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Wall Street Has Fended Off Scoundrels Since Its Early Days

An insider-trading scheme that caused the Panic of 1792 gave birth to an agreement setting forth the first rules for trading stocks.

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Why the Iran Attack Proves Bonds Are Still a Safety Net

Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven. It’s time to show some respect again.

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Iran Vows Forceful Response After U.S.-Israel Strike. International Leaders Urge Restraint as Washington Appears Split.

Oil tankers in the Persian Gulf are diverting to safety in Qatar, and Tehran has launched missiles against U.S. bases in the Gulf,

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Solar Stocks Crashed This Week. Why the Problems Could Last.

Tariffs are pinching margins, federal energy policies are a drag, and demand looks weaker than expected.

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Paramount Is Officially Buying Warner Bros. Why the Stock Soared.

Warner Discovery was always a must-have for Paramount, so this is a great outcome for shareholders.

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Tesla Stock Posts Another Weekly Loss. Cybercab Exec Exits Vital Robo-Taxi Arm.

Tesla’s Cybercab vehicle program manager has left the company.

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MP Materials Stock Drops After Earnings Beat. It’s Added to the Rare-Earths Drama.

MP Materials reported much better than expected fourth quarter Ebitda as it shifts to higher-value production amid rising rare-earth prices.

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Netflix, Paramount, Block, Sunrun, Dell, Rocket Lab, Nvidia, CoreWeave, and More Stock Market Movers

Netflix drops out of the bidding war for Warner Bros., leaving Paramount Skydance victorious in its quest for the Hollywood company.

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Nvidia Stock Falls Again. Why It's Still Under Pressure.

Nvidia shares were falling Friday as the stock struggled to bounce back from its 5.5% slump in the previous session.

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Earnings Could Push the Stock Market Higher. Too Bad About Everything Else.

The latest round of financial results is one bright spot that might carry stocks to new highs, despite this year’s turmoil. 

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Duolingo Stock Plummets 20%. Why a Strategy Shake-Up Is Spooking Wall Street.

The education technology company said it would sacrifice near-term revenue growth to focus on boosting its user base.

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These Were the Best and Worst S&P 500 Stocks in February

Texas Pacific Land and Corning are February’s top S&P 500 stocks, while EPAM Systems and CoStar Group bring up the rear.

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Amazon Leads Record $110 Billion OpenAI Funding Round. AWS Is Why.

Amazon Web Services will be the exclusive third-party cloud distribution partner for OpenAI Frontier.

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Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Escalates Proxy Fight With Shareholder Letter

Wilson calls for a faster overhaul of the company’s board in the first shareholder letter of his proxy fight.

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Oil Price Tops $70 Amid Trump, Iran Fears. Where It Goes From Here.

Oil prices rose as latest round of talks between the U.S. and Iran ended without a deal.

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Wholesale Inflation Was Hot in January. There’s a Message for Stocks.

The producer price index for total final demand rose 0.5% in January, an acceleration from December’s revised 0.4% monthly advance.

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CoreWeave Stock Tumbles After Earnings. What’s Spooking the Market.

Quarterly revenue topped expectations, but a wider-than-expected adjusted loss and weaker operating income pressured the stock.

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MARA Holdings Stock Surges. The Bitcoin Miner Is Moving Into AI.

MARA posts disappointing quarterly results but reaches an AI data-center deal with Starwood Digital Ventures.

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Zscaler Falls Sharply After Solid Earnings. Software Stocks Are Wild Right Now.

Software stocks have had a wild ride this week but perhaps none more so than Zscaler.

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Stocks Are Set for a February Slide. Can the Magnificent 7 Spark a March Rebound?

The market’s biggest stocks need to come alive if benchmarks are to book a solid first-quarter gain.

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Block Is the Latest AI Scaremonger. Why Markets Must Stick to the Fundamentals.

Nvidia suffers worst day in almost a year, China gets relief from Trump’s tariffs, Netflix calls it quits on Warner Bros. bidding war, and more news to start your day.

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Block Stock Jumps After Plan to Cut 40% of Staff . What Its AI Warning Means for Markets.

Although 2025 was a strong year for the company, CEO Jack Dorsey wrote, “intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company.”

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Dell Technologies Stock Jumps on Strong Earnings. AI Demand Boosts Revenue.

Revenue for AI-optimized servers was $8.95 billion in the quarter, a 342% increase from the prior year.

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