U.S. industrial production stayed flat in August, while manufacturing output fell 0.3% after rising for seven straight months, with durable output down 0.5% and nondurable output unchanged.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Verizon posted 184,000 postpaid net phone additions in Q2 2026 after a loss a year earlier and is targeting $5 billion in cost cuts in 2026, driving its stock up more than 25% in 2026 as of this writing.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The British Army will buy 1,000 pocket-sized surveillance and training drones for £16 million ($21 million), with 670 Skydio X10 quadcopters plus 245 FOXE-NATO drones and 110 SONORA drones.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
The Register
The Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey high schooler says he made about $220,000 from storage-unit flipping from 2025 through July of this year, after banking $135,000 in a single year and starting with a $10 unit that yielded a $40 sale for a $30 profit.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
China exported 6.01 million tons of refined fuels in August, up 12.7% year on year, with jet fuel exports at an all-time high as diesel exports jumped 42.1% to 1.33 million tons amid a global diesel shortage.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Sir Paul Nurse said moving UK science policy into the business-focused Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade is “actually quite a big mistake,” warning it will restrict how science can serve areas including health, defense, transport, energy and the environment.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Register
Waymo plans to start offering rides to the public in Singapore in 2028 via its own app, after bringing its first Jaguar I-PACE vehicles to the country and using 2027 manual driving to map routes and tune its system for local road geometry and weather patterns.
Sep 18, 2026 ·
Engadget
The Dow fell 0.2% and lost more than 1.5% for the week, while the S&P 500 finished up 0.2% on Friday but posted a weekly loss and the Nasdaq rose 0.4%—as the 10-year Treasury yield hovered near 5% after the Fed’s first rate hike in three years.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Washington and Beijing are finalising a group of Chinese business leaders for Xi Jinping’s upcoming Washington visit, potentially including BYD, CATL and Xiaomi among companies facing US regulatory scrutiny, with US visas expected to be green-lit and final invitations to go out in the coming days.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
48% of Gen Z investors say AI has already influenced a financial decision they made and 41% say they’re comfortable using AI for long-term financial planning (vs 5% for Baby Boomers).
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Paying a 1% annual fee on $1.7 million is within the industry average, but whether it’s too much depends on the advisor’s skill and the services provided.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
US REITs returned 16.7% through August 31, beating the S&P 500’s 13.1% and the MSCI World Index’s 13.4%.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The DXY was trading at 100.29 and holding above 100.19 support, with a potential breakout above 100.37 seen as opening moves toward 100.53 and 100.68.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Crimped monitor power cables were interfering with Wi-Fi, and drilling a new desk hole plus replacing the cables restored Wi‑Fi around the desk.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Register
CACI won the $1.5 billion “Apollo” contract with U.S. Central Command, with about $1.2 billion expected to be booked.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Healthpeak raised its full-year 2026 guidance to diluted EPS of $0.48–$0.52 (from $0.46–$0.50) and FFO as Adjusted of $1.73–$1.77 (from $1.71–$1.75), after Q2 leasing and senior housing growth boosted results.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
CGI (NYSE:GIB) closed its acquisition of Callibrity on September 8, adding 120 consultants while its net debt rose to $3.68 billion (from $3.12 billion) and cash fell to $625.6 million (from $1.13 billion).
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Equitable (EQH) launched the SCS Premier bitcoin-linked option for registered index-linked annuities that tracks the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), with one-year segments offering buffers of 10%, 15%, 20%, or 40% and generally capping allocations at 25% of contract value.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
RAND’s report says AI-related harms—ranging from incorrect/misleading outputs and deepfakes to privacy violations, IP disputes, fraud, product defects, and discrimination—don’t fit neatly into existing insurance lines, leaving insurers and policyholders to sort out coverage as incidents and litigation grow.
Sep 18, 2026 ·The Register
Somnigroup (NYSE:SGI) closed its roughly $2.3B all-stock combination with Leggett & Platt on August 26, giving it direct control over key component manufacturing and cutting net leverage to about 2.8x adjusted EBITDA at close.
Sep 18, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
