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US stocks were mixed as Wall Street tempered its rate-cut hopes while July retail sales rose.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.41%, undercut by Friday's weaker-than-expected US consumer sentiment report. The dollar also suffered from underlying foreign investor concern about the possibility of a politically-driven US monetary policy

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Intel stock rallied today on reports the US government may soon take a sizable stake in the chipmaker. Bernstein says federal backing isn’t an all-clear for INTC shares.

Dillard's was able to crush Q2 EPS expectations on Thursday thanks to its operational efficiency, modest sales growth, and shareholder-friendly capital allocation.

Marta Norton, Empower Chief Investment Strategist, says there has been a benign neglect of tariffs by the market, which has emboldened President Donald Trump to push rates even higher. Norton joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on \\

Shares of Applied Materials tumbled after the company delivered a sales forecast that disappointed investors and rekindled concerns about the impact of the US-China trade dispute. Bloomberg's Brody Ford joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on \\

US retail sales rose in July in a broad-based advance and the prior month was revised higher, though economists were cautious on the trend going forward given a softening jobs market and weaker consumer sentiment. Schwab Center for Financial Research Chie

Residential solar systems still will be able to qualify under prior guidance and the new rules won’t be applied retroactively. For larger projects, they will have to meet a physical construction standard but will still have four years to complete their d

September WTI crude oil (CLU25 ) on Friday closed down -1.16 (-1.81%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25 ) closed down -0.00329 (-1.56%). Crude oil prices during Friday's futures session were on the defensive ahead of the afternoon Trump-Putin summit, wh

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Billionaire Philippe Laffont’s $843 million Oracle bet spotlights its AI cloud surge.

Berkshire Hathaway's $1.6 billion stake in UnitedHealth Group is helping to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new record as investors pile into healthcare sector funds.

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