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Business

Wall Street Ends Mixed Near Records as Chip Stocks Slide, Oil Climbs and Traders Await Wednesday's Inflation Report

The Dow gained about 196 points on a day when the bond market was shut for the holiday, while semiconductors fell and Brent topped $106 after the Riyadh airport strikes.

Oct 13, 2026/2 min read

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City with a large American flag, photographed in July 2012, a file photograph and not from Monday's trading

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Robert Hall and Michael Woodford Win the Nobel Prize in Economics for Models That Steady Economies

Two American economists who modelled how households and firms form expectations took the 2026 economics Nobel, as central banks face an energy shock and a debate over how much to say.

Oct 12, 2026/2 min read

The main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the economics prize, in the snow at Frescati in Stockholm, photographed in 2006, a file photograph and not from Monday's announcement

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Nasdaq Falls 1.25% as the FT Puts OpenAI's Annualized Revenue Near $50 Billion, Not $70 Billion

A report that OpenAI's run-rate sales are about $20 billion below the figure investors had been quoting pulled chip and cloud stocks down, while bond yields and oil stayed high.

Oct 9, 2026/2 min read

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Treasury Yields Hit a 24-Year High, Waller Says More Fed Rises Are Coming, and the 30-Year Auction Clears at 5.618%

Two bond auctions in two days drew buyers at levels not seen for decades, yet the Fed's Christopher Waller says more rate rises are likely and oil kept the inflation worry alive.

Oct 9, 2026/2 min read

The rear of the United States Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C., photographed in May 2008, a file photograph illustrative of the department that auctions Treasury debt and not of this week's sales

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Samsung's 107 Trillion Won Quarter Outearned Nvidia, and Its Shares Fell 2.4 Per Cent Anyway

Preliminary operating profit nearly nine times last year's could not lift Seoul's chip stocks, with US yields at 24-year highs and foreign investors selling Samsung for an eighth session.

Oct 8, 2026/3 min read

The glass office towers of Samsung's headquarters in Seoul, photographed in June 2009, a file photograph of the group's Seoul complex and not of the earnings announcement

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McKesson and CD&R Agree to Take Option Care Health Private in a $5.8 Billion Home Infusion Deal

The drug distributor will own 49 per cent and the buyout firm 51 per cent of the biggest independent home infusion provider, with a route for McKesson to take the rest later. Shares jumped a third.

Oct 7, 2026/2 min read

The McKesson Medical-Surgical corporate campus in Richmond, Virginia, photographed on 2 June 2017, a file photograph of a McKesson site and not of Option Care Health

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Nippon Paint Agrees to Buy AkzoNobel's Southeast Asian Paints Business for $1.35 Billion

The Japanese group walks away with a narrower prize than the whole decorative division it once chased. AkzoNobel expects about $1 billion in net cash and says the sale ends its review of Asian decorative paints.

Oct 5, 2026/2 min read

AkzoNobel's headquarters building in Amsterdam, photographed in May 2019

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OPEC+ Seven Hold November Oil Output Steady as the Closed Strait of Hormuz Keeps Brent Above $100

Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other members agreed on Sunday to leave production unchanged for November and to meet again on 1 November, two days after the G7 announced its own emergency oil release.

Oct 4, 2026/2 min read

The entrance to the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, photographed in October 2021 and not a picture of this weekend's meeting

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G7 Leaders Agreed to Release 100 Million Barrels From Reserves, With Diesel Front-Loaded Into the First 20 Days

The G7 pledged to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude over four months and not to ban fuel exports, as diesel hits record prices during the Iran war.

Oct 2, 2026/2 min read

White oil storage tanks at a refinery in Wyoming, a file photograph taken in July 2025 that illustrates fuel storage and is not one of the reserve sites involved in the G7 release

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A Surging Treasury Yield Wiped $50 Billion Off Australia's Market on the First Trading Day of Q4

The ASX 200 fell nearly 2 percent to its lowest level since June as the US 10-year yield breached 5.3 percent, a level a T. Rowe Price strategist said triggered systematic selling once breached, dragging every sector and the big four banks lower.

Oct 1, 2026/3 min read

The entrance to the Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney, where the ASX 200 fell sharply on the first trading day of the fourth quarter, photographed in June 2009

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The S&P 500 Closed Its Second Straight Positive Quarter as Cooler Inflation Fought Rising Treasury Yields

The index finished the quarter up 2 percent despite dipping slightly in September, after a cooler than expected core PCE reading was overshadowed late in the day by the 10-year Treasury yield's climb to a 24-year high of 5.304 percent.

Oct 1, 2026/3 min read

The New York Stock Exchange, where the S&P 500 closed out the third quarter, photographed in August 2017