State department warns travelers to china they risk "wrongful detention”' - semafor

The hormuz letter posts on x "breaking: ukmto says the majority of vessels struck by iran are refusing to report to it, meaning the true number of attacks on vessels is at least double what has been recorded" "that puts the floor at nearly 60 vessels struck by iran since october 1, against the roughly 30 ukmto has confirmed. the strength of the language points to a real figure in the 70 to 100 range. october was already the highest month of the war on the reported number alone."

Major indices are trading lower as rising treasury yields and hotter-than-expected inflation data this week fuel a rotation out of tech and ai-related stocks. credit risks tied to the ai infrastructure buildout are adding to the pressure, with the vaneck semiconductor etf (smh) down 8% this week, on track for its biggest weekly decline since july.

Fox news, citing white house official says katie zacharia 'transitioning out' of job as trump's press secretary

President trump stated in a newsmax interview that washington is actively talking to both moscow and beijing about potential routes to denuclearize

President trump says maybe white house spokeswoman role is not for zacharia; will talk to her; told her she should reconsider role

France's macron says president trump diesel deal not useful, creates doubts and defiance

U.S. baker hughes oil rig count -3 to 459; U.S. baker hughes natgas rig count +1 to 133; U.S. baker hughes total rig count 601 vs 603 prior

The hormuz letter posts on x "breaking: multiple mobile bomb shelters are now being rapidly deployed in tel aviv, israel. there are also movements of iron dome, us thaad and david's sling air defense batteries today, and in the past few days. similar preparations occurred in the days before february 28, when the war began."

U.S. presses china on mastercard, citigroup market access in bilateral bangkok talks, official says' - cnbc

Barclays expects U.S. fed to deliver a 25 bp rate hike each in december and january vs prior forecast of a hike in december this year

9 of 11 sectors rise in friday trading as cyclicals lead

Putin's envoy dmitriev says U.S., russia discuss joint data centres projects, including with USAge of russian nuclear power stations

U.S. solicits exchange of up to 17 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve

Putin's envoy dmitriev says U.S., russia discuss projects in arctic, lng

Reported earlier, fed chair warsh doesn't comment on monetary policy or rates outlook during imf fireside chat in thailand

USA industrial production (yoy) for september 2.2% vs 1.4% prior

USA industrial production (mom) for september 0.7% vs 0.4% est.

October rate-hike odds collapse as warsh keeps his cards close but ai transition looms

Ai bubble worries hand long-term treasuries their best week since march 2025

USA export price index (yoy) for september 11.6% vs 9.3% prior

USA export price index (mom) for september 2.2% vs 1.0% est.

USA import price index (yoy) for september 8.1% vs 7.0% prior

USA import price index (mom) for september 1.1% vs 0.9% est.

S&p 500 could hit 9,000 without iran war: why kobeissi letter sees a ‘historic opportunity’ for a ‘violent rally’

Mike novogratz warns nasdaq could plunge 30% in an ‘ai catastrophe’ — here’s why he still expects the data center boom to continue

Stock market today: dow, s&p 500 futures rise as bessent intensifies economic pressure on iran, treasury yields cool off — tsla, aa, ibkr in focus

Order to limit starshield for ukraine came from inside white house, sources say' - reuters exclusive

Us holds more secret talks with myanmar’s military-backed rulers in tokyo, sources say' - reuters exclusive

Stock market: will s&p 500 open up or down today?

Chicago fed's goolsbee on cnn said it's been a discouraging month for inflation , but he remains optimistic if inflation drivers fade quickly

Anthropic needs nearly $2.7b in additional monthly revenue to reach $100b run rate by year-end

Michael burry's 'red october' warning: why qqq and smh could face more pain

U.S. sues california in fight over checking citizenship of mail voters' - cnbc

The hormuz letter posts on x "breaking: trump considering firing defense secretary hegseth after the midterms in an effort to take the blame of the unpopular iran war off of himself and onto hegseth in order to "protect his legacy" and "reputation as an anti-war president," per multiple initial reports. trump is also on the verge of firing several key members of his administration in an effort to "clean house" amid mounting corruption allegations and expected midterm losses, as per the reports."

Eia weekly distillates stocks 2.527m barrel draw vs 1.600m barrel draw est.

Defensives lead sectors in thursday trading as technology trails

U.S. consumer product safety commission eliminates unnecessary fuel additive regulations, saving american businesses up to $10.7b

USA natural gas storage 67b vs 76b est.

Reported late hours october 14, 2026: "U.S. considering using 'mother of all bombs’ against iran, sources say" - cnn

Trump is reportedly looking to replace susie wiles; president’s most trusted top aide has been left out of the loop on several major decisions in recent weeks' - the independent

Four booms heard in vicinity of presidential palace in yemen's aden

USA retail inventories ex auto for august 0.0% vs. 0.1% est.

USA business inventories (mom) for august 0.4% vs 0.4% est.

U.k.'s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency announces it seized more than 12k fake retatrutide and tirzepatide pens along with packaging for ~30k more products in birmingham

Ftc spokesman says president trump task force on ai to meet thursday

Reported earlier: 'U.S. tells iea nations it’s unhappy with emergency oil release; U.S. has been informally lobbying for an extra commitment of at least 100 million barrels' - bloomberg news

Project vault, the U.S. government-backed critical-minerals stockpile, plans to choose an initial group of more than a dozen american manufacturers that could receive up to $1b in loans to help procure key materials' - bloomberg news

U.S. treasury dismisses imf debt warning and ‘messy’ forecasting" - cnbc

USA retail sales (yoy) for september 6.3% vs 6.00% prior