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Alcon's acquisitions, partnerships and new product launches support growth, but tariffs and intense competition remain key risks.

CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER Hello. The Justice Department is urging whistleblowers to report instances of companies engaging in potential cyber fraud. Eight cases of federal contractors flouting cybersecurity rules were settled last year, and more are expected.

The Fed’s keeping a close eye on the jobs report, stock futures rise, and AMC is the biggest riser after a CEO spat.

Nasdaq-100 futures led modest gains Friday morning as economists expected 53,000 jobs added last month

This week was a dramatic one for bond yields. Yields took another step down yesterday after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support holding interest rates steady if August inflation data supports it.

President Trump’s tariff and electric-vehicle policies are colliding with Volkswagen’s plans for the large and lucrative U.S. market. The WSJ’s Stephen Wilmot reports that Volkswagen is shaking up its U.S. leadership for the second time in two years as the world’s second-largest carmaker aims to revive its American business. Veteran executive Marco Schubert will take over Volkswagen’s business in North America in October.

Tesla (TSLA) Cybercab is under investigation by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio

The rally in cryptocurrencies came after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support holding rates steady if inflation continues to ease.

Job openings just hit their highest level since May, yet something is quietly vanishing from payrolls that the 4.1% unemployment rate is not built to detect.

September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.51% this morning, led by advances in chip and other AI-linked shares, while investors await the key U.S. jobs report for fresh clues on the Fed’s interest-rate path.

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 and the benchmark S&P 500 indexes rose on Friday ahead of jobs data that could test the recent momentum in equities.

↗️ Volkswagen (XE:VOW3): Shares jumped 6% after the German automaker’s supervisory board approved a plan to double job losses to 100,000 and halve its model portfolio as it contends with President Trump’s tariffs and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers.

U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, while wage growth continued to lag inflation

U. S. stock futures were little changed on Friday as investors awaited the August nonfarm payrolls report and assessed comments from Federal Reserve officials on the interest-rate outlook.

The all-stock deal remains subject to state and federal approvals, with completion still expected in H2 2027.

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits remained ‘bearish’ on SPY and flipped to ‘bullish’ on QQQ.

Stock futures were rising on Friday as bond yields retreated ahead of the August nonfarm payrolls report, which will help decide the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid 47 points, or 0.1%.

Although headline inflation is projected to decline, a far more important price-change measure is predicted to reaccelerate.

All eyes were on the August jobs report for clues about the health of the labor market and whether the data could tip Fed interest rate bets one way or the other.

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of Friday’s closely watched U.S. jobs report, while comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller helped ease some concerns over an imminent interest-rate hike.

From an economic standpoint, the nation’s fiscal status has been turned upside down—from a federal budget swimming in surpluses to one deeply in deficit, despite the U.S. not being in recession or officially at war. Since then, the world has become even more dangerous, with the Iran war, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and China’s adventures in the Pacific. The Up & Down Wall Street written directly after the 9/11 attacks predicted a marked increase in spending for national security.

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher ahead of the U.S. jobs data, while bonds found some much-needed relief after a top Federal Reserve official cooled rate

U.S. stock futures are trending slightly higher early Friday as investors brace for the critical August jobs report and monitor geopolitical developments in the Middle East. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is currently leaning bullish for the Sept. 4 trading...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pushed back against a proposed national artificial-intelligence regulator during an August phone call with President Donald Trump, as the White House weighs a FINRA-style watchdog for frontier models. Zuckerberg Pushes Back On AI Watchdog According to a Politico report on Thursday, Trump called Zuckerberg during the week of Aug. 17. Zuckerberg said he opposed the proposal but did not ask Trump to change his position. Instead, he sa

Asian shares were mostly higher in early Friday trading, as regional market sentiment got a boost from the rally on Wall Street, mostly from big technology stocks. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% in morning trading to 64,622.33. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2.1% to 25,751.26, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.8% to 3,973.27.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for holding interest rates steady amid emerging signs of disinflation. During a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview, Governor Waller stated that if the positive economic trends seen over the last few months continue in the data due over the next two weeks, he would be inclined to support holding the federal funds target rate at its current setting. Waller pointed out that the three-

Eric Criscuolo, Market Strategist at the NYSE, reviews a volatile week that opened with renewed US-Iran hostilities and a sharp rally in crude oil, pushing yields higher and pressuring equities early on. Sentiment shifted mid-week as oil kept climbing but yields reversed on dovish Fed commentary and a soft ADP report, cutting September rate-hike odds from over 60% to a coinflip. Mega cap tech shook off early weakness to drive a broad market recovery, with Snowflake joining Salesforce as the latest software name to surge on earnings. The S&P 500 tested and held the lower bound of its 7,600-7,800 range before climbing back into the upper half, while energy led sector performance on oil's roughly 10% weekly gain.

Kospi opened higher Friday after Fed Governor Waller signaled support for holding rates steady, easing rate hike concerns.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for holding interest rates steady amid emerging signs of disinflation.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for holding interest rates steady amid emerging signs of disinflation.