Asia Stocks Plunge at Friday Open as Nikkei and Kospi Drop About 3% Into U.S. CPI

Multi-source IRGC guidance; Iran told Houthis last week to escalate on Saudi with more funding, weapons, and officers; Shahlaei/Qods Force...

Customer-service AI chat workspace on a desk monitor, reflecting Salesforce's completed acquisition of Fin for Agentforce.

Salesforce Completes Acquisition of Fin, Formerly Intercom

Completed Sep. 10; more than 30,000 companies; Fin model suite; 76% average resolution rate is a company claim; Agentforce and...

Cloud data center racks with blue LED glow and an ascending cloud growth chart, capturing Oracle's cloud and OCI earnings beat.

Oracle FQ1 Cloud and OCI Beat Estimates; Shares Rise in Live After-Hours Trade

Non-GAAP EPS $1.92 vs $1.74; revenue about $19.345B up 30%; cloud $11.61B up 62%; OCI about $7.4B up 121%; RPO...

Desert oil storage tanks and a gas flare at twilight, illustrating Saudi Arabia's official August OPEC crude output print.

Saudi Arabia Tells OPEC August Output Hit 6.238 mb/d, Lowest Since 1990

Official Saudi print 6.238 mb/d, down about 1.9 mb/d; Kpler exports near 3.2 mb/d; supply-to-market 7.122 mb/d. Shipping and war-route...

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UPDATE: Wall Street Closes Soft as 10-Year Tags About 4.96% Into Friday CPI

Cash close: S&P 7,591.70 down 0.58%, Dow 52,064.10 down 0.60% (open equals high), Nasdaq 26,081.72 down 0.65%; 10-year near 4.961%...

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Enbridge to Buy Tallgrass Crude Midstream Assets for U.S. $2.55 Billion Cash

Company locks U.S. $2.55B cash; 75% Pony Express about 460 kb/d; 51% Powder River Gateway; about 8.4 mbbl storage; close...

Modern multifamily apartment courtyard with balconies and landscaped paths, illustrating an all-stock REIT merger of middle-market rental portfolios.

Independence Realty Trust and Centerspace Agree to About $8.1 Billion All-Stock Merger

EV about $8.1B; equity market cap about $5.0B; exchange 3.800; 44,354 units; ownership about 78%/22%; targeted close as early as...

European finance plaza at dusk with classical columns and an ascending orange yield curve glow, as German Bund and French OAT yields hit multi-year highs.

German Bund Yield Hits Highest Since 2011 as Euro Bonds Reprice After Hawkish ECB

Bund 10y about 3.45% to 3.49% highest since Apr. 2011; OAT 10y about 4.34% to 4.39% highest since Oct. 2008;...

Marble institutional facade at dawn with an empty press podium, framing Friday CPI as the last major inflation gate before the Federal Reserve meeting.

Friday CPI Is the Gate for a Near 70% Fed Hike Bet After Hot PPI and $100 Oil