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News Published: Thursday, August 20, 2026, 19:34 [IST] Punjab is set to observe a seven-hour bandh on Friday, August 21, with the shutdown scheduled from 7 am to 2 pm. The call has been given by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha over the demand for the release of Sikh prisoners, or Bandi Singhs, who the organisation…
Sandisk (SNDK +1.80%) has soared more than 600% so far this year. But it may go even higher. Late last week, Harlan Sur, JPMorgan Chase‘s tech stock analyst, reinstated coverage of the memory supplier with an overweight rating and a $2,250 price target. With the stock currently trading around $1,786, that would represent a 26%…
A new report from Experian appears to illuminate a key issue for artificial intelligence in commerce. Consumers may be more comfortable using it for product discovery, comparisons, and recommendations, but many lack trust in handing AI financial-services decisions. Experian, in its 11th annual Identity and Fraud Report, found that 31% of consumers have used AI…
While Social Security is generally associated with retirement or disability, it isn’t solely for older adults; it also applies to children. Social Security children’s benefits are meant to provide financial support to children whose parents are retired, disabled, or deceased. As of July, there were 731,000 children receiving children of retired workers benefits, 894,000 receiving…
Shares of silicon carbide power module-maker Wolfspeed (WOLF -15.95%) tumbled 15.2% through 11:40 a.m. ET Thursday after missing badly on its earnings report last night. Heading into its fiscal Q4 2026 report, analysts already weren’t optimistic, expecting Wolfspeed to lose $0.52 per share on sales of $223.6 million, but the news was actually much worse….
US Treasury Secretary Bessent says the long-dated bond buyback could be more than 4 billion !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|} !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
Fed’s Musalem says hiking rates now could save more aggressive action later !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|} !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plan to calm markets is being short-circuited.
After six decades of steering clear of investments in department stores, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -0.14%) (BRKB +0.00%) is suddenly investing in a retail icon. I’m talking about Macy’s (M -2.50%), the legendary retailer. Berkshire’s last department store investment was Hochschild Kohn, a Baltimore-based retail chain, back in the 1960s, but apparently it didn’t go as…
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (Symbol: SCZ) where we have detected an approximate $103.3 million dollar outflow — that’s a 0.8% decrease week over week (from 155,400,000 to 154,200,000). Among the largest underlying components of…