March 9, 2026
US stocks rebound sharply after Trump says Iran war ‘very complete’
US stock indices reversed sharply into the green on Monday after President Donald Trump told CBS News senior White House correspondent that the US-Israel war against Iran is effectively over. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had plunged as many as 945 points in the morning session, rebounded sharply and closed nearly 240 points up […]
March 9, 2026
Hegseth once warned against endless wars. Now he’s leading Trump’s strike-first doctrine
In a little over a year, the United States has carried out dozens of airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean tied to alleged narco-trafficking networks, launched sustained operations against Houthi forces in the Red Sea, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, struck Iranian nuclear facilities and now embarked on an extended military campaign aimed at degrading […]
March 9, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader is ‘his father on steroids,’ experts warn of hardline rule
‘Think of Mojtaba Khamenei as his father on steroids.’ That is how Kasra Aarabi, director of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps research at the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, described Iran’s new supreme leader in comments to Fox News Digital following reports that the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been selected to lead the […]
March 9, 2026
Thune: Talking filibuster ‘more complicated and risky’ than people realize
Senate Majority Leader John Thune sent a warning shot Monday over the talking filibuster, saying the procedural playcall is “way more complicated” than many supporters realize. “This particular approach in terms of the process is much more complicated and risky than people are assuming at the moment,” Thune told reporters, cautioning that a talking filibuster […]
March 9, 2026
Rising energy prices threaten cornerstone of GOP midterm pitch
DORAL, Florida — The economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran is imperiling the GOP’s legislative sales pitch ahead of the midterms, with energy price spikes threatening at least some of the pocketbook gains Americans are seeing from the sweeping tax cuts Republicans enacted last year. Analysts with the […]
March 9, 2026
Evening digest: Anthropic lawsuit, Nscale $2B round, Bitcoin near $69K
Technology, markets, and policy developments are driving a busy day across the global economy. Anthropic has sued the Trump administration after the Pentagon labelled the AI firm a supply chain risk, while Nvidia-backed data centre startup Nscale raised a record $2 billion funding round in Europe. In healthcare, Hims & Hers shares surged after Novo […]
March 9, 2026
Tesla stock: why three big banks are turning bearish on TSLA
Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) is trading down more than 1% on Tuesday, and the slide is looking less like collateral damage from a rough macro day and more like a stock wrestling with its own credibility. While retail investors have largely stood firm, three institutional voices: JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Phillip Securities have each taken […]
March 9, 2026
Schumer once blocked Trump’s move to fill the nation’s oil reserves, now he wants them opened
The top Senate Democrat wants President Donald Trump to tap the nation’s oil stockpile as fuel prices skyrocket, years after blocking his attempt to replenish the supply when prices were low. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Trump to unleash reserve barrels of oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as oil prices […]
March 9, 2026
Why AMD stock is surging over 2%
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rebounded on Monday as semiconductor stocks helped lift markets from earlier lows. AMD shares rose about 2% during the session, alongside gains in other chipmakers. Broadcom advanced more than 3%, while Micron Technology also gained around 2%. Nvidia climbed nearly 1%. The rebound in chip stocks came after a difficult […]
March 9, 2026
Walmart and three retailers most at risk from rising gasoline prices
The global energy landscape is fracturing as the US-Iran war escalates, sending crude oil prices on a vertical trajectory. After beginning this year near $60, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude briefly flirted with a high of $120 – levels not seen in four years – before settling in the triple digits. And this […]
March 9, 2026
Adobe stock price analysis, earnings preview: buy or sell?
Adobe stock price will be in the spotlight this week as the technology giant publishes its financial results. ADBE has jumped in the last six days, reaching its highest swing since February 3. It has jumped by 15% from its lowest point this year, mirroring the performance of other software stocks like Intuit and ServiceNow. […]
March 9, 2026
Why Nvidia stock is soaring despite broader market sell-off?
Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) is up roughly 1.2% on Monday, an unusual sight on a day when the Dow is down over 800 points, and stagflation fears have most of Wall Street on the back foot. The resilience isn’t random, as a combination of fresh analyst conviction, strong recent earnings, and a major product event […]