Andrew here. Tariffs are back. The Trump administration put new levies into effect around midnight in Washington. But unlike last time, businesses saw these coming, so don’t expect the same frantic scramble to shore up global trade and supply chains.
While these new measures appear more legally defensible,
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Shares of Intel Corp. INTC slid 7.9% in a single trading session on July 24, 2026, despite announcing better-than-expected second-quarter results. Impressively, this marked the fastest revenue growth rate for any period in almost 15 years for INTC.
The pullback was most likely caused by investors’
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A television station broadcasts Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting.
The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June.
Wind energy has strong long-term growth prospects, driven by supportive government policies, decarbonization efforts, and technological advancements that are improving efficiency and reducing costs. The rapid adoption of electric vehicles is also expected to drive greater demand for clean electricity and charging infrastructure, creating additional opportunities for renewable energy providers. However, the industry faces near-term challenges from rising input costs,
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Bloom Energy smashed Q2 estimates with $1.07B in record revenue and raised 2026 full-year guidance to as high as $4.2B.
BE stock briefly surged 11%, reversing Tuesday’s short-seller-driven 13% drop, before reversing; meanwhile, FCEL fell 2% and PLUG traded flat on the session.
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Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,023.91 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly lower than Tuesday’s price, when it traded at $4,031.77 per ounce at the same time.
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Copper fell on Wednesday in cautious trade ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day and signs of easing supply tightness in the world’s biggest consumer China, while aluminium rose in response to renewed fighting in the Middle East.
Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.6% at $13,607 a metric ton in official open-outcry trading,
OGE Energy (OGE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.57 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.53 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -1.75%.
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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s financial authorities said Wednesday they are considering imposing a cap on the proportion of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in individual investment portfolios as part of efforts to curb extreme stock market volatility.
Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and the heads of other financial authorities discussed the measure during an emergency meeting,