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Rare-Earth Moves In China Pushes MP Materials Stock Higher
CANADA - 2025/09/28: In this photo illustration, the MP Materials logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images MP Materials...

Invesco QQQ Trust ETF Faces Market Volatility Amid Trade Tensions
NEW YORK, Oct 14, 2025 — The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF has seen mixed performance in recent trading sessions. Over the past week, the ETF has declined by 0.84%, yet it remains up 15.8% year-to-date. On Monday, the QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq-100...
Big Bank and J&J earnings, stocks fall on China trade tensions
00:00 Speaker A First up, US stock futures falling as tensions escalate between the US and China. 00:03 Speaker A China retaliating against President Trump's threats by sanctioning the US units of a South Korean shipping giant. That has spurred...

Volatile Gold and Silver Spike as US-China Trade War Whacks Stocks, Bitcoin
SILVER and GOLD's historic price spikes pulled back Tuesday after hitting yet another record high, up 85% and 60% respectively since the start of 2025 in highly volatile and tight market conditions as global stock markets resumed last week's slump...

'Make or break': Why the next few years will be crucial for this Canadian company and quantum computing
Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation The sprint to commercialization has accelerated, with tech companies large and small claiming major breakthroughs Christian Weedbrook is the chief executive of Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc. He is looking to...
FTSE 100 Live: Miners, Rolls and BP weigh as China ramps up trade...
FTSE 100 down 32 points to 9,411 UK unemployment rises, pay growth softens BP update seen as 'vague and woolly' easyJet rises on report of possible bid interest 2.01pm: Budget situation is 'desperate' Back in the UK, next month's autumn budget is...

KBW Explainer | China’s Sanctions on Hanwha Ocean: What’s Behind Beijing’s Move?
1. What Happened China announced retaliatory measures against five U.S.-based subsidiaries of South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., claiming they assisted Washington’s investigation into China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries. The...

Something terrible to happen in 2026, World economy to…, horrifying predictions by Baba Vanga, warns of..
Home Business Something terrible to happen in 2026, World economy to…, horrifying predictions by Baba Vanga, warns of.. Baba Vanga, or Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, has made several predictions that have proven true over time. Throughout 2025,...

Dollar and Other Currency Rates in Pakistan Today – October 14, 2025
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has published the latest mark-to-market (M2M) exchange rates for major international currencies against the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) on October 14, 2025. These rates, essential for authorized foreign exchange dealers...

Domino's Pizza Posts Upbeat Results, Joins Astria Therapeutics, Albertsons Companies, Polaris And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Tuesday
U.S. stocks were lower, with the Dow Jones index falling around 300 points on Tuesday. Shares of Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE:DPZ) rose sharply during Monday's session after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results....

Three share Nobel in economics for work on how technology drives growth
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; Philippe Aghion of Collège de France, INSEAD and the London School of Economics; and Peter Howitt of Brown University for their work on how...

From Farms to Tech: China Has Plenty of Ways to Hit Back at US' 100% Tariffs
https://sputnikglobe.com/20251014/from-farms-to-tech-china-has-plenty-of-ways-to-hit-back-at-us-100-tariffs--1122958496.html From Farms to Tech: China Has Plenty of Ways to Hit Back at US' 100% Tariffs From Farms to Tech: China Has Plenty of Ways...

Trump Vs. China: Wall Street Scores Early Win As Beijing's Tech Titans Stumble
President Donald Trump ignited a fresh wave of investor anxiety over U.S.-China trade tensions late last week, fueling a sharp selloff across stock markets and other risk assets. The trigger: a fiery rebuke of Beijing's decision to tighten export...

China imposes export ban after Dutch intervention at chipmaker Nexperia
China has imposed an export ban on Nexperia after the Dutch government intervened at the Nijmegen-based chipmaker, removing its CEO and restricting company decisions, escalating tensions between The Hague and Beijing over technology security....

California falls to world’s fifth-largest economy
California has slipped one notch in the bragging-rights totem pole to rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy in the latest update on global business output. Using gross domestic product as the yardstick, my trusty spreadsheet compared new 2025...

Ringgit up against major currencies but eases vs greenback amid US-China trade tensions
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit slipped further against the US dollar at the close on Tuesday as investors turned to the greenback to hedge against market volatility amid escalating trade tensions between the United States and China. At 6 pm, the local...

California Passes First US Law Regulating AI Companion Chatbots
California’s Groundbreaking Move on AI Companions In a significant step toward regulating artificial intelligence, California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 243 into law, marking the first U.S. state-level legislation specifically targeting...

US small business sentiment ebbs in September; inflation back in focus
Audio By Carbonatix WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. small-business sentiment declined in September amid expectations of unfavorable operating conditions in the next six months, and many owners reported raising prices or planning to, suggesting that...

DJI appeals inclusion on Pentagon's 'Chinese military companies' list
In this photo illustration, a DJI Mavic 2 Pro made by the Chinese drone maker hovers in place on Dec 15, 2021 in Miami, Florida. [Photo/Agencies] DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer by market share, said on Tuesday that it has...

Strategy's Michael Saylor Doubles Down on Bitcoin Despite Major Crypto Market Crash
Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, purchased 220 bitcoins during the 6th October to 12th October period at an average buying price of $123,561 per token. The largest corporate holder of bitcoin now owns 640,250 tokens...