Global smartphone shipments fell 6% year over year in the first quarter of 2026 as a memory crunch and soft demand weighed on volumes. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) carried its fourth-quarter momentum into the new year, leading the market for the…
The ad industry spent years debating whether AI would hollow out Google‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) business. Instead, Google handed advertisers an AI toolkit and turned it into an opportunity. The company’s latest numbers tell the story plainly: ad revenue of $82.28…
The sharp spike in oil prices triggered by the Iran war is beginning to filter through to grocery shelves, with economists warning that food inflation could accelerate further in the weeks ahead. The price of food at home was already…
U.S. stocks settled higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 1,100 points during the session as President Donald Trump signaled a potential end to military operations in Iran within weeks. However, stocks recorded losses last month,…
Four times a year, the "gears" of the financial markets grind more loudly than usual. On the third Friday of March, June, September, and December, we witness Triple Witching—a phenomenon that can double the market's normal trading volume and send…
