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Nasdaq Hits New Record as Bond Yields March Higher

The yield on the 10-year Treasury touched a fresh 24-year high, as a global bond rout and AI-investing boom ripple through markets in tandem.

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Saudi-Backed Forces Launch Fight to Free Bab al-Mandeb From Houthis

The operation aims to take back the strategic Red Sea port of Mokha, which Iran-backed rebels have used to disrupt tanker traffic.

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The Surge in Rates Is Blowing Up Commercial Real-Estate Deals

Property buyers are demanding sellers renegotiate terms because of higher mortgage rates, signaling broader market distress.

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Germany and France Are Proposing a New Weapon to Counter Flood of Chinese Goods

The countries, ahead of an EU leaders' summit next week, are recommending lowering the bar for blocking Chinese products.

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Democrats Making Gains in Midterm Polls. What It Means for Corporate America.

Recent polls and prediction markets show Democrats making gains as the midterm election nears.

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Investors see big opportunity in ferocious 2026 bond-market rout

The bond market rout of 2026 may be jolting markets, but it's also gaining a important following among savers and the risk averse.

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U.S. Services-Sector Activity Continued to Expand in September

The Institute for Supply Management's purchasing managers index for services providers was 54.9 in September, compared with 55.4 in the prior month.

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Aramco CEO Says Oil Inventories Could Take Two Years to Rebuild

Amin Nasser said the global supply cushion was scarily thin, with estimates less than 6 billion barrels of commercial inventories remain-and most of that wasn't practically available.

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ECB's Lane Sees 'Demand Destruction' Muting Energy Impact On Inflation

The recent rise in energy prices may cool demand in the eurozone that would limit the need for rate rises to contain inflation, ECB's Chief Economist Philip Lane said.

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Spanish Leader Calls for Elections, Riding Wave of Anger Over Housing

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that outrage over soaring rents will help his socialist party secure a majority.

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What Bessent is now saying after bond yields didn't stop rising on 'I am the house' remark

In a televised interview with Axios, Treasury Secretary Bessent defended his department's record in the bond market and walked back his "I am the house" declaration from a month ago.

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Saudi Arabia Slashes Crude Prices for Asia as Exports Recover

Saudi Aramco lowered the official selling price for November shipments of its Arab Light crude to Asia by $3 a barrel to a discount of $5 a barrel to the Oman/Dubai benchmark.

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Euro Drops to 16-Month Low as French Fiscal Strain, Spanish Snap Election Weigh

The euro traded at $1.122, its lowest level since May 16, 2025.

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October 05, 2026 21:15 ET (01:15 GMT)