Market News for October 15, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on October 15, 2026.
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White House Ordered Limits on Ukraine's Starshield Satellite Access, Sources Tell Reuters
An order restricting Ukraine's use of SpaceX's Starshield military satellite system originated inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official who spoke to…
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Israel Repositions Air Defenses as Iran Restores Missile Capabilities and Ukraine Abandons Trump Energy Truce
Western intelligence has detected what Israeli Channel 12 described as "extreme" new military moves by Iran, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to brief President Trump on…
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GTCR and Elliott to Acquire CCC Intelligent Solutions in $6.1 Billion All-Cash Deal at $7.75 Per Share
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., a Chicago-based SaaS and AI platform provider serving the insurance economy, has agreed to be taken private by a consortium led by private equity…
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Booking.com Unveils 2027 Travel Predictions as Parent Company Faces FTC Scrutiny and Stock Pressure
Booking Holdings is navigating a turbulent stretch for its stock while its core platform, Booking.com, pushed forward with a consumer-facing marketing initiative. On October 15, Booking.com…
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Eli Lilly Gains $40 Billion in Market Cap as Tech Selloff Drives Rotation Into Pharma
Eli Lilly shares climbed 3.59% on October 15, adding roughly $40 billion in market value and standing out as the single biggest gainer in a session that saw the broader U.S. market shed…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Hits All-Time High of $694.33 Amid Guggenheim Buy Reiteration
Thermo Fisher Scientific shares reached an all-time high of $694.33 on October 15, 2026, as positive analyst sentiment continued to build around the life sciences company. The milestone…
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Southwest Airlines Replaces A-List Tiers With Silver, Gold and Platinum in Rapid Rewards Overhaul Starting January 2027
Southwest Airlines announced a sweeping overhaul of its Rapid Rewards frequent flyer program on October 15, replacing its longtime A-List and A-List Preferred tiers with three new levels…
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Adobe and Nvidia Expand Partnership to Bring Nemotron AI to Photoshop, Premiere and Brand Concierge
Adobe and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership on October 15, targeting faster AI-powered creation across Adobe's flagship products, including Photoshop, Premiere…
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Salesforce Gains 4% as Hunter AI Sales Agent Launches With ZoomInfo and Demandbase as Flagship Data Partners
Salesforce shares rose roughly 4% on October 15, 2026, as the company officially unveiled Hunter, a new AI-powered outbound sales agent built for Sales Cloud. Hunter draws on a seller's…
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Home Depot Shares Rise 3.5% as Falling Treasury Yields Revive Housing Hopes
Home Depot shares gained 3.47% on October 15, closing at $305.27, as a sharp drop in Treasury yields of more than 10 basis points fueled optimism about potential mortgage rate relief and a…
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ServiceNow Surges 6% After AI Agent Launch, TD Cowen Target Hike and Decagon Acquisition Denial
ServiceNow shares climbed 6.15% on October 15, adding roughly $7.3 billion in market capitalization, as three catalysts converged: a raised analyst price target, a pair of new AI product…
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BlackRock Posts Record Q3 Inflows and Beats Earnings as Fink Warns Data Center Ban Could Cause Recession
BlackRock reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2026 results, posting adjusted earnings per share of $15.93 and revenue of $7.75 billion, with total assets under management reaching…
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Dexcom G7 CONNECT Trial Published in NEJM Sends Shares Up 4 Percent
DexCom shares rose roughly 4% in premarket trading on October 15 after the company announced publication of its landmark CONNECT randomized controlled trial in The New England Journal of…
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Kimberly-Clark Q3 Adjusted EPS of $1.70 Beats Estimates as China Disruption Weighs on Sales
Kimberly-Clark reported preliminary third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.70, topping the Wall Street consensus of $1.66, while confirming its…
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International Paper stock surges 7% as PE firms weigh bids for European packaging unit
International Paper shares climbed roughly 7% on October 15 after the Financial Times reported that private equity firms, including Lone Star and Atlas Holdings, are exploring acquisition…
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BNY Mellon Q3 2026 Earnings Beat Estimates With Revenue Up 12% and Adjusted EPS Up 24% Year Over Year
Bank of New York Mellon reported third-quarter 2026 results before the market open on October 15, delivering beats on both the top and bottom lines. Revenue rose 12% year over year to $5.68…
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Marsh McLennan Q3 2026 Earnings Beat on Revenue and Adjusted EPS as Consulting Surges
Marsh McLennan posted a broad earnings beat for its third quarter of 2026, with revenue rising 8% year over year to $6.86 billion against analyst estimates of $6.64 billion, and adjusted…
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Alcoa Reports Q3 2026 Net Income of $483 Million, More Than Double a Year Ago
Alcoa Corporation posted third-quarter 2026 net income attributable to the company of $483 million, or $1.81 per share, more than doubling the $232 million, or roughly $0.87 per share…
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Israel Repositions Air Defenses as Iran Restores Missile Capabilities and Ukraine Abandons Trump Energy Truce
Western intelligence has detected what Israeli Channel 12 described as "extreme" new military moves by Iran, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to brief President Trump on…
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Boreal Gold and Rocky Shore Gold Both Close Final Private Placement Tranches on the Same Day
Two junior gold miners wrapped up their respective non-brokered private placements on October 15, 2026. Boreal Gold (CSE: BGLD) closed the third and final tranche of its offering for…
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PNC, Home BancShares, Equity Bancshares and Commercial Metals Report Strong Quarterly Results
Four companies reported quarterly earnings on October 15, 2026, with each posting year-over-year profit growth across banking and steel manufacturing. PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC) led…
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KFC Finalizes Deal to Replace Pepsi With Coca-Cola in US Restaurants Starting January
KFC has reached an agreement to make Coca-Cola its beverage supplier for US restaurants, ending a decades-long relationship with PepsiCo that began when Pepsi acquired KFC in 1986. The…
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Goldhills Holding Launches Non-Brokered Private Placement to Raise Up to C$500,000
Goldhills Holding Ltd., listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker GHL, announced a non-brokered private placement on October 15, 2026, targeting gross proceeds of up to C$500,000…
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Houthi Missile and Drone Strike on Aden Presidential Palace Kills 5 and Wounds 16
Iran-backed Houthi forces launched a missile and drone attack on the Al-Maashiq presidential palace compound in Aden on Thursday, killing five people and wounding 16 others, according to…
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NYC Comptroller Calls on Anthropic to Pause Its $2 Trillion IPO Over AI Safety Concerns
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine has called on Anthropic to delay its planned initial public offering until the AI company has fully addressed risks around the safety, governance, and…
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Standard Uranium Extends Private Placement Deadline Again as Southeast Asian Investor Finalizes $3 Million Deal
Standard Uranium Ltd. (TSXV: STND, OTCQB: STTDF, FSE: 9SU0) has announced another extension to the closing date of its C$3 million non-brokered private placement, originally announced on…
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Google Quantum AI Willow Chip Cuts Errors 40-Fold and Reaches 99.99% Logical Fidelity
Google Quantum AI has published a new breakthrough in quantum computing, reporting that its Willow chip has reduced quantum errors 40-fold and achieved 99.99% logical fidelity, a level of…
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Volvo Cars Expands Nvidia Partnership Targeting Hands-Free Point-to-Point Driving by 2030
Volvo Cars has broadened its automated driving partnership with Nvidia, deepening the collaboration to accelerate the development of self-driving technology across its vehicle lineup. The…
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Charles Schwab Posts Record Q3 Net New Assets of $190 Billion as Earnings Beat but Revenue Disappoints
Charles Schwab reported third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share of $1.69, beating the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.03 and rising 29% year over year. Net revenue came in at $7.17…
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Adobe and Nvidia Expand Partnership to Bring Nemotron AI to Photoshop, Premiere and Brand Concierge
Adobe and Nvidia announced an expansion of their existing strategic partnership on October 15, targeting faster AI-powered creation across Adobe's flagship product lineup. The collaboration…
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Apple and Meta Partner to Run Meta's Muse Spark AI Model Locally on Mac Computers
Apple and Meta, two companies long defined by their rivalry in the consumer technology space, have joined forces to enable Meta's Muse Spark open-weight AI model to run locally on Mac…
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Tesla Set to Unveil Long-Delayed Flying Roadster at Texas Event Scheduled for 9PM ET
Tesla is staging a highly anticipated reveal of its next-generation Roadster on Thursday evening at 9PM ET in Texas, nearly nine years after the company first promised the vehicle in 2017…
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US Crude Inventories Plunge 8.6 Million Barrels as IEA Pledges to Release Over 100 Million More Barrels
US commercial crude oil inventories fell 8.557 million barrels for the week ended October 9, according to EIA data released Thursday, vastly exceeding the roughly 150,000-barrel build that…
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IEA Members Commit to Releasing Remaining 100 Million Barrels Including 20 Million of Diesel
The International Energy Agency's Governing Board announced on Thursday that approximately 330 million barrels have been released so far from the strategic reserve intervention agreed in…
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Merck and Moderna Report Phase 3 Win for Keytruda Plus Personalized mRNA Vaccine in Melanoma
Merck and Moderna announced promising results from a Phase 3 trial of their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine combined with Merck's immunotherapy Keytruda in skin cancer, marking the first…
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Holds at 7.4%, Highest Since 2023, After Seven Straight Weeks of Increases
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate held steady at 7.4% in the week ending October 15, pausing a seven-consecutive-week climb that marks the highest level since 2023. Rates have surged…
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Nasdaq Network Disruption at Carteret Data Center Causes Equity Market Data Gaps
Nasdaq warned customers on Thursday that a network disruption at its Carteret facility was causing intermittent data gaps across US equity market data feeds. The outage affected multiple…
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US Crude Inventories Plunge 8.6 Million Barrels as IEA Pledges to Release Over 100 Million More Barrels
US commercial crude oil inventories fell 8.557 million barrels for the week ended October 9, according to EIA data released Thursday, vastly exceeding the roughly 150,000-barrel build that…
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AI and Tech Stocks Sell Off on Rate Fears and Inflation Data as Nvidia Drops 2%
A broad selloff in artificial intelligence and technology stocks swept through markets on Thursday, driven by investor concern that rising interest rates could constrain AI spending and by…
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Revolution Medicines Wins EU Advisory Panel Backing for Pancreatic Cancer Drug Daraxonrasib
Revolution Medicines received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Human Medicinal Products on Thursday, recommending marketing authorization in the…
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German Government Plans Direct AI Partnership With Nvidia to Boost Domestic Industry
The German government intends to enter into a formal artificial intelligence partnership with Nvidia, according to a report by Handelsblatt citing government and industry sources. The move…
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Ledger Unveils $899 Atom Android Device With Solana Integration as It Probes Tampered Wallet Scandal
Ledger announced Atom, a $899 Android-based security device, at its Op3n conference in Paris on October 15, revealing a product that combines everyday smartphone functions with a protected…
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GTCR and Elliott to Take CCC Intelligent Solutions Private in $6.1 Billion All-Cash Deal at $7.75 Per Share
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, a Chicago-based SaaS and AI platform provider for the insurance economy, has agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by GTCR and including Elliott…
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Mastercard and BVNK Launch Global Money Platform Bringing Stablecoin Payments to Hundreds of Millions of Merchants Worldwide
Mastercard and BVNK have jointly launched a Global Money Platform that enables stablecoin payments alongside traditional fiat currency at merchants across more than 200 countries. The…
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ManpowerGroup Shares Plunge Up to 19% After Revenue Miss and Weak Q4 Outlook
ManpowerGroup shares fell as much as 19% on October 15, 2026, after the staffing giant reported third-quarter revenue that slightly missed analyst expectations and issued a fourth-quarter…
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Penske Automotive to Go Private at $16.3 Billion in Deal With Penske Corp and Mitsui
Penske Automotive Group agreed on October 15 to be taken private by Motown Acquisition Corp., an entity owned by Penske Corporation and Mitsui & Co., in a deal valuing the company at an…
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Prologis Q3 Core FFO and Revenue Top Estimates as Leasing Demand Drives 23% Cash Rent Gains
Prologis reported third-quarter core FFO of $1.60 per diluted share, beating the $1.57 consensus estimate and rising from $1.49 a year earlier, while total revenue of $2.39 billion…
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US Producer Prices Surge 6.3% Year-Over-Year in September, Blowing Past 5.4% Forecast
A wave of US economic data released on October 15 painted a picture of persistent inflation and resilient consumer spending, with producer prices delivering the sharpest shock. September…
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Kimberly-Clark Q3 Adjusted EPS of $1.70 Tops Estimates as Full-Year Outlook Holds
Kimberly-Clark reported preliminary third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations of $1.70, topping the analyst consensus estimate of $1.66. Net sales came in at…
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US Producer Prices Surge 6.3% Year-Over-Year in September, Blowing Past 5.4% Forecast
A wave of US economic data released on October 15 painted a picture of persistent inflation and resilient consumer spending, with producer prices delivering the sharpest shock. September…
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Bitcoin Briefly Breaks Below $80,000 as Hot CPI and PPI Data Revive Fed Rate Hike Fears
Bitcoin fell as low as $80,154 on Thursday, briefly breaching the $80,000 level, after September's Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% year over year, topping both the 3.4% August reading and…
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Amazon Launches Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse AI Wearables with $12 Monthly Subscription
Amazon unveiled two new personal AI devices under its Bee brand on Thursday, marking the first product update since the company acquired the AI startup last year. The $75 Bee Frontier is a…
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CoreWeave Debt Crisis Sparks Global AI Selloff Before Nvidia CEO Huang Steadies Markets
A crisis of confidence in debt-financed AI infrastructure spread across global markets on October 15, with CoreWeave at the center of the storm. The cloud computing company's shares had…
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China Pledges Continued Rare Earth Exports to Europe as EU Trade Deal Leaves Deficit Concerns Unresolved
China signaled it will continue approving rare earth export licenses to Europe regardless of what happens to the U.S.-China trade truce, which faces a January expiration. Chinese Commerce…
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CoTec and Battery Mineral Resources Form Strategic Partnership to Expand Copper Output at Punitaqui Mine in Chile
CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV: CTH) and Battery Mineral Resources Corp. (TSXV: BMR) announced a strategic partnership on October 15, 2026, aimed at unlocking additional copper production and…
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Japan Economy Minister Declares Deflation Era Over and Urges Investors to Reassess the Country
Japan's Economy Minister Kiuchi declared on October 15 that Japan can no longer be described as a deflationary economy, urging investors to fundamentally rethink their approach to the…
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BNY Mellon, PNC Financial and US Bancorp Beat Profit Estimates in Q3 2026
Three major U.S. banks reported third-quarter 2026 results on October 15, with Bank of New York Mellon and PNC Financial both beating adjusted earnings estimates while posting double-digit…
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India Supreme Court Rules Yes Bank AT1 Bond Write-Off of Rs 8415 Crore Illegal, Shares Plunge Up to 20%
India's Supreme Court has ruled the write-off of Yes Bank's additional tier-1 bonds illegal, upholding a 2023 Bombay High Court order that had already set aside the decision. The bonds in…
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Banque de France Governor Moulin Says France Can Cut Deficit to 3% of GDP by 2029
Banque de France Governor Emmanuel Moulin told CNBC on Thursday that France is capable of reducing its budget deficit to 3% of GDP within three years, projecting a return to that level by…
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FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic Over Consumer Protection Violations
The US Federal Trade Commission sent civil subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic on Wednesday, October 15, seeking documents related to safety incidents at both companies, as part of a probe…
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Zelenskyy Ends Three-Day Refinery Truce With Strike on Ryazan, Defying Trump Energy Ceasefire
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered a resumption of drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, ending a three-day self-imposed pause and directly defying President Donald…
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Antofagasta Q3 Copper Output Rises 7% to 151,900 Tonnes as Miner Issues 2027 Guidance
Antofagasta reported a 7% quarter-on-quarter increase in copper production to 151,900 tonnes in the third quarter of 2026, driven by a recovery at its Los Pelambres mine in Chile following…
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US Weighs Deploying MOAB Against Iran as Trump Rules Out Deal and Military Prepares Strike Options
The United States is considering using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, known as the "Mother of All Bombs" and the largest non-nuclear air-delivered weapon in the US arsenal…
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Ericsson Q3 Adjusted EBITA Hits 10.1 Billion Kronor, Topping Forecasts as Component Cost Warning Clouds Outlook
Ericsson AB posted third-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization of 10.1 billion Swedish kronor, roughly $1 billion, well above the Bloomberg analyst consensus of…
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UK Economy Grew 0.1% in August, Defying Forecasts of a Contraction
The UK economy grew 0.1% in August 2026, beating analyst expectations that called for a 0.1% contraction, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on October 15…
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TSMC Posts Record Q3 Profit for Sixth Straight Quarter as AI Demand Surges 69%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported third-quarter net profit of NT$763.1 billion, a 69% jump from a year earlier, marking a sixth consecutive quarter of record earnings. Revenue…
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Global Central Bank Officials Signal Rate Hikes Ahead but Urge Measured Pace After Hot US Inflation Data
A wave of central bank commentary from three major economies converged on October 15 after hotter-than-expected US inflation data rattled markets the day prior. Wall Street sold off sharply…
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Second Tanker Ablaze Near Hormuz as US Pushes IEA for Larger Emergency Oil Release
A second oil tanker caught fire near the eastern Strait of Hormuz on October 15, with Iranian state-linked media reporting that Iran's Navy declared the vessel a "violating" tanker that had…
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Zelenskyy Signals Ukraine Will Resume Strikes on Russian Refineries, Citing US Intelligence Cutoff and Weakened Starlink Access
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signaled that Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refining facilities, according to a Financial Times interview. Zelenskyy expressed anger…
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US Weighs Deploying MOAB Against Iran as Trump Rules Out Deal and Military Prepares Strike Options
The United States is considering using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, known as the "Mother of All Bombs" and the largest non-nuclear air-delivered weapon in the US arsenal…
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China and North Korea Open New Yalu River Bridge After More Than a Decade of Delay
China and North Korea officially inaugurated the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, marking the opening of their most significant land border crossing after more than a decade of delays…
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BOJ Board Member Koeda Signals Further Rate Hikes Warranted as Inflation Anchors Near 2%
Bank of Japan board member Koeda delivered a hawkish set of remarks on October 15, arguing that the conditions for continued monetary policy normalization are falling into place. Underlying…
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Bitcoin Crashes Below $81K on Hot CPI as Crypto Liquidations Surpass $1.1 Billion in 24 Hours
Bitcoin plunged roughly $1,500 in ten minutes late Wednesday, briefly touching $80,902 before bouncing, as a hotter-than-expected September US inflation reading of 3.7% year over year…
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South Korea's KOSPI Crashes 8% and Triggers Circuit Breaker as Global Tech Selloff Deepens
South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 8% on October 15, triggering a market-wide circuit breaker that halted all stock and program trading for 20 minutes, as a global technology selloff…
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BOJ Board Member Koeda Signals Further Rate Hikes Warranted as Inflation Anchors Near 2%
Bank of Japan board member Koeda delivered a hawkish set of remarks on October 15, arguing that the conditions for continued monetary policy normalization are falling into place. Underlying…
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Australia Sheds 39,300 Jobs in September as Unemployment Climbs to 4.7%
Australia's labor market deteriorated sharply in September, with total employment falling 39,300, badly missing forecasts for a 20,000 gain and reversing the prior month's 39,500 rise. The…
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Hot September CPI at 3.7% Triggers Global Market Selloff and Revives Fed Rate Hike Bets
A hotter-than-expected September consumer price index sent stocks, crypto and Asian markets into a sharp selloff on October 14-15, while San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly signaled that…