Today's headlines — 2026-10-09

U.S. suspends Microsoft green-card labor certification in visa crackdown

The Labor Department broadened its immigration compliance review, placing Microsoft and other tech contractors under new limits

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OpenAI says annualized revenue is about $50 billion, not $70 billion

The revised figure reflects a revenue-accounting mismatch with Anthropic, according to reporting from the Financial Times and follow-ups from Axios and TechCrunch.

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Brent crude rises above $105 a barrel

Traders say oil has extended its climb as Middle East tensions and supply risks keep energy markets on edge.

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Trump says no Iran strikes before Nov. 3 midterms

Bitcoin slips below $81,000 as crypto longs are liquidated

SpaceX strikes 800 MHz spectrum deal to bolster Starlink Mobile

Samsung posts record Q3 profit as AI memory boom drives 107.4 trillion won

Starbucks seen exploring Chipotle takeover as CMG market value nears $42 billion

Trump discloses 517 August trades, including Meta and SpaceX debt

UPS rerouted F-35 parts to Hong Kong after missing security email

Oil spikes above $105, Treasury yields revisit 24-year highs

Oracle Trucks Natural Gas to Keep Data Center Buildout on Schedule

U.S. 30-year mortgage rate rises to 7.4% as sellers cut prices

Broadcom seeks over $50 billion to finance OpenAI custom AI chips

Jensen Huang receives U.S. National Medal of Science, with his parents present

Trump awards Elon Musk the National Medal of Science

Bezos says Blue Origin could IPO in years after first outside funding

Google Cloud launches Gemini Agent for enterprise workflows

Nvidia pledges $1 billion for U.S. science research

Netflix drops first trailer for The Altruists, sets Nov. 19 premiere

Spotify confirms new multiyear Joe Rogan pact

PepsiCo tops Q3 estimates but trims full-year growth outlook

U.S. initial jobless claims fall to 197,000 as continuing claims rise to 1.716 million

Firmus delays Australia IPO, weighs private funding round

Apple confirms October 13 New York product launch

Amazon launches $230 Alexa tablets and retires Fire line

GlobalFoundries signs five-year $2 billion deal with TSMC

Apple taps Steve Smith as M&A chief in latest Ternus reshuffle

Zeta unveils AthenaOS and new Athena model

Wolfspeed lands conditional $1.5 billion Pentagon loan pledge

Isomorphic Labs in talks for funding at $40 billion-plus valuation

SoFi joins Orbi and Mastercard in Mexico crypto-linked card launch

Devon to sell Eagle Ford assets to Crescent Energy for $4.2 billion

Germany’s August exports fall 0.8% as trade surplus narrows to €19.5 billion

JPMorgan slips into a technical correction ahead of earnings week

SpaceX announces nationwide low-band spectrum deal

Goldman raises Palantir to Buy, keeps $230 target

S&P 500 concentration tops 28% as five megacaps dominate

Musk says SpaceX could be worth orders of magnitude more than Earth’s economy

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