Market News for October 7, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on October 7, 2026.
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Pacific Booker Minerals Upsizes Non-Brokered Private Placement to $12 Million from $10 Million
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (TSXV: BKM; OTC Pink: PBMLF) announced it is upsizing its previously announced non-brokered private placement to raise gross proceeds of up to $12 million…
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S&P 500 and Dow Pull Back From Record Highs as 10-Year Treasury Yield Nears 24-Year High
U.S. stocks retreated on Wednesday, October 7, as surging Treasury yields pulled investors out of equities that had recently touched record levels. The S&P 500 fell roughly 0.23 percent to…
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Samsung Posts Record Quarterly Operating Profit Above 100 Trillion Won for First Time
Samsung Electronics reported preliminary third-quarter operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, roughly $80.2 billion, marking the first time the company has surpassed the 100 trillion won…
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General Dynamics Names President Danny Deep as CEO Starting January 2027
General Dynamics has selected its current president, Danny Deep, to become the company's next chief executive officer, effective January 2027. Deep, 56, is a longtime company insider who…
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Trump Plans Putin Birthday Call and Plays Down Russia Plague Bioweapon Fears
President Trump announced on October 7 that he has a call arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the conversation coinciding with Putin's birthday. No specific timeframe for…
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Caribou Biosciences Halts Entire CAR-T Pipeline and Launches Strategic Review Including Potential Sale
Caribou Biosciences announced it is halting all clinical development and launching a formal strategic review to explore a potential merger, acquisition, business combination, or other…
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Penguin Solutions Surges 13% After Record Q4 Beat, 40% FY27 Guidance Raise, and Link to Anthropic Norway GPU Deal
Penguin Solutions posted record fourth-quarter results on October 6, with net sales of $567 million rising 68% year over year and operating income of $69 million surging 458% from the…
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Webull Shares Crash Nearly 30% After House Panel Labels Its China Ties a National Security Risk
Webull, the digital investment platform with 28 million global users, saw its stock plunge as much as 31% in premarket trading and settle around 29% lower to approximately $5.15 on…
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FTC and USDA Launch Agricultural Equipment Inquiry, Sending Caterpillar Stock Down Nearly 6%
Caterpillar shares fell 5.75% on Wednesday, October 7, making it the worst performer in the S&P 500 and the biggest drag on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after the Federal Trade…
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DNC Sues Trump Administration Over Taxpayer-Funded TV Ads It Calls Illegal Propaganda
The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration, alleging that government-funded television advertisements promoting President Trump violate…
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Maricarmen Abascal, 87-Year-Old Whose Eviction Ignited Spain Housing Crisis, Dies
Maria del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose forced removal from her Madrid home became the defining image of Spain's housing crisis, died on October 7, two weeks after her…
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Starbucks Raises Quarterly Dividend 1.6% to $0.63 Per Share
Starbucks increased its quarterly cash dividend by 1.6%, from $0.62 to $0.63 per share, bringing the annualized dividend rate to $2.52 per share. The dividend is payable November 27 to…
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UPS Employee Ignored Security Warning, Allowing F-35 Stealth Parts to Reach China via Hong Kong
China obtained sensitive components from an F-35 stealth fighter jet after a UPS employee failed to act on an email warning that barred the shipment from transiting through Hong Kong. The…
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Tanker Struck by Multiple Projectiles in Persian Gulf North of Qatar with Casualties Reported
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency reported on October 7, 2026 that a tanker was struck by multiple projectiles approximately 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal…
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Syria Weighs Sending Troops to Yemen as Houthis Strike Riyadh Airport and Declare Saudi Airspace a Target
Saudi Arabia and Syria are in active discussions about deploying Syrian forces to Yemen to join the counteroffensive against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to three U.S. officials…
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Trump to Award National Medal of Science to Musk, Huang, Brin and Su at White House Summit Thursday
President Trump is set to present six prominent technology leaders with the nation's highest honors for scientific and technological achievement on Thursday at the White House's "Science: A…
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark Chip Starts at $2,599 and Ships October 16
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra on October 7, powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark chip and priced starting at $2,599. The device is now available for preorder and will begin shipping…
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Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX Pursue Tens of Billions in Debt to Fund AI Chip Buildout
Three major companies are seeking blockbuster debt financings to pay for artificial intelligence chips, underscoring the enormous capital demands of the AI infrastructure race. Oracle…
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White House Asks Pentagon to Develop Iran Strike Options Before November Midterms
The White House has asked the Pentagon to develop military strike options against Iranian targets that could be executed before the November 3 midterm elections, according to two…
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Trump Announces Automatic Enrollment of 70 Million Children in Trump Accounts as Michael Dell Commits $6.25 Billion
President Trump announced at a White House event on October 7 that every eligible American child, totaling approximately 70 million, will be automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, the…
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France Taps 10 Million Barrels of Diesel Reserves as G7 Release Offers Less Relief Than Expected
France will release 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic reserves to combat surging fuel prices, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced Wednesday evening. The move follows a…
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Trump Plans Putin Birthday Call and Plays Down Russia Plague Bioweapon Fears
President Trump announced on October 7 that he has a call arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the conversation coinciding with Putin's birthday. No specific timeframe for…
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Fed Minutes Show All 19 Officials Backed September Rate Hike With Most Expecting Another Increase by Year-End
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's September 15-16 meeting, released October 7, showed all 19 participants supported a 25-basis-point rate hike that brought the federal funds rate to…
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Circle Partners With Volante to Bring Stablecoin Payments to Banks as Stablecoin Infrastructure Expands
Circle Internet and Volante Technologies announced a partnership to integrate stablecoin capabilities directly into banking infrastructure, targeting financial institutions that want to…
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 7.49%, a Nearly Three-Year High, as Treasury Yields Surge to 2002 Levels
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed 19 basis points to 7.49% for the week ending October 2, its highest level since November 2023, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data…
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Broad Wednesday Selloff Hits Space, Industrial and Tech Stocks as Rising Bond Yields and Fed Minutes Weigh on Markets
U.S. equities fell broadly on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, pulling back from record highs set just a day earlier as rising global bond yields and investor caution ahead of the Federal…
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France to Release 10 Million Barrels of Diesel From Strategic Reserves as Fuel Prices Surge
France will release 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic reserves as surging fuel prices squeeze consumers and the broader economy. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is expected…
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Michigan GOP Senate Nominee Mike Rogers Runs Ad Demanding Immediate End to Trump's Canada Tariff War
Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers broke publicly with President Trump over his trade war with Canada, releasing a 30-second television ad calling for an "immediate" end to the…
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Penguin Solutions Reports Record Q4 With Sales Up 68%, Raises FY27 Guidance 40% on AI Demand Surge
Penguin Solutions posted record fiscal fourth-quarter results on October 6, with net sales rising 68% year over year to $567 million and non-GAAP earnings per share climbing 133% to $1.00…
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Trump HUD Opens Investigation Into Wells Fargo Programs Aimed at Boosting Black Homeownership
The Trump administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development has opened an investigation into Wells Fargo over bank programs designed to increase homeownership among Black…
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Bitmine Is 100,000 ETH Away From Ending Its Ethereum Buying Spree, Tom Lee Says
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee announced at Token2049 in Singapore that the company is approximately 100,000 ETH, or six to seven weeks, away from hitting its self-imposed cap of 5% of Ethereum's…
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Kalshi Files for Never-Expiring WTI Oil Futures With CFTC Days After CME Pulls 24/7 Trading Plan
Kalshi Inc. filed a proposal with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on October 7 for a perpetual, never-expiring oil futures contract tied to the West Texas Intermediate benchmark…
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US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.35%, Highest Since 2002, Before Strong $39 Billion Auction Pulls It Back
The 10-year US Treasury yield surged to 5.35% on Wednesday, its highest level since 2002, as a global bond selloff accelerated ahead of a closely watched $39 billion auction of 10-year…
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US Consumer Inflation Expectations Jump to Highest Since May 2023 in NY Fed September Survey
American consumers' one-year inflation expectations surged to 3.90% in September, up sharply from 3.58% in August and well above the 3.64% forecast, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of…
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EU Plans Temporary Import Cap on Chinese Hybrid Cars as Webull Sinks on China Security Findings
The European Union is preparing safeguard measures that would impose a temporary cap on imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles into the bloc, Bloomberg reported on October 7. The move is…
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Marvell CEO Projects Data Center Revenue Topping $30 Billion by 2028 as AI Demand Surges
Marvell Technology CEO Matt Murphy told CNBC on October 7 that the company's implied data center revenue could exceed $30 billion by 2028, a striking target that underscores how rapidly AI…
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WHO Sidelines GLP-1 Drugs for Child Obesity as PepsiCo Faces Investor Pressure Over Same Threat
The World Health Organization released its first-ever guidelines on childhood obesity on October 7, endorsing lifestyle interventions such as diet and physical activity while stopping short…
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Constellation Brands Shares Fall 6% After Q2 Beat as Beer Margin Pressure and Demand Durability Raise Doubts
Constellation Brands reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings that topped Wall Street expectations, with net profit rising 21% and beer brands gaining market share, but shares tumbled…
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Dutch Court Bars Merck's Subcutaneous Keytruda Across Multiple EU Markets in Halozyme Patent Victory
A Dutch court has granted Halozyme Therapeutics a preliminary injunction blocking the manufacture and sale of Merck's subcutaneous formulation of Keytruda, known as Keytruda SC, across…
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Trump Touts Automatic Enrollment for Trump Accounts as 60 Million Children Added and Texas Midterm Battle Heats Up
President Trump hosted a White House event on October 7 to celebrate the completion of automatic enrollment for Trump Accounts, the tax-advantaged investment accounts also known as 530A…
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Shell Reports Record Q3 Refining Margins as Iran War Drives Brent Above $102 and IEA Convenes Emergency Meeting
Shell issued a third-quarter trading update on October 7, flagging record refining margins of $42 a barrel, up sharply from $24 a barrel in the second quarter, as the ongoing Iran conflict…
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Five Ex-Barclays Traders Have Libor Rate-Rigging Convictions Quashed by UK Court of Appeal
The UK Court of Appeal overturned the convictions of five former Barclays traders on October 7, 2026, in the latest and largest wave of reversals stemming from post-financial-crisis…
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Unity Software Stock Jumps 5% After Google Partnership on AI-Powered No-Code Gaming Platform
Unity Software shares surged roughly 5% in premarket trading on October 7, 2026, after the company and Google announced a partnership to build a new AI gaming platform aimed at the next era…
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Iran Declares All-Out War Footing as Rubio Warns Tehran Has Squandered Nuclear Deal Chances
On the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, the broader Middle East conflict reached a new pitch as Iran declared itself in an "all-out war" and vowed to resist its…
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Biotech Sector Sees Wave of Clinical and Regulatory Milestones Across Oncology and Neurology
Several biotech companies disclosed significant clinical, regulatory, and scientific developments on October 7, touching oncology diagnostics, drug delivery, and neurodegenerative disease…
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WHO Sidelines GLP-1 Drugs for Child Obesity as PepsiCo Faces Investor Pressure Over Same Threat
The World Health Organization released its first-ever guidelines on childhood obesity on October 7, endorsing lifestyle interventions such as diet and physical activity while stopping short…
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CoreWeave Secures 240 MW at AdaniConneX Campus in Navi Mumbai for First India Data Centers
CoreWeave is entering India for the first time through a deal with AdaniConneX, the joint venture of Adani Group and EdgeConneX, marking the AI cloud-computing provider's latest step in its…
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SpaceX, Oracle and Broadcom Pursue Tens of Billions in Debt to Fund AI Chip Buildouts
A wave of debt-financed AI chip buying is sweeping through the technology sector, led by SpaceX seeking roughly $40 billion in borrowings to purchase Nvidia GPUs, with Apollo and a…
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Burrell Resources Options Rainmaker Copper Project in Nevada's Yerington Porphyry District
Burrell Resources (CSE: BURY) has signed an option agreement to acquire the Rainmaker Copper Project, located in the Yerington Copper Porphyry District of Lyon County, Nevada. The…
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US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 24-Year High as Fed Minutes Signal Another Rate Hike This Year
US Treasury yields surged to their highest levels in more than two decades on Wednesday, driving the 10-year note to 5.35% and the 30-year bond to 5.724%, both 24-year peaks, as a global…
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Oil Jumps as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Airports Override Improving Supply Picture
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday, October 7, as escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia reignited fears of broader supply disruptions and outweighed a recent improvement in crude…
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EU Plans Temporary Import Cap on Chinese Hybrid Cars as Webull Sinks on China Security Findings
The European Union is preparing safeguard measures that would impose a temporary cap on imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles into the bloc, Bloomberg reported on October 7. The move is…
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Iran President Declares All-Out War as Rubio Says US Is Destroying Iranian Military and Imposing Sanctions
Iran's president declared on October 7 that the country is in an "all-out war" and vowed to resist its enemies, according to state-run Fars News Agency. He also said Iran is in talks with…
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Iran Declares All-Out War Footing as Rubio Warns Tehran Has Squandered Nuclear Deal Chances
On the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, the broader Middle East conflict reached a new pitch as Iran declared itself in an "all-out war" and vowed to resist its…
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Mercedes-Benz Q3 Car Sales Drop 8% as China Slump Offsets Europe and US Gains
Mercedes-Benz reported a sharp decline in third-quarter car sales, with global unit sales falling 8% year-over-year to 407,200 vehicles, and overall group sales, including vans, down 6% to…
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Bitcoin Slides to October Lows Near $82,700 as Oil Spike, Rising Yields and $697M in Liquidations Hammer Crypto Markets
Bitcoin tumbled nearly 4% on October 7, falling from around $85,500 to an intraday low of approximately $82,700, its weakest point of the month, as a confluence of macro pressures triggered…
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Germany Backs Tesla FSD as EU Regulators Buckle Despite Disputed Safety Data
Tesla has been running a coordinated social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on regulatory red tape around its Full Self-Driving system, and a Reuters investigation published…
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Reserve Bank of India Raises Repo Rate 25 Basis Points to 5.50% in First Hike Since 2023
India's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% on Wednesday, October 7, marking its first rate increase in nearly four years and rejoining a global wave of…
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Russia Kills 11 in One of Its Largest Ever Strikes on Ukraine, Targeting Energy Infrastructure
Russia launched one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine on October 7, killing at least 11 people, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The strikes were directed at Ukraine's energy…
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Bank of France Chief Says ECB Intervention Conditions Not Met as Bond Spread Widens
Bank of France Governor Francois Moulin said on Wednesday that conditions for European Central Bank intervention in French bond markets have not been met, even as he acknowledged the…
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German Industrial Output Surges in August While Swedish Inflation Picks Up in September
Germany posted a sharp rebound in industrial production in August, with output rising 2.0% month-on-month against a forecast of 0.5% and a prior decline of 1.1%. On a year-over-year basis…
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Brent Crude Surges Past $102 as Iran Escalates Hormuz Tanker Attacks and Houthis Hit Saudi Infrastructure
Brent crude climbed above $102 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest level in recent sessions, as Iran accelerated attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi forces struck Saudi…
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Shell Reports Record Q3 Refining Margins as Iran War Drives Brent Above $102 and IEA Convenes Emergency Meeting
Shell issued a third-quarter trading update on October 7, flagging record refining margins of $42 a barrel, up sharply from $24 a barrel in the second quarter, as the ongoing Iran conflict…
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Japan's Coincident Index Drops Sharply in August While Leading Index Edges Up
Japan's Cabinet Office released its August economic indicators on October 7, showing a notable divergence between current and forward-looking conditions. The Coincident Index, which tracks…
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Intel CEO Confirms Continued Role in Elon Musk's Terafab Chip Venture Even as Musk Talks With TSMC
Intel will remain a partner in Terafab, Elon Musk's ambitious push into cutting-edge semiconductor production, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed on October 7. The announcement comes despite reports…
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Ray Dalio Calls AI a Classic Bubble Nearing Its Limit as IMF Warns of Global Risk Cocktail
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio warned at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore that the AI boom has become a "classic bubble" that is approaching, but has not yet reached, its…
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Reserve Bank of India Raises Repo Rate 25 Basis Points to 5.50% in First Hike Since 2023
India's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% on Wednesday, October 7, marking its first rate increase in nearly four years and rejoining a global wave of…
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Trump Vows to Finish Iran War as Vance Demands Nuclear Enrichment Cuts for Peace Deal
President Donald Trump issued pointed remarks Tuesday about the eight-month-old U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, warning that the conflict must be concluded and that Americans would learn…
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Houthis Strike Aden Airport and Fire Ballistic Missiles at Saudi Arabia as Yemen Counteroffensive Escalates
Houthi rebels struck Aden International Airport in southern Yemen on October 7 with two ballistic missiles and explosive drones, targeting the runway and passenger terminal, Yemen's…
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq Close at Record Highs as AI Chip Rally Drives Gains While Dalio Warns of Bubble
The S&P 500 closed at a fresh all-time high of 7,818.93 on Tuesday, October 6, gaining 0.58% or 44.98 points, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.45% to 27,601.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial…