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Soybean prices on Wednesday jumped to their highest prices of the year after President Donald Trump expressed optimism on the prospects of a deal with China to purchase more U.S. soybeans. Whether ...

Elon Musk's rocket maker SpaceX has acquired artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that will value the company at $1.25 trillion, CNBC has confirmed. The transaction comes ahead of a potential ...

McDonald’s Corp.’s US sales grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in the fourth quarter as value meals continued to resonate with cost-conscious diners. Sales from established US restaurants ...

[NEW YORK] Bitcoin plunged on Thursday (Feb 5), its decline accelerating amid weakening risk sentiment driven in part by volatility in precious metals and a broad selloff in tech shares. The world’s ...

Cloudflare's fourth-quarter results saw the web giant win from demand for distributed networking and edge services, as well as extol the virtues of the growing traffic bugbear that is agentic AI. The ...

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Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery "to stabilize a fracture reported in her left leg," officials at an Italian hospital said Sunday hours after the Olympian crashed hard during her run. Vonn powered ...

It's still a tough time to get a foothold in the housing market, with homes sitting near record values and mortgage rates parked well above 6%. But the tide could turn in 2026, with property prices ...

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The Magnificent Seven represent 32.6% of the S&P 500 as of February 2026, up from 12.5% in 2016. From 2016 through 2025, these seven companies achieved an 875.5% return, outperforming the S&P 500. The ...