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Bitcoin price chart showing a rebound above $61,000 on July 2, 2026. Photo: Tiberiandusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

Bitcoin Reclaims $61,000 as Warsh Remarks Cool Inflation Anxiety

Bitcoin pushed back above $61,000 on July 2 after remarks from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh softened inflation fears, clawing back ground lost during a bruising slide to a 21-month low.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Busy operations inside a distribution warehouse. Photo: GeorgeHillTimber, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

QXO Buys Its Way Up the Distribution Ranks as TopBuild Deal Closes

QXO closed its $17 billion acquisition of TopBuild on July 1, capping a rapid buying spree that has vaulted Brad Jacobs's building-products platform toward the top of North American distribution.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Crude oil storage tanks at the Seria export terminal in Brunei. Photo: Foo Chuan Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

OPEC+ Adds 188,000 Barrels a Day for August as Hormuz Traffic Revives

OPEC+ approved a fifth consecutive monthly output increase, adding 188,000 barrels per day from August just as Strait of Hormuz shipping begins to normalize and the geopolitical risk premium fades.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Constellation Brands beer bottles on a production line illustrating the company's earnings beat. Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

Beer Engine Carries Constellation Past Estimates as Top Line Slips

Constellation Brands beat consensus earnings on beer-segment momentum even as net sales slipped and volumes cooled late in the quarter, with operating income and margins widening against an inflation-strained consumer.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a press briefing on monetary policy. Photo: Federalreserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

Powell Confronts a Stalling Labor Market as June Hiring Slows to 57,000

Nonfarm payrolls grew by only 57,000 in June, roughly half the expected pace, with a shrinking labor force flattering an unemployment rate that fell to 4.2%.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Kroger and Giant Eagle storefront signage illustrating the grocery acquisition across the Ohio Valley. Photo: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Business

Kroger's $1.65 Billion Giant Eagle Deal Redraws the Grocery Map Across the Ohio Valley

A regional bolt-on worth $1.65 billion gives Kroger the Pittsburgh market it never held and a defensible position against Walmart, while sidestepping the antitrust wall that felled its Albertsons ambitions.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read