US Politics & Business News
Three pure-play space stocks are surging together in Thursday afternoon trading, with no company-specific headlines driving the coordinated move across the sector. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is trading at $74.52, up 6% on the session, as part of a broad bid across the pure-play space names rather than any single Rocket Lab development. Planet Labs…
RTX Corporation (RTX) and AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) are both competing for investor attention as global defense spending continues to accelerate in 2026. Military forces worldwide are increasingly relying on autonomous strike systems, precision-guided weapons, and advanced missile-defense technologies to modernize their capabilities. Both companies provide precision strike and missile-related solutions aimed at improving targeting, threat…
Forecasters are leaving virtually no room for doubt: El Niño is here, it is intensifying, and it is not going anywhere for a long time. Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan presented a chart to media this week showing the probability of El Niño lasting through spring had reached an extraordinary threshold. The chart showed…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) CFO Andy Johnson offered investors a qualified reassurance on the Q2 2026 earnings call, warning that revenue “will likely be weighted towards the fourth quarter.” That single sentence now frames the entire company’s 2026 financial story, placing enormous pressure on one three-month window to deliver. The math is unforgiving: AST SpaceMobile booked…
OSI Systems (NASDAQ: OSIS) is heading into fiscal 2027 with significant financial momentum, following a record fiscal year ended June 30 that produced $1.79 billion in revenue. The company’s operating cash flow reached a record $276 million for the full year, with a particularly strong $182 million generated in the fourth quarter alone. Cash and…
France is once again at the center of a brewing fiscal and political crisis, with investors demanding a sharply higher risk premium to hold French government debt. The yield on France’s 10-year government bonds, known as OATs, climbed above 4.5% for the first time since 2008 and was last seen trading at 4.6696%, reflecting deep…
A new poll shows Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews are virtually tied in the race for South Carolina’s Senate seat. The survey, conducted by right-leaning polling firm Trafalgar Group, shows Graham leading Andrews by just one point, well within the poll’s nearly three-point margin of error. Approximately 8 percent of likely…
Quantum computing stocks slipped in premarket trading Friday as investors moved to lock in gains following a sharp and sustained recent rally. IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), D-Wave Quantum (NASDAQ: QBTS), and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) all traded lower as the sector paused after several days of stronger-than-expected performance. The premarket decline follows notable single-session gains across…
A thriving pet care business is drawing attention after details emerged showing the owner generates $300,000 in annual gross revenue from her company. Despite the impressive top-line revenue figure, the business owner takes home a salary of just $50,000 per year for herself. The company was built over four years and now serves approximately 300…
President Trump on Saturday rejected a new seven-day proposal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt military operations in the ongoing conflict. The rejection came after a week of high-stakes meetings as the administration navigates one of the most complex foreign policy challenges of Trump’s presidency. Iran’s proposal had sought to create…