Final push for U.S. presidential candidates

Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down from the role with hardware chief John Ternus chosen to assume the helm from September. Cook, who oversaw a $3.6tn increase in the company’s market cap during his 15-year tenure will become executive chairman. Iran is reportedly due to send a delegat ...  Show more

The U.S. Navy fires on and seizes an Iranian cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman with both countries reinstating blockades through the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump says his delegation lead by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are en route to Pakistan for further peace talks but T ...  Show more

On Friday, the US announced a meagre 12K nonfarm job additions last month, the manufacturing and private nonfarm payrolls printed negative numbers. But the bright spot was that unemployment remained steady at 4.1% - suggesting that the NFP number probably took a one-off hit, and ...  Show more

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump. (2) US equity-index futu ...  Show more

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is higher this morning as it beats out oil giants like Chevron and Exxon, as companies with more exposure to the United States share picture are gaining. The conflict between Israel and Iran has caused damage to the US c ...  Show more

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The European Union says it will respond to any tariffs the US might impose on it. The warning comes after President Trump pushed forward with his pledge to place a 25% tariff on all US s ...  Show more