Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip September 29, 2025. Mahmoud Issa | ReutersHamas said on Friday it would agree to some aspects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war, including releasing hostages and handing over administration of the enclave, but that it would seek negotiations over many of its other terms.In a copy of the statement seen by Reuters, Hamas issued its response to Trump’s 20-point plan after the U.S. president gave the Palestinian militant group until Sunday to accept or reject the proposal. Trump…
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A relentless bull market could show some wear in coming weeks, with investors flying blind the longer the government remains in a shutdown. Stocks are at all-time highs, with tech names in particular rallying even in the absence of any government data. On Friday, each of the major averages were headed for a winning week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the last five-day stretch having reached a fresh record closing high . The S & P 500 closed above 6,700 for the first time ever. The Nasdaq Composite continued to outperform, as semiconductors rallied. On Tuesday, Nvidia became…
Goldman Sachs refreshed its “Director’s Cut” list of buy-rated companies for October, adding four new names to its collection of recommended stocks. The investment firm added Abbott Laboratories , Air Products , Hershey and Madison Square Garden Entertainment to its US Conviction List, according to an analyst note on Wednesday. Goldman analysts removed Pinterest , Uber Technologies and OneStream from the list. October is typically a lukewarm month for the stock market. Over the past 50 years, the S & P 500 Index has averaged a return of 0.8% for the month. However, October has seen two massive market downturns…
Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium on June 21, 2024, in London.Kevin Mazur | Getty ImagesOn Friday, 24-year-old Tayra McDaniels will scamper down the stairs of her East Village apartment building and pick up four preordered vinyl editions of Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl” — each a different color and with a different collectible cover. Then she’ll head over to Target to snag three more exclusive CDs and another vinyl, she said.The haul will cost her more than $200. “I know it’s a lot of money,” she said. “But I don’t…
Signage for Palantir is seen during the Association of the United States Army annual meeting and exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on Oct. 14, 2024.Nathan Howard | ReutersThe much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army’s battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with “fundamental security” problems and vulnerabilities, and should be treated as a “very high risk,” according to a recent internal Army memo.The two Silicon Valley companies, led by allies of U.S. President Donald Trump, have gained access to the Pentagon’s lucrative flow of contracts on the promise of quickly providing…
Equity bulls continue to run as the fourth quarter kicked off and another new all-time high was printed this morning in the S & P 500 , led by the artificial intelligence theme. With a continued noisy backdrop in the stock market and the government now on its third day of another shutdown, I want to look where nobody else is looking. This options trade will focus on the current dispersion amongst the S & P 500’s 11 sectors. I believe energy is trading at a discount and I want to use options on XLE to capture this lagging 2025…
CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 17: In this photo illustration, a person holds a physical representation of a Bitcoin (BTC) coin in front of a screen displaying a candlestick chart of Bitcoin’s latest price movements on July 17, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBitcoin rallied on Friday to within striking distance of its record high as the U.S. government’s shutdown entered its third day.The world’s oldest cryptocurrency is trading up roughly 2% on the day at $123,874. That’s about 1% below its all-time high price of just north of…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walk into Statuary Hall for a news conference about the ongoing federal government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 3, 2025 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesThe Senate on Friday is poised to vote once again on dueling funding bills that would end the three-day-old government shutdown before it stretches into next week.But there is little indication that either Republicans’ “clean” resolution, which would resume funding at current levels through late November, or Democrats’ version, which includes additional health-care funding and other measures, will…
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Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesOpenAI now has two of the top three free apps in Apple’s App Store, and its new video generation app Sora has snagged the coveted No. 1 spot.The artificial intelligence startup launched Sora on Tuesday, and it allows users to generate short-form AI videos, remix videos created by other users and post them to a shared feed. Sora is only available on iOS devices and is invite-based, which means users need a code to access it.Despite these restrictions, Sora has secured the top spot in the App Store, ahead of Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s…
