Munich – November 03, 2026 -- Continentale is urging its sales partners to promote special payments into the Basisrente, as 2026 tax-deductible contributions reach up to EUR 30,826 for single filers and EUR 61,652 for jointly assessed couples.
Middle East – October 27, 2026 -- Spot tanker rates reached record highs in September as geopolitical disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea lengthened voyages and cut trade efficiency, according to a Teekay Tankers market update.
Vancouver – October 14, 2026 -- The Nasdaq Composite dropped 449 points, or 1.65%, to 26,755.24 midweek, extending its weekly loss to 2.23% and leaving every major U.S. index in the red for the week.
Small caps show deepest stress as Russell 2000 RSI falls to 28.3
The Russell 2000 fell 1.70% and carries a Relative Strength Index of 28.3, a deeply oversold reading. The S&P 500 lost 1.10% on the day and 1.18% for the week. The Dow fell 0.29%.
New York – October 12, 2026 -- Raytheon, an RTX business, secured a contract worth up to $6.3 billion for Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors, as large-cap indexes closed last week near record levels while the Russell 2000 fell 0.91% to 2,806.98.
New York – October 12, 2026 -- Diraq will deploy up to $300 million to support independent verification and validation of its quantum computing solution after the U.S. Defense Research Projects Agency selected it to advance to the final stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.
New York – October 05, 2026 -- The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield traded close to 5.3% as of 8 a.m. ET on Monday, with investors positioning ahead of Wednesday's Federal Reserve minutes release from the September meeting, according to the New York Stock Exchange's daily pre-market advisory delivered by Ashley Mastronardi from the trading floor.
NEW YORK – September 17, 2026 -- Crude settled near $100 a barrel Friday after Iranian state media said Tehran would meet Gulf states in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, capping a second consecutive weekly gain despite the pullback. The International Energy Agency now forecasts global oil demand will fall by 2.5 million barrels a day in 2026, roughly 940,000 barrels a day deeper than its estimate a month earlier, while the U.S.
