Australia’s manufacturing sector contracted in September 2026 for the first time in six months, led by a sharp drop in factory output and weakening order books, according to preliminary private survey data. The S&P Global Australia Manufacturing PMI fell to Source link
Six Flags urged to explore sale by activist Jana Partners – WSJ (FUN:NYSE)
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) jumps 5.4% after-hours Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report that activist hedge fund Jana Partners is pushing for the theme park operator’s board to immediately hire an investment bank to explore a sale. The activist investor Source link
Up 126% in a year! Can the FTSE 100’s best growth stock keep smashing it?
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has its very own artificial intelligence (AI) play, and it’s easily the best-performing growth stock on the blue-chip index in the last year. The company is Computacenter (LSE: CCC), and its shares have rocketed 126% in 12 months. That’s streets ahead of second-best…
Is the Aston Martin share price about to mount the comeback of a lifetime?
Image source: Getty Images I took an absolute battering at the hands of the Aston Martin (LSE: AML) share price, until I finally sold my depleted stake for parts six months ago. I feared the FTSE 250-listed James Bond car maker might deliver the final insult by rebounding the moment…
U.S. regulator warns about cheating risks in ‘mention markets’ on prediction platforms
Popular betting on what an individual might say or do, known as “mention markets,” pose some special dangers in the eyes of the U.S. regulator overseeing prediction market firms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, according to an advisory issued on Tuesday that may narrow the window on event contracts that…
Trump says he supports U.S. diesel export ban; Bessent says studying feasibility (USO:NYSEARCA)
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images President Trump said Tuesday he is encouraging his advisors to support a ban on U.S. diesel exports, as the nationwide average of diesel prices continued to rise, reaching a new record high $6.53/gal. “I’ve said ‘let’s not send out the diesel,'” Trump Source link
Exxon sees Brazil’s offshore Foz do Amazonas as next South American energy prize (XOM:NYSE)
Wagner Meier/Getty Images News ExxonMobil (XOM) said it believes the next wave of large oil and natural gas discoveries in South America’s northern equatorial margin will occur in Brazil, following the giant success in Guyana and, to a lesser extent, Suriname, Upstreamonline.com reported Tuesday. “The Source link
Democrats ‘chose visceral hatred for’ Donald Trump over crypto Clarity Act, Lummis says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Cynthia Lummis said she was “dismayed, dumbfounded and saddened” that the Senate couldn’t advance a key procedural vote for crypto market structure legislation last week. Lummis blamed Democrats for the bill’s failure at an appearance Tuesday at CoinDesk’s Policy & Regulation event, saying that while the…
Labcorp reaffirms long-term outlook despite preliminary CMS payment cuts
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Although CMS on Monday said it would cut Medicare payment rates for laboratory services by 15% starting in 2026 — with further reductions through 2029 — Labcorp Holdings (LH) said the changes will not impact its 2026-2029 long-term outlook. The Source link
Crypto market structure can’t wait for shot at post-election Clarity Act surge: White House
Meanwhile, GENIUS However, last year’s crypto legislative success in converting the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act into law is still an ongoing focus of the Treasury and banking regulators assigned to implement it. Pettit, who had a hand in creating the GENIUS Act as a…