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Hogs Continue to Climb as Traders Look to Round Out the Week

Lean hog futures closed with gains of 30 to 70 cents across most front months, with other contracts down 15 to 12 cents higher. Open interest was up 1,747 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $102.14 Thursday afternoon, up $1.06 from the day prior. The...

Wheat Falling Back in Early Friday Trade

Wheat is trading with double digit losses on Friday morning. The wheat complex faced some pressure on Thursday after rallying to fresh multi year highs overnight. Chicago SRW contracts were down 8 ½ to 13 cents at the close. Open interest was up 8,051 contracts. KC HRW futures slipped late,...

Corn Slipping Back to Start Friday Trade

Corn price action is showing 4 to 5 cent losses so far on Friday morning, reverting from recent strength to start the last trade day of the week. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts holding onto 2 to 3 cent gains in the front months and deferred 2027 contracts...

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against 'premature restrictions' of open-weight models

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Chinese open-weight models are gaining steam against leading offerings from American companies. OpenAI and Anthropic did not sign the letter.

Michael Burry's short bets on Tesla, Caterpillar pay off in big July pullback

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Burry disclosed on June 30 that he had opened short positions in Caterpillar, Nvidia, Applied Materials and Tesla after each scored strong rallies.

Booz Allen Hamilton Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

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The Pentagon's AI Pivot Supercharges Defense StocksBooz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $2.8 billion, down 4.2% from a year earlier, as growth in its national security portfolio was offset by continued weakness in civil work. The government

American Express Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

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Willing and Abel: Berkshire's New CEO Makes Huge Portfolio Changes in Q1American Express (NYSE:AXP) reported second-quarter results that extended its recent growth momentum, with revenue rising 10% and earnings per share reaching $4.53. The company raised its full-year revenue-gr

Faisal Islam: The UK's Trump trade deal no longer looks world-beating

While the US tariffs imposed on the UK are effectively unchanged, other countries now have a better deal.

Why Costco keeps gas prices so low—it's 'straight out of the retail playbook,' expert says

Higher gas prices are driving record demand for Costco's gas stations as more Americans look to save at the pump.

Plugging In: How Kinder Morgan Powers Up Profits

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For the better part of a decade, markets treated large-cap midstream energy operators as reliable but unexciting bond proxies. Investors bought these stocks for their steady distributions, tolerated their sluggish capital appreciation, and largely ignored their future project pi