Market News for August 14, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on August 14, 2026.
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S&P 500 Slips Friday as Tech Selloff and Weak Retail Data Offset Monthly Gains, Index Still Posts Third Straight Weekly Rise
Wall Street ended Friday in the red after tech stocks retreated following the S&P 500's record high a day earlier. The S&P 500 fell 15.54 points, or 0.20 percent, to close at 7,783.45, the…
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Jane Street Lost $15 Billion in July on Situational Awareness Exposure as AI Stocks Slumped
Jane Street, the high-frequency trading giant, suffered a roughly $15 billion loss in July after the AI market selloff hammered its exposure to Situational Awareness, Leopold…
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Capricor Therapeutics Stock More Than Doubles After FDA Agrees to Review New Duchenne Drug Data and Lancet Publication
Capricor Therapeutics shares surged more than 100% on August 14, 2026, after the company announced the FDA is willing to review new data on deramiocel, its experimental treatment for…
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Broadcom Sinks 6% as BofA Flags $370 Billion AI Debt Risk and VMware Security Flaws Emerge
Broadcom shares fell as much as 6% on August 14, making the stock the biggest decliner in the S&P 500, with shares dropping to around $390.69 as two separate concerns hit investor sentiment…
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Bank Leumi to Become First Israeli Bank to Offer Crypto Trading via Galaxy Digital Partnership
Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank, has announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to offer Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana trading to its customers, making it the first bank in Israel to…
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Bitcoin Slides Near $62,470 as MSCI Exclusion Threat and Hashrate Drop Add to Pressure on Crypto Markets
Bitcoin fell to an intraday low of $62,470 on Friday, its second consecutive day below $63,000, with seven-day losses sitting at 2.6%. A fresh liquidity injection of roughly 350 billion…
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Eli Lilly Wins European Approval for Weight Loss Pill Foundayo as BMY Scores FDA Nod for Myeloma Drug
Eli Lilly secured the first European regulatory approval for its oral weight loss pill Foundayo in the United Kingdom, intensifying a direct battle with Novo Nordisk, whose oral Wegovy was…
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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charges in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court to two counts of interstate stalking resulting in death, admitting he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In court…
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US Consumer Sentiment Plunges to Fifth Lowest on Record in August UMich Reading
The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index fell sharply to 51.0, well below the consensus forecast of around 55.0 and down from 55.2 in July. The reading marks…
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US Retail Sales Post First Monthly Decline in 14 Months, Falling 0.6% in July
US retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the first monthly decline in 14 months and a sharp miss against the 0.1% gain economists had forecast. The prior month's reading was a revised 0.2%…
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Nigel Farage Wins Clacton By-Election With 22,239 Votes but Count Binface Steals the Narrative
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has won back his parliamentary seat in Clacton after triggering a snap by-election he intended to use to shore up his position amid allegations of financial…
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Trump Imposes 100% Tariff on Drones and Components in National Security Move Targeting China
President Trump signed a proclamation on August 13, 2026, imposing a 100% ad valorem tariff on imports of unmanned aircraft systems and certain components, citing national security concerns…
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Apple Builds Its Own AI Model for China With Alibaba's Help, Departing From Third-Party Strategy
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the Chinese market, according to three people familiar with the matter, marking a significant departure from the company's existing…
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Trump Imposes Tariffs Up to 100% on Drone Imports Citing National Security
President Trump signed a proclamation on August 13, 2026 imposing tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and their components, citing national security concerns and what the White House…
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S&P 500 Hits Record Close as Soft US PPI Data Dims Fed Rate-Hike Fears
The S&P 500 closed at a record high after tame US producer price inflation data reinforced market expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady at its September meeting…
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Pony.ai and Uber Announce Expansion to 2,000-Plus Robotaxis Across Europe Under Deepened Partnership
Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai and Uber announced Friday a major expansion of their European robotaxi partnership, with plans to jointly deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across the…