For: March 6, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed lower on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over 800 points at times during yesterday's trading session. It comes as both gas and oil prices are rising due to the conflict in the Middle East. U.S. crude has topped 80-dollars per barrel. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 784 points to 47-954. The S&P 500 dropped 38 points to 68-30. The Nasdaq fell 58 points to 22-748.
>>Jobs Report Due
(Undated) -- The monthly jobs report is set to be released this morning. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to show around 60-thousand jobs were added in February, compared to the higher-than-expected 130-thousand created in January.
>>States Sue To Block Trump's New Tariffs
(Albany, NY) -- Almost half of the nation is suing to block President Trump's new tariffs just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court found his previous levies illegal. New York Attorney General Letitia James, says, "This latest attempt is nothing more than an effort to sidestep the Supreme Court and impose tariffs that the President does not have the authority to enact." She said the President is driving up costs for consumers, companies and states, "creating economic chaos." Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield quoted a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York report that concluded, "Americans, not foreign countries or companies, are paying for 87-percent of his unlawful tariffs." The lawsuit asks the U.S. Court of International Trade to stop implementation of the new tariffs which the President is imposing based on a 1974 Trade Act Law that's never been used before.
>>Nasdaq Opens Texas Exchange
(San Antonio, TX) -- Nasdaq opened its new Texas exchange Thursday in a special bell ringing ceremony at the Alamo, on the 190th anniversary of the famous Texan defeat at the hands of the Mexican army. Nasdaq Texas allows publicly traded companies to align with Texas corporate rules while accessing Nasdaq's trading platform and investor base. More than 200 Texas-based companies are already listed on Nasdaq.
>>Netflix Acquires AI Filmmaking Startup Founded By Ben Affleck
(Los Gatos, CA) -- Netflix is acquiring an AI filmmaking startup founded by actor Ben Affleck. InterPositive builds an AI model based on existing production dailies, letting the filmmaker introduce that model into the post-production process. It then provides the ability to mix and color, relight shots and add visual effects. Netflix says it saw Affleck's company providing a unique set of AI tools that keeps "filmmakers at the center of the process." The streaming service will offer access to the tech to its creative partners, having no plans to sell it commercially.
