U.S. stocks traded narrowly Wednesday as Wall Street headed toward the final stretch of 2025, capping another strong year for equities despite a recent bout of mild selling. The S&P 500 hovered near flat in early trading and remains on track to finish the year up roughly 17%, marking its third consecutive year of double-digit gains. The Nasdaq Composite has climbed about 21% in 2025, fueled largely by continued enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, while the Dow Jones In

The U.S. economy expanded at a far faster pace than anticipated in the third quarter, driven primarily by resilient consumer spending, according to a delayed government report released Tuesday. Gross domestic product rose at an annualized rate of 4.3% from July through September, well above the 3.2% increase economists had forecast, the Commerce Department said in its initial estimate of third-quarter growth. Consumer spending — the backbone of the U.S. economy — accelerated

Oracle shares fell roughly 5% on Wednesday following reports that Blue Owl Capital has stepped away from discussions to help fund a planned $10 billion data center in Michigan tied to OpenAI. While Oracle and its development partner pushed back on claims that the project is in jeopardy, the news reignited investor concerns about the mounting costs and financing structures behind the AI-driven data center boom. According to the Financial Times , Blue Owl had been in talks to b

U.S. stock futures were mostly flat Thursday night after a turbulent session that saw major indexes reverse sharply on renewed anxiety around artificial intelligence valuations. Dow futures ticked up roughly 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures slipped 0.1%. Nasdaq-100 futures fell nearly 0.3% as traders continued rotating out of megacap tech. The whiplash came just hours after Nvidia’s blowout fiscal Q3 results briefly ignited a powerful morning rally. The Dow jumped as much as 718 p

A recent Apinions interview is spotlighting a fast-growing idea in agritech: soil isn’t just a resource — it’s a patient. Agronomist Donnie Engelhardt says the path to healthier food, livestock, and people starts with the health of the ground itself. “Soil is the original patient,” he said. “If food is medicine, we need to treat the soil first.” A Clinical Approach to Agriculture Engelhardt’s philosophy began years ago in grain country, where he noticed certain farmers consi