Explore the exciting world of Onto Innovation (NYSE: ONTO) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the price
Explore the exciting world of Onto Innovation (NYSE: ONTO) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the price
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 30, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after the major averages all rose to start the second quarter. Traders also awaited the latest updates on the war in the Middle East. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures traded near the fl...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 30, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after the major averages all rose to start the second quarter. Traders also awaited the latest updates on the war in the Middle East. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures traded near the flatline. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18 points. On Wednesday evening, all eyes will be on President Donald Trump, who is slated to deliver an address at 9 p.m. ET "to provide an important update on Iran." The speech could be market moving, as Brent oil futures have jumped nearly 40% since the Iran war started in late February. All three major indexes advanced in regular trading Wednesday, as investors became more optimistic that the end of the U.S.-Iran war was in sight. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite respectively gained 0.72% and 1.16%. The Dow rose 224.23 points, or 0.48%. Cooling oil prices lent support to the market, with West Texas Intermediate futures settling down 1.24% to $100.12 per barrel and Brent futures slipping 2.7% to settle at $101.16 a barrel. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning, Trump said that Iran's president had asked the U.S. for a ceasefire . However, Trump said that the U.S. would only "consider" the offer once the Straight of Hormuz was "open, free, and clear." He added that "until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!" The announcement came after the president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday afternoon that he expects U.S. military forces will leave Iran in "two or three weeks." "We don't know how long this is going to last, but as market participants we need to understand the damage that has already been done," Sebastien Page, head of global multi-asset and CIO at T. Rowe Price, said on CNBC's " Closing Bell: Overtime " on Wednesday afternoon. "I don't t...
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market on Wednesday ended the four-day losing streak in which it had tumbled more than 2,675 points or 5.1 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 53,740-point plateau and it may add to its winnings on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market on Wednesday ended the four-day losing streak in which it had tumbled more than 2,675 points or 5.1 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 53,740-point plateau and it may add to its winnings on Thursday.
Elon Musk and the US Securities Exchange Commission told a judge they are heading toward a trial over the regulator’s allegations that the billionaire cheated Twitter Inc. investors before his 2022 buyout of the social media platform. The joint status report filed Wednesday in Washington federal court comes just two weeks after lawyers said they were engaged in talks about “potential resolution” o...
Elon Musk and the US Securities Exchange Commission told a judge they are heading toward a trial over the regulator’s allegations that the billionaire cheated Twitter Inc. investors before his 2022 buyout of the social media platform. The joint status report filed Wednesday in Washington federal court comes just two weeks after lawyers said they were engaged in talks about “potential resolution” of the lawsuit the SEC filed in January 2025. The attorneys said in the new filing that they and their clients discussed alternative dispute resolution options. “The parties do not believe that this case would benefit at this time from the court’s ADR procedures or any other form of ADR,” according to the filing. Read More: Musk Faces New Setback in Lawsuits Over 2022 Twitter Buyout Musk has faced recent setbacks in other legal cases related to his purchase of Twitter four years ago. A San Francisco jury in March found Musk misled investors when he tweeted that Twitter — now called X — had too many fake accounts and then tried to back out of his $44 billion offer to buy the company. This week, a Manhattan federal judge granted class-action status to investors who claim he manipulated the company’s share price in the runup to the buyout. The SEC declined to comment beyond Wednesday’s filing. An attorney for Musk didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The SEC sued Musk days before President Donald Trump took office last year, alleging the serial entrepreneur missed a deadline to file a special form disclosing he accumulated at least a 5% ownership stake in Twitter. That delay cost Twitter shareholders more than $150 million, the regulator said . Musk sought to dismiss the SEC’s case in August, calling it “a waste of this court’s time and taxpayer resources.” US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan rejected the request in February. The SEC called on the judge to find Musk liable without a trial and said there is “absolutely no dispute” the billionaire missed the deadl...
NASA astronauts lifted off on a 10-day journey that will slingshot them around the moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar vicinity for the first time in more than half a century. (Source: Bloomberg)
NASA astronauts lifted off on a 10-day journey that will slingshot them around the moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar vicinity for the first time in more than half a century. (Source: Bloomberg)
The quake was at a shallow depth of 10km in the Northern Molucca Sea region, the USGS said A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Northern Molucca Sea region in Indonesia, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake on Thursday was at a shallow depth of 10km (6.21 miles), it said. Continue reading...
The quake was at a shallow depth of 10km in the Northern Molucca Sea region, the USGS said A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Northern Molucca Sea region in Indonesia, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake on Thursday was at a shallow depth of 10km (6.21 miles), it said. Continue reading...
In this podcast, Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp speaks with Hannah Moore, founder of Amplified Planning, owner and principal financial planner at Guiding Wealth, and creator of The Externship, a summer program for aspiring financial planners and people who want to build their own financial plan. Topics covered: To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, chec...
In this podcast, Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp speaks with Hannah Moore, founder of Amplified Planning, owner and principal financial planner at Guiding Wealth, and creator of The Externship, a summer program for aspiring financial planners and people who want to build their own financial plan. Topics covered: To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center . When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy . Continue reading
Cheng Li-wun will be the first sitting chairperson of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang to visit the mainland since Hung Hsiu-chu nearly 10 years ago. The announcement of the trip, from April 7 to 12, at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, comes at a sensitive time in cross-strait relations, with four American senators arriving in Taiwan to promote arms sales opposed by Beijing, and Xi expected t...
Cheng Li-wun will be the first sitting chairperson of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang to visit the mainland since Hung Hsiu-chu nearly 10 years ago. The announcement of the trip, from April 7 to 12, at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, comes at a sensitive time in cross-strait relations, with four American senators arriving in Taiwan to promote arms sales opposed by Beijing, and Xi expected to host a summit with President Donald Trump next month. Xi’s invitation to Cheng, elected KMT...
Minnesota Judges Enabling Somali Fraud Epidemic With Slaps On Wrist The Feeding Our Future fraud is the largest pandemic-relief theft in American history - $250 million stolen, mostly by Somali immigrants who fabricated meal counts and pocketed federal child nutrition funds. The prosecutions have dragged on for years. Now that sentences are finally coming down, a troubling pattern is emerging: the...
Minnesota Judges Enabling Somali Fraud Epidemic With Slaps On Wrist The Feeding Our Future fraud is the largest pandemic-relief theft in American history - $250 million stolen, mostly by Somali immigrants who fabricated meal counts and pocketed federal child nutrition funds. The prosecutions have dragged on for years. Now that sentences are finally coming down, a troubling pattern is emerging: the punishments don’t seem to fit the crime. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel — nominated to the bench in 2018 through a package deal between the first Trump administration and Minnesota's Senate Democrats — has been at the center of two recent sentencing decisions that have taxpayers seething. On March 29, she sentenced Abdul Abubakar Ali to one year and one day in prison . Ali ran a shell company called Youth Inventors Lab under Feeding Our Future's sponsorship, orchestrated $3 million in fraud, submitted fake invoices claiming more than one million meals served, and served none. Federal sentencing guidelines recommended 30 to 37 months. Prosecutors asked for two and a half years. Brasel gave him a sentence of just one year and a day. That extra day is not accidental — it's the legal threshold that makes Ali eligible for transition to a halfway house on good behavior. One day later, Brasel sentenced Zamzam Jama to six months . Jama stole $5.6 million — nearly twice what Ali took — and was the first of six Jama family defendants associated with a Rochester restaurant to face sentencing; all were linked to the same fraud network. Prosecutors requested 16 months. Sentencing guidelines called for 10 to 16 months. Brasel issued a downward departure and handed Jama a sentence of just half a year. Jama must also pay $491,000 in restitution — a mere fraction of the $5.6 million she stole — and serve one year of probation. When reports of widespread abuse went viral last year due to the investigations by independent journalist Nick Shirley, Gov. Tim Walz insisted on maintaining contr...
The blended Fair Value estimate for IREN has shifted from about $79.31 to roughly $76.14, signaling a modest trim to modeled upside. That adjustment sits alongside Street research that combines enthusiasm around the Microsoft AI contract and 2 GW build out with fresh questions on execution, timing, and customer concentration. As you read on, you will see how these cross currents are shaping the ev...
The blended Fair Value estimate for IREN has shifted from about $79.31 to roughly $76.14, signaling a modest trim to modeled upside. That adjustment sits alongside Street research that combines enthusiasm around the Microsoft AI contract and 2 GW build out with fresh questions on execution, timing, and customer concentration. As you read on, you will see how these cross currents are shaping the evolving narrative around IREN and what to watch next. Analyst Price Targets don't always capture...
Intel has agreed to repurchase Apollo Global Management's 49% stake in the Ireland Fab 34 joint venture. The transaction is valued at about $14.2b and returns full ownership of Fab 34 to Intel. The deal centers on a major manufacturing site that is intended to support next generation AI chips. Intel (NasdaqGS: INTC) is taking back full control of Fab 34 at a time when its shares trade around $48.0...
Intel has agreed to repurchase Apollo Global Management's 49% stake in the Ireland Fab 34 joint venture. The transaction is valued at about $14.2b and returns full ownership of Fab 34 to Intel. The deal centers on a major manufacturing site that is intended to support next generation AI chips. Intel (NasdaqGS: INTC) is taking back full control of Fab 34 at a time when its shares trade around $48.03 and have returned 22.0% year to date. Over the past year, the stock has delivered a very...