– Wall Street faces a packed week of corporate earnings and policy events, led by results from three members of the Magnificent Seven. Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon will report quarterly figures as investors seek proof that their huge AI spending
– Brent crude futures rose $1.21 to $110 a barrel on Wednesday, October 21, Reuters reported, as Middle East tensions kept oil markets on edge. US West Texas Intermediate crude climbed by more than $1 to $99 a barrel. Fresh
– The U.S. Dollar Index fell 0.25% to 102.27 on Tuesday, October 13, pulling back from its strongest level in 18 months. The index, which tracks the greenback against six major currencies, had climbed to 102.61 on Monday. That reading
– The U.S. stock bull market entered its fifth year Monday after completing four years of gains. The S&P 500 has advanced about 119% from its Oct. 12, 2022 bear-market closing low, based on Truist analysis. The benchmark finished that
Global equity markets experienced a notable resurgence as investors returned to riskier assets at the end of the trading week. Financial data confirmed that US and European stocks close higher as bond yields ease, reversing a downward trend triggered by
– Gold prices moved higher on Monday as markets absorbed weaker U.S. employment data and a firmer dollar. Spot gold rose 0.6% to $4,165.49 an ounce by 0901 GMT. U.S. gold futures for December delivery gained 0.8% to $4,194.60. The
– The U.S. Treasury Department will auction $119 billion of notes and bonds next week across three consecutive sales. The schedule starts Tuesday, Oct. 6, with $58 billion of three-year notes. Treasury will follow with $39 billion of 10-year notes
– The U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.2% in the second quarter of 2026, a sharp upward revision from earlier estimates. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the revised figure for the April through June period.
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Health
– Measles cases in the United States have climbed to their highest level in decades, with Pennsylvania at the center of the resurgence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted more than 4,580 cases in 2026 as of October
– A Microsoft AI system that works through diagnoses one step at a time, like a doctor, proved more than twice as accurate as general physicians on complex medical cases. The results were published on Thursday, October 22, in the
– Sterling Pharmaceutical Services has recalled nearly 748,000 eye-care products nationwide over concerns about sterility assurance. The recall includes more than 500,000 Walgreens-branded lubricant eye-drop packages. Sterling initiated the recall on Aug. 20, according to federal records. The U.S. Food
– Pennsylvania has confirmed 943 measles cases across 39 counties in 2026, according to the state’s latest outbreak update. The Pennsylvania Department of Health recorded 176 hospitalizations and five measles-associated deaths through Sept. 30. The latest report added 40 cases