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ANALYSIS: Chip stocks crater, and the AI spending story faces its bill
South Korea's Kospi closed down nearly 11% on a Tuesday in late July 2026, its eighth circuit breaker of the year , according to…
DECODING: NVIDIA builds a security alliance after the Hugging Face incident
On July 27, 2026 , NVIDIA announced the creation of the Open Secure AI Alliance , an industry coalition centered on the security of…
ANALYSIS: Home sales fall, the median price climbs — the market is closing up
According to Realtor.com , existing home sales in the United States ran at an annualized pace of 4.09 million units in June 2026, down…
FACT CHECK: American unemployment fell in June, but not for a good reason
On July 2, 2026 , the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report for June 2026 : the unemployment rate slipped from…
ANALYSIS: S&P Global's revenue jumps 10%, and Wall Street shrugs anyway
On July 28, 2026, S&P Global reported GAAP revenue of 4.146 billion USD for its second quarter, up 10% year over year, according to…
DECODING: Visa posts double-digit growth powered by cross-border volume
On July 28, 2026, after markets closed, Visa Inc. released its fiscal third-quarter 2026 results, for the period ending June 30, 2026, reporting quarterly…
FACT CHECK: U.S. debt at $39.635 trillion, what this dip does not fix
On July 22, 2026, total U.S. debt stood at $39.635 trillion , down $24.57 billion from the previous day's record of $39.660 trillion on…
DECODING: New tariffs are live, and the transit exemption just expired
Today, July 28, 2026 at 00:01 EDT, the transit exemption that had still protected some goods already at sea expires, four days after the…
ANALYSIS: Container freight rates crack after a 22-month climb
Four percent . That is the drop registered by the composite Drewry World Container Index (WCI) on July 23, 2026, down to 4,374 U.S.…