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Nasdaq closes lower, capping its worst week since April: Live updates​

The Nasdaq Composite moved lower Friday, pressured by more losses in artificial intelligence stocks, and was on pace for a losing week as new economic data added to investors’ fears of a slowdown.

The tech-heavy index shed 0.3%. In contrast, the S&P 500 traded around the flatline, as did the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At their lows of the day, the Nasdaq had pulled back 2.1%, while the broad market S&P 500 and blue-chip Dow had fallen 1.3% and more than 400 points, or roughly 0.9%, respectively.

Stocks came off their lows after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offered up a new plan to Republicans that would enable the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown to end. The proposal would provide short-term funding for federal government operations in exchange for a one-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.

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Take Five: All about the data, or lack of​

LONDON Nov 7 (Reuters) - From a focus on how quickly tech-driven, frothy equity markets unwind, to the impact of the U.S. shutdown, there's plenty to mull over next week.

And don't forget China data, UK budget speculation and a U.N. climate change summit.

Here's all you need to know about the coming week in financial markets by Rae Wee in Singapore, Alden Bentley in New York and Amanda Cooper, Marc Jones and Libby George in London.

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Alaska’s New Mining Rush Chases Something More Coveted Than Gold​

ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold.

But Blakestad, a veteran gold hunter, tossed the rock aside. He and his team of geologists were searching for something even more sought-after: antimony, an obscure element widely used in the defense industry that is now at the center of the bitter U.S.-China trade fight.

“If we were looking for gold, we’d be high-fiving,” he said.

Until recently, antimony, which is often found in gold mines, was treated as detritus by gold miners.

But that began changing last year, when China put in place heavy restrictions on antimony exports, including banning all shipments to the U.S. in December, in retaliation for restrictions Washington put on the export of American technology products to China.

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China Deploys ‘Big Data’ in Crackdown on Overseas Trading Income​

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese authorities stepped up efforts to collect taxes from citizens with overseas investment income as part of a broader push to suppress cross-border trading that evades capital controls.

Six local tax bureaus including those in cities like Beijing and Shenzhen on Tuesday issued almost identical statements saying they “reminded and coached” some citizens to declare their overseas income and pay any overdue taxes. The authorities used big data analysis to track down the people, they said.

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Clock Ticks on US/China Soybean "Deal" - China Inks Deal to Buy More from Brazil​

Nov 12, 2025


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0:00 China/Brazil Ink Soybean Deal
2:23 Thailand Deal
4:00 Govt Reopen and Grain Traders
7:23 USDA Report Preview
9:18 Tuesday Price Action
 

DOJ Launches Probe Into Foreign-Owned Meatpacking Companies​

Nov 12, 2025


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Morning Bid: Tech turbulence and data deluge due​

-What matters in U.S. and global markets today

By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets

Markets have already effectively priced in the U.S. government's reopening on Monday, with today's House vote to restore funding through January seen as a formality. Attention has now turned more to tech sector wobbles and the deluge of delayed economic data now due.

Veterans Day stock market trading was relatively subdued, even though the S&P500 eked out a modest gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average clocked a new record high.

Unusually, the tech sector underperformed and the Nasdaq ended in the red - unnerved by CoreWeave's 16% slide on data center flubs and as SoftBank's sale of its stake in Nvidia knocked back the world's most valuable company by more than 2%.

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Markets Now Early - 11-13-25 Grains React to Government Reopening, Trade Aid​

Nov 13, 2025
Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities


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James Lightbourn | Shipping Investments, Trump Orders, CoolCo, Tankers, LNG, gCaptain, Career Advice​

Nov 11, 2025 Vonheim Podcast
James Lightbourn is a shipping financier, founder of Cavalier Shipping and author of Freight + Fortune. A must follow if you are into the maritime and shipping industry! In this conversation we cover politics, investing and best-practice in building a shipping career. Hope you like the conversation, and follow James on LinkedIn and Substack (Freight + Fortune).
Follow: https://substack.com/@cavaliershipping


55:40

00:00 - Intro And Shipping Bug
02:30 - Airlines VS Shipping
06:55 - Biggest Shipping Stories In 2025
10:45 - Can US Become A Maritime Super Power?
18:20 - Where To Invest Now?
24:20 - CoolCo Going Private
28:30 - Biggest Mistake When Investing In Shipping!
30:35 - Best And Worst Segment In 2026?
39:15 - How To Make It In Shipping?
50:30 - Favorite Books
52:51 - Final Reflections
 
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