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European stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian tankers and Tehran responded with missile strikes on Jordan. The escalation raised fears of a wider regional conflict.
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The Kremlin said Trump told Putin that U.S.-Russia ties could be fully restored with a swift end to the Ukraine war. The leaders discussed recent U.S. envoy visits to Moscow and Kyiv as peace talks remain stalled.
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Nasdaq Marketsmarketsroutine announcement
Chimera Investment's 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock will trade ex-dividend on 9/1/26, with a quarterly dividend of $0.5984 per share. The dividend yield is approximately 9.7% based on the recent share price.
Nasdaq Marketscompaniesroutine announcement
Great-West Lifeco's Series P preferred shares will trade ex-dividend on September 1, 2026, with a quarterly dividend of $0.3375 per share, payable on September 29, 2026. The dividend yield is approximately 5.4% based on the recent share price of $24.86.
Nasdaq Marketscompaniesroutine announcement
Great-West Lifeco's Series R preferred shares will trade ex-dividend on September 1, 2026, with a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, payable on September 29, 2026. The dividend yield is approximately 5.5% based on the recent share price of $22.00.
Nasdaq Marketscompaniesroutine announcement
Chimera Investment's Series B preferred stock will trade ex-dividend on September 1, 2026, with a quarterly dividend of $0.6111 per share, payable on September 30, 2026. The dividend yield is approximately 9.9% based on the recent share price of $24.72.
CNBC Top Newstechnologypolicy decision
President Trump warned that U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could become 'backwards and poor,' adding that China would welcome such opposition. His remarks come amid Republican concerns about backlash to data center development.
Nasdaq Marketscompaniesroutine announcement
An insider at Aehr Test Systems sold stock worth approximately $847,000. The sale is a routine insider transaction.
Nasdaq Marketsmarketsinvestment opinion
A Vanguard ETF has risen 12% in 2026, but the S&P 500 looks historically expensive, with AI stocks driving most of its growth. The article discusses whether long-term investors should continue buying at current levels.
BBC Businesscompaniescorporate event
Victoria Beckham's fashion and beauty business reported a £7.3 million operating profit, its first after 18 years of losses. This marks a turnaround for the company.
Semiconductor Engineeringtechnologyroutine announcement
Researchers from Huawei, ETH Zurich, and HUST published a technical paper on a workload-driven high-bandwidth flash substrate for capacity-scalable LLM inference. The paper addresses accelerator memory capacity constraints in single-accelerator and small-node systems.
CNBC Top Newsmarketsmarket event
Treasury Secretary Bessent responded to criticism from Stanley Druckenmiller regarding bond market intervention, stating their conversation went 'fine'. The exchange occurred at a G20 finance meeting.