US Consumer Confidence Drops to Four-Month Low on Job Market

Conference Board index decreased to 104.1 in January Share saying jobs are plentiful also lowest since September US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in January to a four-month low on less optimism about the labor market and the outlook for the broader economy....

Trump Calls for ‘Iron Dome’ for US Homeland Missile Defense

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order for a “next-generation” defense shield to protect the US against ballistic missiles and other long-range attacks, taking on a goal that past administrations — including his own — struggled to reach. “The threat of...

Nvidia’s $589 Billion DeepSeek Rout Is Largest in Market History

DeepSeek’s AI chatbot fueled a selloff in Nvidia, tech stocks Nvidia is responsible for 8 of 10 largest market value drops Nvidia Corp.’s plunge, fueled by investor concern about Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, erased a record amount of stock-market...

AI-Fueled Stock Rally Dealt $1 Trillion Blow by Chinese Upstart

Nasdaq 100 drops 3% for worst day in six weeks; Dow climbs ‘AI dominance cannot be taken for granted,’ Saxo’s Chanana For the better part of two years, artificial intelligence technologies have been a nonstop gift for US equities investors. The Nasdaq 100 Index rose...