Preliminary Route Report with Chip Flory, western Tour leader
What counties (with state and district) have you sampled from?Nebraska Thurston, Burt, Washington and Dodge counties (Districts 3 &amp; … [+2575 chars]

Follow along as scouts pull thousands of corn and soybean samples across Ohio, South Dakota, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota — plus real-time market reaction and expert analysis.

Profarmer.com

Live Coverage: 2026 Pro Farmer Crop Tour kicks off after record rainfall, flooding in eastern Corn Belt - Pro Farmer

L3Harris Technologies said on Monday that CEO Christopher Kubasik stepped down from the role after an investigation by the board of directors found he engaged in misconduct, which led to the company … [+3803 chars]

L3Harris Technologies CEO Christopher Kubasik stepped down after a board investigation found he engaged in misconduct unrelated to financials.

Fox Business

L3Harris ousts CEO Kubasik over conduct violation - Fox Business

The S&amp;P 500 fell on Monday, while oil prices rose, as investors weighed tensions in the Middle East.
The broad market index fell 0.52% to end at 7,745.06, while the Nasdaq Composite moved 0.32% … [+2342 chars]

Rising oil prices dragged the stock market to a losing day.

CNBC

Dow loses more than 270 points as oil prices pressure stocks amid rising Iran tensions: Live updates - CNBC

Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.

Ars Technica

Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine - Ars Technica

A young tourist visiting the Big Apple was stabbed inside a Midtown McDonalds early Monday morning, authorities said.According to police sources, the incident took place inside of 490 8th Ave. at jus… [+637 chars]

A young tourist visiting the Big Apple was stabbed inside a Midtown McDonald’s early Monday morning, authorities said.

amNY

Tourist stabbed inside Midtown McDonald’s in unprovoked attack - amNewYork

Anthropic PBC is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $65 billion based on its current performance, according to people familiar with the matter, up more than sevenfold from its pace … [+321 chars]

Anthropic PBC is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $65 billion based on its current performance, according to people familiar with the matter, up more than sevenfold from its pace at the end of last year.

Bloomberg

Anthropic Revenue Run Rate Surpasses $65 Billion Ahead of IPO - Bloomberg.com

TheStreet

Major retail meat company closes plants, lays off over 3,200 - thestreet.com

Forbes

DOJ Investigating Billionaire-Led Andreessen Horowitz—Despite Its Trump Ties, Report Says - Forbes

Artist concept art of the yeti animatronic from Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida.
It's not every day that a live crowd goes wild for an animatronic yeti. 
But the a… [+6670 chars]

Disney Experiences chief Thomas Mazloum is focused on balancing the needs of its most ardent parkgoers with its less frequent visitors.

Disney's new parks boss outlines investment strategy, with superfans at the fore - CNBC

A Wall Street that's mostly bullish on Nike (NKE) continues to be proven dead wrong about the athletic-wear giant's stock price.
Nike stock collapsed to its lowest level since September 2024 on Mond… [+2336 chars]

The only thing Nike is 'just doing' is serving up stretches of weak quarters and outlooks.

Yahoo Entertainment

Nike's stock plunge is relentless - Yahoo Finance

Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.

Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI - Ars Technica

Social media giant Meta is heading to court in a case brought by a group of state attorneys general who claim the company designed its social media platforms to be addictive and misled the public abo… [+5446 chars]

Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey allege Meta misled the public about the risks its platforms pose to children.

Meta heads to trial over alleged social media addiction, risks to children - Fox Business

Amazon Web Services could very possibly become a business that does $1 trillion in annual revenue, Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy said recently. Thats a bold prediction for a unit thats currently taking i… [+379 chars]

Amazon is very far from its goal of achieving $1 trillion in cloud revenue, but it could deliver handsome returns for investors as it pursues that target, an analyst notes

MarketWatch

Here’s how Amazon’s stock could nearly double by the end of next year, according to Morgan Stanley - MarketWatch

U.S. stocks log back-to-back losses Monday as bond yields rise and investors focus on the tail-end of second-quarter earnings.

Stock Market Today: Dow off 250 points; S&P 500 and Nasdaq fall despite strong second-quarter earnings; Anthropic revenue; bond yields rise - MarketWatch

Newest Restaurant Report Card | If you want the latest Shelby County restaurant scores sent directly to your inbox, sign up for it today on WREGs Newsletter here.
Each week, WREG is rounding up the … [+4170 chars]

Newest Restaurant Report Card | If you want the latest Shelby County restaurant scores sent directly to your inbox, sign up for it today on WREG’s Newsletter here. Each week, WREG is rounding up the highest and lowest scores from Shelby County restaurant insp…

WREG NewsChannel 3

Restaurant Inspection Scores: August 11 – August 17 - WREG.com

(Bloomberg) -- The yield on 30-year US Treasuries hit the highest in almost two decades, reflecting investor angst over the surging national debt, a flood of long-dated bond sales and inflation that'… [+2011 chars]

The yield on 30-year US Treasuries hit the highest in almost two decades, reflecting investor angst over the surging national debt, a flood of long-dated bon...

US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since 2007 - Yahoo Finance

Information in Investors Business Daily is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer, recommendation, solicitation, or rating to buy or sell securities. … [+1064 chars]

Micron stock is on pace for five straight rising sessions and hit an alternate buy point. The memory chipmaker's earnings exploded in June.

Investor's Business Daily

Micron Stock Claws Back From Lows To A Buy Point - Investor's Business Daily

Updated Aug. 17, 2026, 12:31p.m. ET
Quarterly filings made by the Situational Awareness fund reveal that, at the end of June, just before a major correction in chip stocks, Sandisk 
SNDK and Micron… [+332 chars]

Lack of situational awareness? Leopold Aschenbrenner’s fund bet the house on Micron and Sandisk before a pullback.

Investor dubbed the ‘AI stock god’ had 56% of his hedge fund invested in these two stocks before the July blow-up - MarketWatch

Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records from collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., saying it plans to… [+2589 chars]

Google LLC won a bankruptcy auction for a trove of deindentified business data, software code, and operations records from collapsed low-cost carrier Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., saying it plans to use the assets to improve its artificial intelligence.