Finance
Treasury's Iran Aviation Sanctions Take Full Effect Sept. 23 as Wind-Down License Expires
A U.S. wind-down permission for aviation business with Iran expired at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Sept. 23, 2026, exposing foreign fuel suppliers, ground handlers and ticket sellers to U.S. secondary sanctions; Iran, China and Russia call the measures illegal.
AutoZone Reports $56.05 Quarterly EPS and 1.6% Domestic Same-Store Sales; KB Home Reports After Tuesday's Close
AutoZone's fourth-quarter results beat Wall Street's profit estimate but showed slower store-level sales growth, while KB Home's third-quarter report lands after the market closes on September 22.
Bitcoin Trades Above $84,000, Up About 4%, Two Weeks After Its 50-Day Average Crossed Above Its 200-Day
The crossover signal that traders call a "golden cross" printed on the Sept. 8 close, and U.S. spot bitcoin ETF flows have swung between large daily inflows and outflows this month.
Fed's Bowman Previews Stress-Test Changes and Releases Initial Findings of Outside Review of SVB's 2023 Failure
In two London speeches on Sept. 18, 2026, the Federal Reserve's top bank regulator outlined changes to annual stress tests and said an outside review found supervisors knew or should have known of Silicon Valley Bank's weaknesses by March 2022.
Brent and WTI Fall About 2% as Kpler Data Puts Saudi Crude Exports Just Above 4 Million Barrels a Day So Far in September
Tanker-tracking estimates show Saudi exports rebounding from a decade low of 2.4 million barrels a day in August, though the figure remains below pre-war levels and the East-West pipeline is still offline.
Bank of Japan Raises Its Policy Rate to 1.25% in a 7-2 Vote; Yen Falls Past 157 to the Dollar
The Sept. 18 quarter-point hike, the highest Japanese policy rate since 1995, drew dissents from two board members nominated by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government, and the yen weakened rather than strengthened after the decision.
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 196,000 in Week Ended Sept. 12, Lowest Since Mid-July
The Labor Department reported the figure on Thursday, Sept. 17, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023.
Nscale Files S-1 for NYSE Listing, Reporting $1.02 Billion First-Half Loss on $140.6 Million in Revenue
The London-based AI data center company disclosed $56.4 billion in contracted work not yet delivered, more than $8 billion in debt, and a single customer supplying over half its first-half revenue.
S&P 500 Rises 0.17% to 7,650.50 as About $7 Trillion in U.S. Options Expired in Second-Largest Triple Witching
Friday's quarterly expiry was the second-largest on record per Citadel Securities, trailing June's $7.7 trillion, and the S&P 500 finished the week below its August 13 record close as Treasury yields rose.
Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Hathaway Chairman; Son Howard Buffett Takes the Post
Buffett, 96, becomes chairman emeritus and stays on the board, nine months after handing the CEO job to Greg Abel.
Netflix Closes Down 4.67% After Wells Fargo Cuts Stock to Underweight and Target to $57
Analyst Steven Cahall cited falling viewing time per subscriber and a thinner second-half slate of original series; 38 of the 52 analysts who cover Netflix still rate it a buy or strong buy.
Oil Falls for a Third Session as Aramco Targets Half of East-West Pipeline Capacity 'Within Days'
Saudi Arabia says it can bypass the damaged section of its Red Sea crude line in days and fully repair it in about six weeks, and crude benchmarks slipped for a third straight session on Sept. 18, 2026, though reported closing prices differ by source.