer As Tournament Ends

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, wrapping up its month-long run across the United States, Mexico and Canada, is on pace to become the most financially...

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Australian Shares Slide 0.70% To 8,778 As Miners And Energy Stocks Track Overnight Wall Street Losses

Australian Shares Slide 0.70% To 8,778 As Miners And Energy Stocks Track Overnight Wall Street Losses

SYDNEY — Australian shares closed lower Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 62.2 points, or 0.70%, to 8,778.5, as weakness in mining and energy...

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Dow Jones Rises to 52,747 as Investors Rotate Into Blue-Chip Stocks While Tech and Chip Shares Slide

Dow Jones Rises to 52,747 as Investors Rotate Into Blue-Chip Stocks While Tech and Chip Shares Slide

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher Thursday, climbing 88.62 points, or 0.17%, to 52,747.26, as investors continued rotating into industrial...

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Australia's ASX 200 Slips 0.15% To 8,828 As Mining Losses Offset Gains In Banks And Communication Stocks Today

Australia's ASX 200 Slips 0.15% To 8,828 As Mining Losses Offset Gains In Banks And Communication Stocks Today

SYDNEY — The S&P/ASX 200 edged lower Thursday afternoon, giving back early gains as a slide in mining stocks offset strength in banking and...

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Microsoft Stock Rises Over 3% As Investors Rotate Into AI Software Names Ahead Of July 29 Earnings Day

Microsoft Stock Rises Over 3% As Investors Rotate Into AI Software Names Ahead Of July 29 Earnings Day

Shares of Microsoft climbed 3.25% on Wednesday, trading at $397.46 as of 12:01 p.m. EDT, up $12.52 on the day, as investors rotated out of AI-linked...

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AMD Stock Sinks Nearly 6% As Memory Chip Sector Selloff Spreads Into Broader Semiconductor Names Today

AMD Stock Sinks Nearly 6% As Memory Chip Sector Selloff Spreads Into Broader Semiconductor Names Today

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices fell 5.77% on Wednesday, trading at $516.50 as of 11:52 a.m. EDT, down $31.62 on the day, as continued turmoil in the...

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SpaceX Stock Hovers Near Its June IPO Price as Starship Flight 13 Nears After FAA Clears Mishap Probe

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies fell 1.65% on Wednesday, trading at $133.84, down $2.24 on the day, continuing a slide that has pushed the...

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SanDisk Stock Sinks Nearly 12% as New Argus Hold Rating Deepens Memory Chip Sector Profit-Taking

SanDisk Stock Sinks Nearly 12% as New Argus Hold Rating Deepens Memory Chip Sector Profit-Taking

Shares of SanDisk fell 11.66% on Wednesday, trading at $1,552.79 as of 11:43 a.m. EDT, down $205.03 on the day, after Argus Research initiated...

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GameStop Shares Edge Higher as Shareholders Approve Stock Expansion to Fuel Its eBay Takeover Pursuit

GameStop Shares Edge Higher as Shareholders Approve Stock Expansion to Fuel Its eBay Takeover Pursuit

Shares of GameStop rose 0.58% Wednesday morning, trading at $22.56 as of 10:11 a.m. EDT, up 13 cents on the day, as the video game retailer continues...

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ASX 200 Climbs Above 8,800 As Wall Street Rally And Middle East Tensions Fuel Oil, Energy Stock Gains

ASX 200 Climbs Above 8,800 As Wall Street Rally And Middle East Tensions Fuel Oil, Energy Stock Gains

SYDNEY — Australian shares pushed higher on Wednesday afternoon, with the S&P/ASX 200 climbing back above the 8,800-point mark as a strong...

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Volkswagen Warns of Up to 100,000 Job Cuts, but Analysts Call It Latest Negotiating Tactic in Germany

Volkswagen Warns of Up to 100,000 Job Cuts, but Analysts Call It Latest Negotiating Tactic in Germany

Volkswagen's chief executive confirmed to employees this week that the company is weighing as many as 100,000 job cuts worldwide, a figure that...

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US Natural Gas Power Costs Hit 17-Year High as Data Center Demand Surges

US Natural Gas Power Costs Hit 17-Year High as Data Center Demand Surges

NEW YORK — The cost of generating electricity from natural gas-fired plants in the United States has reached its highest level in at least 17 years,...

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Nasdaq Falls Over 1 Percent as Tech Stocks Slide on Profit Taking and Geopolitical Jitters

Nasdaq Falls Over 1 Percent as Tech Stocks Slide on Profit Taking and Geopolitical Jitters

NEW YORK — The Nasdaq Composite declined 277.14 points, or 1.05 percent, to 26,004.46 on Monday amid renewed weakness in technology and...

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James Murdoch May Have Reaped $7.5 Billion From Early SpaceX Bet, Far Outpacing Fox Media Fortune

James Murdoch May Have Reaped $7.5 Billion From Early SpaceX Bet, Far Outpacing Fox Media Fortune

James Murdoch, the estranged son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, appears poised to walk away with a fortune from an early investment in Elon...

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ASX 200 Slips Sharply 0.41% At Midday Monday As Middle East Tensions And IMF Warnings Rattle Investors

ASX 200 Slips Sharply 0.41% At Midday Monday As Middle East Tensions And IMF Warnings Rattle Investors

Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 35.8 points, or 0.41%, to 8,770.2 by early Monday afternoon, retreating from a positive open as...

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Netflix Explores Live TV Channels, Peacock Bundle as Viewer Engagement Slips to Multiyear Low, Stock Dips

Netflix Explores Live TV Channels, Peacock Bundle as Viewer Engagement Slips to Multiyear Low, Stock Dips

Netflix is exploring live television channels and third-party streaming bundles, including a potential partnership with NBCUniversal's Peacock,...

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Prime Drink's Australian Company Collapses Into Administration, Owing Millions With Just $85,000 Left

Prime Drink's Australian Company Collapses Into Administration, Owing Millions With Just $85,000 Left

The Australian arm of Congo Brands, the company behind Logan Paul and KSI's Prime sports and energy drinks, has collapsed into administration,...

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Dow Extends Weekly Gains Today as Chip Stocks Rally and SK Hynix's Blockbuster IPO Debuts on Wall Street

Dow Extends Weekly Gains Today as Chip Stocks Rally and SK Hynix's Blockbuster IPO Debuts on Wall Street

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks extended their weekly gains Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing to 52,616.63, up 129.22 points, or 0.25...

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KOSPI Rebounds Modestly as SK Hynix's Oversubscribed Nasdaq Listing Lifts Battered Chip Stocks Thursday

KOSPI Rebounds Modestly as SK Hynix's Oversubscribed Nasdaq Listing Lifts Battered Chip Stocks Thursday

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index closed higher Thursday, rising 45.12 points, or 0.62 percent, to 7,291.91, recovering...

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ASX 200 Slips As Oil Prices Surge On Iran Ceasefire Collapse While Energy Stocks Buck The Trend Today

ASX 200 Slips As Oil Prices Surge On Iran Ceasefire Collapse While Energy Stocks Buck The Trend Today

SYDNEY — Australian shares closed lower Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index falling 22.6 points, or 0.26 percent, to 8,762.5, as renewed...

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GameStop Shares Slip as Shareholders Approve Stock Increase to Fund Its $56 Billion eBay Takeover Bid

Shares of GameStop Corp. fell Wednesday, trading at $21.82, down 38 cents, or 1.71 percent, a day after shareholders overwhelmingly approved a package...

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Commonwealth Bank Shares Climb To $168 As CBA Recovers From June Lows Despite Full-Year Stock Decline

SYDNEY — Shares of Commonwealth Bank of Australia rose Wednesday, trading at $168.18, up $1.48, or 0.89 percent, extending a rebound for...

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ASX 200 Slides Over 0.6% As Rare Earths And Lithium Stocks Tumble Amid Global Semiconductor Sell-Off Today

SYDNEY — Australian shares fell for a third consecutive session Wednesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 58 points, or 0.66 percent, to 8,745.9 in...

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Nvidia Shares Fall Nearly 2% After Report Says China's DeepSeek Is Developing Its Own AI Inference Chip

Shares of Nvidia fell Tuesday, trading at $191.70, down $3.85, or 1.97 percent, after a Reuters report said Chinese artificial intelligence company...

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BHP Shares Fall Nearly 2% as Iron Ore Prices and Mining Sector Weakness Continue to Weigh on Global Miner

Shares of BHP Group fell Tuesday, with the mining giant trading at $58.94, down $1.08, or 1.80 percent, extending a difficult recent stretch for the...

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ASX 200 Slips Tuesday As Gold And Mining Stocks Weigh On Australian Shares Despite Wall Street Gains Overnight

SYDNEY — Australian shares fell in early afternoon trading Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index down 23.2 points, or 0.26 percent, to 8,807.8 as...

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SpaceX Nears Historic Nasdaq-100 Debut Tuesday as Investors Weigh Post-IPO Valuation Questions

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. continued to trade higher Monday morning as investors positioned ahead of the company's addition...

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Vault Minerals Shares Surge 12% As Genesis Minerals Lobs $5.6 Billion Rival Takeover Bid Over Regis Deal

SYDNEY — Shares in Vault Minerals surged more than 12 percent Monday after the ASX-listed gold producer received an unsolicited, superior takeover...

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ASX 200 Live Today: Australian Shares Edge Higher Monday Despite Futures Pointing To A Slightly Weaker Open

SYDNEY — Australian shares opened the trading week on a firmer note Monday, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbing modestly in...

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Australia's House Prices Are Finally Falling: What a 10 Percent Drop Means for Buyers, Sellers and Renters

SYDNEY — Australian house prices are slowing for the first time in years following a sweeping federal budget overhaul of the country's property...

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Amazon Stock Rises As Prime Day Success And AWS AI Demand Drive Optimism Ahead Of Q2 Earnings

Amazon.com Inc. shares gained more than 1% to trade near $245 Thursday as investors cheered strong early performance from Prime Day sales and...

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ASX 200 Surges 1.36% On Friday As Gold Miners Soar And Weak US Jobs Report Kills Rate Hike Fears

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index surged strongly Friday, climbing 119 points, or 1.36%, to 8,843.5, its best single-session...

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Tesla Shares Slide Despite Record Q2 Deliveries as Investors Weigh Robotaxi Timeline

Tesla Inc. shares fell more than 6% to trade around $396 Thursday despite the electric vehicle maker reporting stronger-than-expected vehicle...

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Maase Inc. Shares Rocket 20% on AI Computing Projects as Chinese Tech Pivot Ignites Small-Cap Rally

Maase Inc. shares surged nearly 20% to $18.70 in morning trading Thursday, continuing a remarkable run as the Chinese company advances multiple AI...

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Dow Hits a New All-Time High on Thursday After Shockingly Weak June Jobs Report Eases Fed Rate Hike Fears

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a new all-time intraday high Thursday and closed sharply higher after a dramatically...

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ASX 200 Hovers Near Flat In Thin Trade As RBA Hawkish Signal And Weak U.S. Futures Weigh On Sentiment

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was barely changed in afternoon trade Thursday, hovering just below the flatline as a hawkish...

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Perpetual Shares Surge Nearly 17% After Rejecting EQT-Backed Takeover Bid It Called Undervalued Today

SYDNEY — Shares of Perpetual Ltd surged nearly 17% Wednesday after the Australian wealth and asset management company disclosed that it had received...

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Ford Motor Shares Advance Modestly as Automaker Navigates Hybrid Strategy and Industry Challenges

Ford Motor Co. shares edged higher Tuesday morning, trading around $14.17 as the automaker continued to draw investor attention amid its strategic...

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Dow Slips From Record High Today as Investors Brace for Holiday-Shortened Week and Key June Jobs Report

The Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back Tuesday, giving up a small portion of the previous session's record-setting rally as investors...

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ASX 200 Ends Flat At 8,820 After Volatile Day, Even As Neuren Pharmaceuticals Stuns With 36% Surge

SYDNEY — Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed essentially unchanged Monday, slipping just 3.3 points, or 0.04%, to settle at...

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Texas Instruments Shares Advance 1% as Chipmaker Benefits from Industrial and Automotive Demand

NEW YORK — Shares of Texas Instruments Inc rose modestly Monday, reflecting steady investor interest in the analog and embedded processing...

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McDonald's Stock Slips Again Today, Trading Near 52-Week Lows Despite Four Quarters of Rising Comparable Sales

McDonald's shares fell again Monday, extending a steep slide that has pushed the world's largest restaurant franchisor down more than 20%...

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Starbucks Shares Gain 1.3% as Coffee Giant Navigates Recovery and Menu Innovation

NEW YORK — Shares of Starbucks Corp rose modestly Monday, reflecting investor optimism around the coffee chain's ongoing efforts to revitalize...

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Meta Platforms Stock Jumps 2.4% Today As Investors Bet The Big AI Spending Selloff Was Already Overdone

Meta Platforms shares climbed Monday morning, extending a recovery from a rough stretch earlier this year in which investors grew increasingly anxious...

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Russell 2000 Slips 0.6% As Small-Cap Stocks Face Rotation Pressure Amid Mixed Economic Signals

NEW YORK — The Russell 2000 Index declined modestly Monday, reflecting selective pressure on small-capitalization stocks as investors navigated...

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Netflix Shares Rise 2.7% as Streaming Leader Maintains Subscriber Momentum

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Shares of Netflix Inc edged higher Monday, extending recent gains for the streaming entertainment giant as it continues to...

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Nvidia Stock Falls for a Sixth Straight Day as It Becomes the Worst-Performing Chip Stock So Far This Year

Nvidia shares slipped again Monday morning, extending a losing streak that has now stretched to six consecutive trading sessions and left the...

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Iridium Communications Shares Surge 21% on Rocket Lab Acquisition Deal

MCLEAN, Va. — Shares of Iridium Communications Inc jumped more than 21% on Monday after the satellite communications provider announced a major...

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Neuren Pharmaceuticals Shares Surge 36% on Positive European Opinion for Rett Syndrome Drug

SYDNEY — Shares in Neuren Pharmaceuticals Ltd skyrocketed more than 36% on Monday after the Australian biotech company's partner received a key...

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