The Callisto tanker sits anchored in Port Sultan Qaboos as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 12, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters The U.S. has temporarily authorized the purchase of Russian oil stranded at sea to stabilize energy markets. U.S. Treasury Secretary…
Ulta Beauty reported its fourth-quarter earnings Thursday. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Ulta Beauty reported earnings per share Thursday that missed expectations but revenue that topped what Wall Street was expecting. Shares of the company sank roughly 8% in extended trading. Here’s how the company performed for the fiscal fourth quarter…
Traders prepare as sales of MDA Space Ltd begin at the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 12, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed on Thursday night as investors await key U.S. inflation data. The report comes as…
Editor’s note: The following article is a commentary on some of the top trends in technology and its broader impact. The technology to disrupt enterprise software already exists. What’s been missing is the forcing function. A potential tie-up between artificial intelligence and private equity could be exactly that. The Information reported Wednesday that Anthropic is…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Ulta Beauty — Ulta shares dropped 8% after the beauty products retailer reported weak earnings results . For its fourth quarter, Ulta posted earnings of $8.01 per share, falling short of the $8.03 per share that analysts polled by LSEG were expecting. The retailer’s revenue of…
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen appearas at a Diwali celebration in the White House in Washington on Oct. 21, 2025. Allison Robbert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adobe said CEO Shantanu Narayen will step down as CEO after a successor has been named, and remain as chair of the design software company’s board. Shares were down…
A general view of the WNBA logo on the court before a WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Connecticut Sun on Sept. 1, 2025, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. Erica Denhoff | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The Women’s National Basketball Association and its Players Association are inching closer to a…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reacts during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 28, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As both energy prices and inflation fears pop, expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts are sliding. Traders…
The U.S. Navy will begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as “militarily possible,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sky News on Thursday. “That was always in our planning, that there’s the chance that the U.S. Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting oil tankers through,” Bessent said in that…
Amid a war in Iran, inflation pressures, a weakening job market and an uncertain outlook for tariff policy, Federal Reserve officials will meet next week and announce a decision on interest rates. The federal funds rate, set by the Federal Open Market Committee, is the rate at which banks lend to one another overnight, but it…
