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Nasdaq Rises for Tenth Straight Day as U.S. and Iran Continue Talks
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices fell while stocks jumped. Plus: Shares in both United Airlines and American Airlines get a boost after merger talk. Katherine Sullivan hos...
IMF Warns of Weaker Economic Growth If Iran War Doesn’t End Soon
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: JPMorgan Chase reports higher profit and revenue for the first quarter. And Amazon acquires Starlink rival Globalstar. Alex Ossola hosts. Sig...
Saudi Arabia Presses U.S. to Drop Blockade
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The Iran war begins to hurt China’s export momentum. And LVMH posts weak first quarter sales as the conflict weighs on hopes of a rebound in d...
U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Sends Oil Higher
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Goldman Sachs shares drop after a poor performing fixed income segment. And Palantir stock rebounds after a drop earlier this month. Katherine ...
The U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Has Begun
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Goldman Sachs reports a record quarter in banking and trading. And Google is expected to lose its digital-ad crown to Meta. Anthony Bansie hosts...
U.S. and Iran Trade Threats Over Strait of Hormuz
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán suffers a landslide defeat in national elections. And McDonald’s plans to capitalize on the booming ene...
High Inflation Report Sends Dow Down
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Consumer prices hit a nearly two-year high. Plus: Organon shares jumped after the company agreed to be purchased. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up...
March Inflation Rate Jumps to 3.3%, Driven by High Gas Prices
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: European airports are looking at severe jet fuel shortages if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t fully opened. And CoreWeave and Anthropic form an AI ...
Israel’s Lebanon War Threatens Iran Cease-Fire
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Japan plans to release extra oil reserves to try and stabilize energy prices. And the White House warns staffers about placing bets linked to th...
Hopes for a Cease-Fire in Lebanon Sends Oil Prices Down
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks closed higher, reversing morning declines. Plus: Constellation brands shares rose as it reported a rebound of interest in its Corona and Modelo...
Iran’s Strikes on Gulf Neighbors Appear to Halt
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: a key inflation measure watched by the Fed remained high in February, before the Iran war. And the Department of Justice has opened an investiga...
Lebanon Strikes Emerge as Major Hurdle for U.S. and Iran Peace Deal
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Disney’s new CEO starts slashing jobs. And a setback for Anthropic in its legal fight with the Pentagon. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ...
Iran Cease-Fire Deal Sends Stocks Soaring
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices fell as trade through the Strait of Hormuz may resume. Plus: Blue Owl Capital shares fell after Moody’s downgraded its private-credit fun...
Missiles Fly Across the Persian Gulf Despite Cease-Fire
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Delta Air Lines is warning travelers to expect higher fares and fewer flights. And Exxon Mobil expects the war in Iran to cut its global oil and...
Trump Agrees to Two-Week Iran Cease-Fire
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Clayton Fuller wins in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District to hold Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat for Republicans. And under pressure to pr...
Stocks Turn Higher on Cease-Fire Hopes
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Airlines stocks slide ahead of a turbulent earnings season. And shares of health-insurance companies rise after the Trump administration announc...
Higher-Dose Weight-Loss Shots Are Hitting U.S. Shelves
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Blackstone closes its largest private credit fund amid industry turmoil. And stocks react to President Trump’s latest threats to Iran. Imani M...
Medicare Insurer Payments to Rise in 2027
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital offers more than $63 billion to buy Universal Music Group. And Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service reach a ...
Stocks Tick Up Ahead of Trump’s Hormuz Deadline
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Tesla shares drop after weak earnings estimates. And Paramount Skydance stock rises after securing new equity commitments. Katherine Sullivan ho...
Stocks Open Higher on Cease-Fire Efforts
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Israel says it hit a key Iranian energy site. And the Treasury Department has tapped BNY Mellon and Robinhood to help run Trump accounts for ch...
Trump Threatens Iran’s Power Plants
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Paramount secures nearly $24 billion from three Middle East sovereign-wealth funds for its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. And PepsiCo and Diag...
One Crew Member of Downed U.S. Fighter Jet Is Rescued
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: OpenAI’s Fidji Simo to take medical leave as part of leadership changeup ahead of planned IPO. And a judge rejects the Justice Department’s ...
U.S. Conducting Rescue Operation After Jet Shot Down Over Iran
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: President Trump is seeking an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in defense spending in the next fiscal year. And the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs i...
Hegseth Removes Army’s Top General in Expanding Pentagon Purge
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: the Trump administration amps up its defense of prediction markets. And today’s jobs report could clarify whether February’s big jobs drop w...
Stocks Recover From Steep Sell Off Following Trump’s Iran Address
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks opened lower after Trump vowed to hit Iran “extremely hard”. Plus: Shares in Delta and United airlines drop as investors worry about the pr...
European Leaders Discuss Reopening Strait of Hormuz
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Investors in two of Blue Owl Capital’s biggest private-credit funds asked to pull out roughly $5.4 billion in the first quarter. And Tesla and...
Trump Tries to Sell Americans Iran War
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Eli Lilly’s obesity pill gets approval, and will take on a rival from Novo Nordisk in the booming GLP-1 drug market. And the Trump Administrat...
Stocks Continue Rally on Hopes for a Quick End to War
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Boeing shares rise after signing a deal with the Department of Defense. And Nike shares fall after losing ground in China. Katherine Sullivan ho...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Files for Mega-IPO
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Anthropic races to contain leak of code behind Claude AI agent. Intel agrees to buy out Apollo Global Management’s stake in Irish chip manufac...
U.A.E. Signals Intent to Join Iran Fight
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: President Trump is turning up the pressure on the Supreme Court, as it prepares to hear arguments on limiting U.S. citizenship. And the U.S. has...
Stocks Rally on Hopes Iran War Is Nearing an End
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Nasdaq led the gains. Plus: McCormick shares slide following a merger announcement with Unilever. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ...
Stocks Rise After Trump Administration Considers Ending Iran War
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Unilever and McCormick to create a grocery goods giant. And growth in U.S. home prices is slowing. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s fre...
Trump May Be Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: High earners in Washington State will face a new tax on income over $1 million starting in 2028. And New American Heart Association diet advice ...
Nasdaq Retreats as U.S. Crude Pushes Above $100
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Shares in major oil companies climbed as crude prices rose. And Sysco shares fell after a deal to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot. Katherine Sullivan...
New Government Rule Would Move Private Credit Closer to 401(k)s
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. plans to eventually take control of the Strait of Hormuz. And the CEO of Air Canada will retire f...
Trump Considers Military Operation to Extract Iran’s Uranium
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Sysco nears a deal to buy family-owned Restaurant Depot for roughly $29 billion. And Chinese EV leader BYD posts its first annual profit decline...
Steep Losses Send Dow Into Correction Territory
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dow slides 1.7%, as the S&P 500 posts its fifth straight week of losses. Plus: Carnival shares drop after the cruise line cuts its outlook. And AstraZ...
Markets See No Chance of Fed Interest-Rate Cuts This Year
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is returning to the morning program. And Meta Platforms agrees to fund the massive energy infrastructure...
Late-Night Deal to Fund DHS Averts Airport Crisis
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Anthropic scores an early victory in its legal fight with the Pentagon. And Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to file paperwork with regulators f...
Nasdaq Enters Correction Territory
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices pushed above $100. Plus: Olaplex shares rally after acquisition deal. And H&M stock slides after muted sales. Katherine Sullivan hosts. ...
Wall Street Bonuses Hit a New Record
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Mortgage rates rise for the fourth week in a row, threatening to chill the start of the spring home-buying season. And the Justice Department sa...
President Trump Wants to End Iran War Soon
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: EU lawmakers vote on whether to back its U.S. trade deal. And Rio Tinto exits the diamond business. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s ...
Cautious Optimism for Iran Cease-Fire Deal Boosts Stocks
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Chewy shares rally after upbeat guidance. And Newmont stock rises after gold prices rebound. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's ...
Iran Dismisses U.S. Peace Plan
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: President Trump plans to name some of the biggest names in business to a tech advisory panel. And drugmaker Merck acquires Terns Pharmaceutical ...
Meta Targets $9 Trillion Valuation in New Executive Pay Plan
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Arm Holdings pivots from partner to rival, sending shares soaring on news it will design and sell its own chips. And South Korean chip giant SK ...
Stocks Fall and Oil Prices Climb Again
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla shares rise after sales gains in Europe. And Amazon stock falls after reported disruptions to its data centers in Bahrain. Katherine Sullivan ho...
Insurance Prices Soar for Ships in the Persian Gulf
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Apollo shares fall after one of its private-credit funds caps redemptions. And FedEx is launching a new same-day delivery service. Anthony Bansie host...
Senate Nears DHS Funding Deal to End Airport Queues
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The EU and Australia have inked a new free-trade deal and security partnership. And Estée Lauder is in talks to create a global beauty giant. L...
Market Rallies After U.S. Postpones Strikes on Iran
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil dropped below $100 barrel on the news. Plus: Meta Platforms stock rises after Mark Zuckerberg says he’s building his own AI agent. Katherine Sul...
Trump Postpones U.S. Strikes on Iranian Energy Infrastructure
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill banning sports bets on prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket. And David Simon, the man who built the bi...
Clock is Ticking For Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Two pilots have been killed after an Air Canada Express plane collided with a firefighting vehicle in New York’s LaGuardia Airport. And activi...
Stocks Fall for Fourth Straight Week
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nasdaq loses 2% to close out the week. Plus: Super Micro Computer shares plummet after employees are accused of smuggling servers to China. Nexstar Me...
DOJ Sues Harvard Over Jewish Students’ Civil Rights
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The Pentagon is sending three warships and additional Marines to the Middle East. And a new federal indictment alleges that several employees at...
U.S. Intensifies Military Action to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Blue Origin has formally entered the race to develop AI data centers in space. And OpenAI plans to streamline its products into a desktop “sup...
Stocks Pare Early Losses But Close Lower
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says he wouldn’t “put troops anywhere” when asked about moving forces toward Iran. Plus: Tesla shares fall after U.S. regulars e...
Hegseth Says There’s ‘No Time Set’ for the End of Operations in Iran
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Federal regulators deepen their probe into Tesla’s automated driving-assistance system. And European central banks held interest rates steady....
Oil and Gas Prices Jump as Iran Targets Gulf Energy Infrastructure
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Micron shares drop over squeezed supply amid AI memory demand. And global central banks hold rates steady over concern about weaker growth and h...
Fed Chair Powell Voices Inflation Worries
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. stocks close lower after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warns of “energy shock.” Plus: Macy’s shares climb as Bloomingdale’s shows r...
Israel Strikes Massive Iranian Gas Field
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The strikes are sending oil prices rising again. And Macy’s posted surprisingly strong fourth-quarter earnings but sounded a note of caution f...
Gulf States Call on U.S. to Crush Iran’s Ability to Harm Them
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Amazon is planning a major cut in packages sent through the already cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. And chips stocks help U.S. futures rise a...
Investors Set Aside Iran Worries, Pushing Stocks Higher
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brent crude closes at more than $103 a barrel. Plus: Uber shares rise after an expanded partnership with Nvidia. Eli Lilly shares fall after HSBC anal...
U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Concerns With Iran War
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Pending home sales in the U.S. rise in February. And airline carriers raise their forecasts. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free W...
Israel Believes Strike Killed Iranian Security Chief Ali Larijani
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Oil and natural gas prices are rising today. And President Trump has asked China to delay a summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing originally schedul...
Stocks Rise as Pressure to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Intensifies
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Nvidia shares were up as the CEO gave a keynote speech at the company’s AI conference. And Dollar Tree stock climbed after the company reporte...
Nvidia’s Developers' Conference Is Focusing on a New Type of AI Computing
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Italian bank UniCredit has offered to buy all the remaining shares of Germany’s Commerzbank. And Intuit plans to roughly double its stock buyb...
Trump Tries to Build Coalition to Open the Strait of Hormuz
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants are set to strike amid soaring beef prices. And U.S. airline executives urge Congres...
Stocks Slide as Attacks In Straight of Hormuz Escalate
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A weak GDP estimate contributed to the declines. Plus: Meta shares slide after reports that it delayed releasing a new AI model. Katherine Sullivan ho...
Consumer Sentiment Falls in March
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The U.S. economy grew more slowly than previously reported at the end of last year. And Adobe’s CEO will step down after the company finds a n...
U.S. Air Force Refueling Plane Crashes in Iraq
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Oil prices hold above $100, despite U.S. plan to allow countries to purchase sanctioned Russian crude already at sea. And TikTok’s parent comp...
Stocks Slide as Oil Prices Rise
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All three major indexes lost more than a point. Plus: Bumble shares jumped as the company touted its turnaround strategy. Katherine Sullivan hosts. ...
Iran’s New Leader Vows to Fight On
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The U.S. trade deficit declined in January, continuing a volatile run. And Honda expects to swing to its first annual loss in decades after reev...
Crisis Escalates in the Strait of Hormuz
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Trump administration launches tariff investigations into trade practices the U.S. deems unfair. And Costco faces a potential class-action lawsui...
Stocks Close Mostly Down as Oil Prices Push Higher
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Goldman Sachs stock fell as the financial sector faced pressure. And Campbell’s shares dropped as the company reported low demand for snack fo...
Inflation Holds Steady in February
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The International Energy Agency will release 400 million barrels of oil, its largest reserves distribution in history. And three ships have been...
IEA Proposes Massive Oil Reserves Release
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Four people are injured after a pair of Iranian drones fell near Dubai International Airport. And Oracle shares rally as the company’s sales o...
Stocks Close Mixed as Oil Prices Drop
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Boeing shares slide after announcing delivery delays for its 737 Max aircraft. And Exxon Mobile stock slips after announcing it’s moving its corpora...
February Home Sales Rose
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the U.S. “will not relent” until Iran is defeated. And oil prices fall on the suggestion that the c...
Trump Advisors Urge President to End Iran War
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The world’s largest EV battery maker tops expectations despite higher lithium prices and cooling EV demand in China. And U.S. airports are war...
Stocks Rally Following Trump’s War-Progress Comments
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil dropped below $90 after swinging to as high as $119. Plus: Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump announce an investment in a drone company. Katherine S...
Group of Seven Ready to Tap Oil Reserves if Needed
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Live Nation and the Justice Department have reached an antitrust settlement. And Novo Nordisk will sell weight-loss drugs through Hims & Hers, e...
Gulf Squeeze Pushes Oil Past $100
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are among the investors in Powerus, a company formed to bring Ukrainian drones to the U.S. And activist Starboar...
Weak Jobs Report Weighs on Stocks
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nasdaq leads major U.S. indexes lower as the unemployment rate ticks up to 4.4% and oil prices surge to more than $90 a barrel. Plus: Gap shares slide...
The U.S. Economy Lost 92,000 Jobs in February
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Kuwait cuts oil production. And markets react to the jobs report and mounting tensions in the Middle East. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for ...
Israel Moves to ‘Next Phase’ in Iran
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The U.S. and Venezuela restart diplomatic relations with the aim of promoting the country’s economic recovery And investors wait on the latest...
Rising Oil Prices Send U.S. Stocks Down
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Morgan Stanley shares fell after announcing layoffs. And Meta Platforms stock drops after responding to antitrust concerns in Europe. Katherine ...
Middle East Conflict Spreads to More Countries
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: U.S. imports of Venezuelan oil are rising. And Target details its store opening and remodeling plans as it seeks to turn its business around. Da...
China Hints at New Lower Growth Era
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: A federal trade-court judge says the Trump administration owes more than $130 billion in tariff refunds. And Morgan Stanley fires 2,500 employee...
U.S. Stocks Rebound as Worries Over the Iran Conflict Ease
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Nasdaq gained 1.3 percent. Plus: Meta share rise on reports of new superintelligence efforts. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's f...
The U.S. Sank an Iranian Warship
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: An Iranian missile launched at Turkey is shot down. QatarEnergy, the world’s largest producer of liquified natural gas, declares force majeure...
Israel Targets Iran's Police State, Hoping to Enable a Popular Uprising
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: South Korean stocks see a record drop as fighting in the Mideast ripples across Asian economies. And James Talarico wins Texas’s Senate Democr...
Stocks Drop but Pare Deeper Early Losses
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Escalating Middle East conflict pushes stocks lower and oil prices higher. Plus: Target shares rise as investors anticipate a turnaround plan from the...
Israel Strikes Tehran and Beirut
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: U.S. stocks slide as the conflict widens in the Middle East. And Target’s new CEO has a plan to turn the company around. The retailer reported...
U.S. Orders Americans in 14 Mideast Nations to Leave
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The first flights have begun taking off from Dubai even as airspaces remain shut in large parts of the Middle East. And how the escalating confl...
Stocks Close Mixed as Investors React to Middle East Conflict
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oil prices leapt and defense stocks saw a boost. Plus: United Airlines stocks dip after cancelling all flights to the region. Katherine Sullivan hosts...
More U.S. Troops Are Headed to Middle East
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: U.S. stocks were trading lower this morning, while shares in the U.S. energy sector jumped. And the Justice Department’s antitrust trial again...
Oil Jumps on Disruption Fears in Strait of Hormuz
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Gulf states face Iranian counter attacks, upsetting their image of safety. And U.S. forces used Anthropic’s AI to coordinate strikes in Iran, ...
U.S. Stocks Sell Off to End the Month
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Private credit concerns send Goldman Sachs stocks down. And Dell shares jump after a huge increase in its quarterly sales. Katherine Sullivan ho...
OpenAI Working on Pentagon Deal
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Trump Media says it’s in talks to spin off businesses including Truth Social. And experts say Iran is far from building intercontinental balli...
Paramount Wins the Warner Discovery Sweepstakes
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Anthropic says it won’t relax its AI safety measures in the face of the Pentagon’s ultimatum. And Pakistan says it's in open war with Afghan...
Nvidia Drags Nasdaq Lower
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Zoom Communications stock falls after missing expectations. And J.M. Smucker shares rally after agreeing to appoint two new positions to its boa...