The net worths of CEOs and founders are largely at the whim of their company stock—all it takes is one breakout earnings report or blockbuster news to shake up their fortunes. Now, Moderna cofounder Robert Langer has re-entered the billionaires club following promising cancer vaccine trials that sent the company’s stock soaring. Langer, known as
Walmart, America’s largest retailer and one of its most critical economic bellwethers, just sent a worrying message. The firm beat second-quarter earnings estimates and lifted its full-year guidance, but unveiled several worrying figures that suggest US consumers aren’t doing so hot. Shares of the 64-year-old retail giant tumbled as much as 9% to a 2026
For roughly 40% of American adults living with obesity, the medical playbook has barely changed in decades: Eat less, move more, and if that fails, wait until the disease progresses far enough to justify surgery. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound have broken that script—but according to Robin Wenzel, head of Wells Fargo Industry
Elon Musk isn’t over Delta Air Lines choosing a rival in-flight WiFi provider instead of Starlink. After some X users posted about choosing to book with United Airlines over Delta due to its Starlink internet, Musk said on Wednesday, “I warned them. It will get much worse.” It comes after Musk said Delta would “lose
By 6:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $95.40 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $1.80 more than it cost yesterday morning and $28.19 above its price a year earlier. Oil price per barrel % Change Price of oil yesterday $93.60 +1.92% Price of oil 1 month ago $91.19 +4.61% Price of
TAIPEI — In the dead of night, scores of masked military police moved a medley of defensive gear beneath flickering traffic lights and store signs. Hemmed in by rows of shophouses, they laid metal barricades, land mines, and sandbags along an intersection just a mile from Taiwan’s presidential office. Behind them, Clouded Leopard infantry fighting
