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America's Asian allies want U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to ease tensions between the world's two largest economies. They don't want that stability to come at their expense. Ahead of Thursday's summit in Washington, the U.S. joined Japan and South Korea in reaffirming its "ironclad" defense commitments to both countries and opposing unilateral attempts to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait. The statement came amid concerns that Trump could soften Washington's position on Taiwan or other regional security issues in return for concessions from Beijing on trade, or assistance over the war with Iran. "In general, U.S. allies and partners in the region do not want to see a breakthrough in U.S.-China relations that harms their national interests, but they also want to guard against a breakdown in U.S.-China ties that raises the risk of conflict in the region," said Jeremy Chan, senior analys...

The U.S. and China have extended a truce to keep tariffs lower for longer and rare earths flowing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday local time. He was speaking on Fox News, as Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Washington, D.C. for a state visit through Friday. Xi and Trump agreed to a one-year trade truce at a meeting in South Korea last October. The deal, which was set to expire in November, will now be extended to Jan. 10, Bessent said. He added that Beijing needs to fulfill more deliverables. Ahead of this week's summit, many had expected the truce would be extended by six months or longer. Chinese state media did not immediately note Bessent's comments on the trade truce. Footage streamed on China's state broadcaster showed U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meeting Xi and First Lady of China Peng Liyuan at the foot of the Chinese leader's jet. The video did not show the U.S. and Chinese leaders shaking hands it foc...

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Soaring Treasury yields aren't just bad for the government and its $40 trillion debt. They also threaten to raise borrowing costs, hitting everyone from homeowners to credit card users, while providing limited relief to savers and potential benefits to banks. Government debt costs leaped higher Wednesday , the product of multiple factors including a fresh report showing higher inflation pressures, surging expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike in October, and an auction for 5-year notes showing that Treasury demand was weak. Competition from hyperscaler debt issuance also is seen as an aggravating factor. Yields responded by jumping more than they have in nearly a year and a half, dating back to April 2025 when President Donald Trump first announced so-called reciprocal tariffs against U.S. trading partners. Recent market liquidity efforts pushed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have had no impact so far, with rates surging higher despite intensified buyback efforts on lo...

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: MCD, CBRL, BABA, WOR Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics & Policy Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said at an investor day event he expects high inflation and flat traffic will continue to weigh on the restaurant industry. The burger chain reported U.S. same-store sales growth of just 0.8% in its most recent quarter as traffic to its domestic restaurants fell. McDonald's shares fell more than 5% to their lowest since 2022. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Shares climbed 5% after the restaurant chain reported fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 99 cents, up from 74 cents last year. Revenue of $849.3 million beat the consensus Wall Street estimate of $834.6 million, according to FactSet data, while restaurant-level profit margins, cost of goods sold and adjusted EBITDA margins were al...

Bessent just picked the one wage measure still rising Tobi Opeyemi Amure Tue, September 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM PDT 6 min read Politicians have a favorite number. The trick is finding one that is true, flattering, and narrow enough that nobody checks what sits next to it. Wage data makes that easy. The government publishes dozens of pay measures every month, covering hourly and weekly pay, managers and rank-and-file staff, factory floors and restaurant kitchens, with many of them also adjusted for inflation. In a good year, most of those measures point in the same direction. In a rough year, they split apart, and whoever holds the microphone gets to choose which one you hear about. This has been a rough year for your grocery and gas budget. Gasoline costs 27.4% more than it did a year ago, and the Federal Reserve just raised interest rates for the first time since 2023. For most households, that combination adds up to a paycheck that buys a little less than it did last summer. So when Tr...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday and called for international coordination to address the potential risks posed by artificial intelligence . "In our history, there have been times where countries who compete and don't always like each other very much still come together for shared interests and the collective good in the face of a powerful new technology," Altman said. "We believe this must be one of those times" Earlier this month, Amodei rocked the tech sector by publishing a proposal to slow down the pace of AI development. Altman, in a rare sign of solidarity with his chief rival, publicly agreed with Amodei on the need to "pace the frontier." The safety practices at both companies have been under intense scrutiny after industry researchers warned about AI's growing potential to cause catastrophic harm . The executives' remarks on Wednesday came just one day aft...

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, US President Donald Trump By Dearbail Jordan and Francisco Velasquez Published 23 September 2026, 15:35 BST Updated 2 hours ago US President Donald Trump has disclosed millions of dollars' worth of stock market trades made during July, including in firms from Elon Musk's SpaceX to tech and AI giants such as Microsoft. According to official documents, between $6.5m ( 4.8m) and $31m worth of stock in Microsoft was sold on behalf of Trump, while they show purchases of between $165,000 and $400,000. Across more than 1,000 trades, shares were bought and sold in AI company Nvidia and software firm Palantir, a contractor with the US defence department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the filing shows. A White House spokesperson said Trump's stock and bond portfolio is independently managed by third parties. The spokesperson told the BBC: "Neither President Trump nor any member of his family has any ability to direct, in...

How Is AES Corporation's Stock Performance Compared to Other Utility Stocks Aritra Gangopadhyay Tue, September 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM PDT 2 min read AES XLU Close up of AES sign on the building at AES's US clean energy business headquarters in Salt lake City, UT, USA, June 26, 2023_ AES is a clean energy developer_ See Less Arlington, Virginia-based The AES Corporation (AES) operates as a power generation and utility company. Valued at a market cap of $10.6 billion, the company operates through four segments: Renewables, Utilities, Energy Infrastructure, and New Energy Technologies, and owns or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. Companies with a market cap of $10 billion or more are typically referred to as "large-cap stocks." AES fits squarely into that category, with its market cap exceeding this threshold and reflecting its substantial size and influence in the diversified util...

What Freight Operators Should Actually Be Watching FreightWaves Staff Wed, September 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM PDT 4 min read Sean Dehan breaks down Truckstop strategy and the freight market view on FW Today.Truckstop Chief Operating & Strategy Officer Sean Dehan joins FreightWaves to talk through what he's seeing in the market, how strategy is shifting and what matters for freight operators right now. Straight discussion, no filler.#FreightWaves #Truckstop #FreightMarket Spot market load volume on Truckstop's platform is tracking roughly 20% above year-ago levels in September, with flatbed freight posting its strongest year-over-year gains since 2008 surpassing even the COVID-era surge according to Sean Dehan, COO and Chief Strategy Officer of Truckstop. Dehan made the remarks in an interview on FreightWaves Today, offering a data-forward read on a market defined by diverging segment performance, persistent cost pressure, and mounting legal uncertainty for brokers. Dehan said s...

McDonald's on Wednesday announced plans for its own media network, pricey restaurant upgrades and ways to win over GLP-1 users during an investor presentation at its Chicago headquarters. In June, the company unveiled its newest growth strategy , McDonald's > NEXT. The pillars of the plan include a new restaurant design, better-tasting food and drinks, consumer-led innovation, and improved hospitality from employees. But until Wednesday, executives had offered few details about how they would implement the plan and how it may affect its financial results over the coming years. The shifts come as McDonald's U.S. business tries to rebound from sluggish sales and as consumers hit by years of elevated inflation visit restaurants less often. The chain aims to win over more diners at a time the company expects inflation and flat traffic to restaurants overall will persist, CEO Chris Kempczinski told CNBC. The plan and Kempczinski's comments did not impress Wall Street, as...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in a defiant speech to the United Nations on Wednesday blamed the the U.S. and Israel for stoking global instability while accusing them of launching illegal attacks on his country's civilians and infrastructure. The address to the UN General Assembly in New York City came as a fiery rebuke to President Donald Trump , who told the UN a day earlier that he was weighing whether to "annihilate" Iran after nearly seven months at war. It also contradicted Trump's insistent narrative that Iran desperately seeks a peace deal, and that one is likely to come right after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Trump was not present at the UN on Wednesday; he returned to Washington overnight in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping 's arrival for a state visit. Pezeshkian, framing Iran as the victim of U.S. and Israeli aggression, asserted that his country will continue to fight back "until our last breath." "The United States pres...

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Image source, Getty Images By Lucy Hooker Business reporter Published 23 September 2026, 11:40 BST Updated 1 hour ago People off sick from work should keep in phone contact with their boss, government-appointed back-to-work expert Sir Charlie Mayfield has said. Getting bosses and workers to have a conversation, rather than simply exchanging emails and sicknotes, could help get people back into work, Sir Charlie, who is leading the Keep Britain Working taskforce, said. His latest report said health-related economic inactivity was costing Britain around 210bn a year in benefit payments and lost output. Talking on the phone was just "one piece of the jigsaw" he said on Wednesday. The report calls for more workplace support , external for people with health conditions and disabilities and the establishment of a Workplace Health System alongside the NHS. But improving communication was also a way to "rehumanise" the workplace and help prevent people dropping out of work...

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: IONQ, CART, WOR Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics & Policy Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Worthington Enterprises The industrial manufacturing company surged about 16% on an encouraging outlook from leadership. CEO Joseph Hayek said the company is seeing opportunities across its business, "including rapidly growing demand for our engineered [American Society of Mechanical Engineers] tanks used in liquid cooling systems for data centers." First-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue surpassed the Street's estimates, per LSEG. KB Home The homebuilder fell more than 1% after projections for fourth-quarter deliveries came in below expectations. Housing gross margins for the current quarter are expected to range between 16% and 16.6%, while analysts polled by LSEG sought 17.2%. IonQ The quantum computing stock jumped 12% after Io...

Image source, Getty Images By Tom Espiner Business reporter Published 23 September 2026, 09:05 BST Updated 40 minutes ago The UK will grow by less than expected next year amid the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran, an international agency has said. It is one of many countries whose economic prospects are facing a hit due to the prolonged conflict, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said. The downgrade to the UK's economic growth outlook is moderate, according to the OECD, which predicted it will grow by 1% in 2027, against an earlier forecast of 1.1%. The agency also upgraded the UK's growth outlook for 2026, from an expected 0.9% to 1.1% for the year. The prediction comes as Chancellor John Healey prepares to deliver his first Budget at the end of October. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has made easing the cost of living for households one of his key aims, while the government is under pressure to spend more on defence. However, Burnham and Healey fac...