New mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani (D) opened his victory night by challenging the president Donald Trump. He vowed to defend the city’s agenda even as Washington retreats. Showdown follows Barbs on election night. In his speech, Mamdani addressed Trump directly: “So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for […]
North Korea heightened tensions in Northeast Asia after warning of stronger military pushback when a U.S. aircraft carrier docked in South Korea. The threat followed another missile test that landed in waters east of the Korean Peninsula. No Creal Cloythe defense minister of North Korea, condemned the port call of the USS George Washington and […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a rule for approaching problems in life and views complaining as a pointless step in the process unless you are ready to solve the problem. Arnie’s discipline is rooted in action The actor-turned-governor of California sees it as a form of discipline that he applies to disciplines ranging from politics to personal […]
Retail investors talked about five hot stocks this week (Nov. 3-7) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by earnings, retail hype, AI buzz and the flood of business news. The shares, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), IREN Ltd. (nasda:iran), Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), which spans automotive, technology, AI, cybersecurity […]
The African Union (AU) Commission issued a statement on Friday rejecting US allegations that the Nigerian government is behind the targeted killings of Christians. The commission said the story oversimplifies the country’s security challenges and pointed to Nigeria’s constitutional protection of religious freedom. Concerns about sovereignty have arisen According to the AU, the threatened US […]
The US Secretary of Defense Piet Hegseth warned major defense contractors, among others, on Friday Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT), RTX Corp. (NYSE:RTX), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC), Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) and General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD), that they must accelerate the development and production of weapons or they risk becoming obsolete. New ‘Deal Team’ to Reshape Pentagon […]
Risk sentiment dominated Wall Street on Friday, with selling pressure mounting in AI-linked names and pushing tech stocks toward their worst week since April. By noon in New York, the Nasdaq100 fell 1.9%, pushing weekly losses to almost 5%, while the S&P500 fell 1.2%, down about 3% over the week. Investors’ concerns about the labor […]
Layoffs are happening across the board and more than 153,000 jobs have already been cut at big names like Ford and UPS. That’s a jump of 175% from exactly a year ago, making this the worst month of October job losses since 2003. Nothing about this screams (or even whispers) that it is good for […]
During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with high dividend payments. Benzinga readers can see the latest analyst insights on their favorite stocks on the Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can search Benzinga’s extensive […]
Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN) shares fell after the company posted a mixed third-quarter earnings report after Thursday’s closing bell. View the details in the report here. The details: Sunrun reported quarterly earnings of six cents per share, which was 59.73% lower than the consensus estimate of 15 cents. Quarterly revenue came in at $724.55 million, beating […]