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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.
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.
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.
On the National Mall, America Turns 250 Under a Punishing Sky
The capital's semiquincentennial promised a world-record fireworks display. What organizers could not script was a 102-degree afternoon and an evening storm line that emptied the Mall.
How a Single HBM Order Book Rattled the AI Trade
High-bandwidth memory has become the load-bearing wall of the AI buildout. When doubts about its order book surfaced, Samsung and SK Hynix shed a combined 290 billion dollars in a day.
June Payrolls Stall at 57,000 as Falling Jobless Rate Masks a Cooling Market
Hiring cooled to 57,000 jobs in June, far short of forecasts, yet the unemployment rate edged lower, leaving policymakers to weigh a softening labor market against a headline that flatters it.
Gotterup Erases Five-Shot Gap With Closing 62 to Seize John Deere Classic
Chris Gotterup closed with a nine-under 62 to overturn a five-shot deficit and win the John Deere Classic by a single stroke over Max Homa, claiming his third title of the 2026 season.
Beijing Turns Its Dual-Use Chokehold Into a Weapon Against Tokyo
By blacklisting Japan's premier defense research institutes, Beijing has converted its grip on dual-use supply chains into an instrument of coercion against a treaty ally of Washington.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports Just 57,000 June Jobs, Loosening the Fed's Grip
A markedly soft June employment reading from the Bureau of Labor Statistics lifted stock futures and prompted traders to retreat from bets on a Federal Reserve rate increase as soon as September, according to CNBC.
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%.
FDA Advisers Clear Moderna's mRNA Flu Shot, Leaving a Contentious Approval to the Agency
The FDA's outside advisers endorsed Moderna's investigational mRNA influenza vaccine in twin unanimous votes, handing the agency a politically fraught approval decision due by August 5 after an earlier refusal to file the application was reversed.
Payrolls Buckle to 57,000 in June, Leaving the Fed Caught Between a Cooling Job Market and Sticky Prices
Nonfarm payrolls climbed 57,000 in June, roughly half of what forecasters expected, and downward revisions erased 74,000 jobs from prior months. The weakness lands on a Fed already boxed in by inflation running well above target.