Karen Moscow

Roundup litigation has plagued the German conglomerate since it bought Monsanto for $66 billion and inherited a string of suits that have cast a lingering cloud over its shares.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austin Goolsbee says there is potential for more interest rate cuts this year if inflation continues to return toward the central bank's 2% target.

Warning that services inflation remains elevated, Goolsbee said if price hikes linked to tariffs are a one-off, it could allow policymakers room to move.

Goolsbee made the comments to CNBC.

U.S.

homebuilder confidence slipping again this month, bogged down by persistent worries over affordability and high construction costs.

An index of market conditions from the National Association of Homebuilders in Wells Fargo edged down in February to 36.

That was the lowest level since September.

While New York State factory activity expanded in February for a second month, and manufacturers grew more upbeat about future business, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's General Business Conditions Index was little changed at 7.1.

And the Associated Press is reporting Tony Clark is resigning as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Clark's decision is said to come during an investigation by the U.S.

attorney in Brooklyn, New York, over One Team Partners, a licensing company founded by the union and the NFL Players Association.

Looking at the Olympics now and the medal count, Norway has the most gold still and the most overall with 13 and 30 respectively.

The U.S.

has six golds and 19 medals overall.

And tech in the markets.

Renewed selling and several tech giants weighing on stocks amid lingering anxiety over the outlook for artificial intelligence that has recently hammered the group as well as dozens of companies across a number of industries.

Bitcoin is sinking.

Gold is tumbling.

Right now the S&P 500 down six-tenths of a percent.