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Updated casualty figures from Iranian strikes on US bases in the Middle East last week have increased.  Three US soldiers were killed at a US base in Jordan that was hit by an Iranian missile. Additionally, an American was killed in Iraq while attempting to destroy a downed Iranian drone. On Wednesday, The New York […]

Futures Flat Despite Blowout Nvidia Earnings US equity futures managed to erase overnight losses and were trading flat after Nvidia and Salesforce failed to assuage fears about an overheated AI economy while traders awaited color from today's round of US / Iran talks. As of 8:00am S&P futures were unchanged and nasdaq futures were down 0.1%, with NVDA up 1% premarket but well off overnight highs after its earnings report and guidance smashed expectations while CEO Jensen Huang talked about “exponentially” growing computing demand and “skyrocketing” adoption of AI agents. It wasn’t enough, especially...

The US used a new missile in a strike on the first day of the US-Israeli war against Iran that hit a sports hall and an adjacent elementary school in the Iranian city of Lamerd, killing at least 21 people in the area, The New York Times has reported. The report, which cited weapons experts […]