For: September 9, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning on Wall Street after stocks closed lower to begin the holiday-shortened trading week on Tuesday. Rising oil prices pressured stocks ahead of a key inflation reading later in the week. Renewed trade tensions with Canada are also in focus ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week. At yesterday's closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 628 points to 52-786. The S&P 500 fell 45 points to 76-73. The Nasdaq dropped 85 points to 26-421.
>>Apple's Big Launch Event Is Today
(Cupertino, CA) -- Apple is preparing to roll out new devices today. The event, called "Surprise and Shine" starts at 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern and it's expected to feature the long-awaited debut of a foldable iPhone. It'll also be a big moment for Apple's brand-new CEO John Ternus, with this being his first launch event, after taking over for Tim Cook.
>>Americans Have Paid $100 Billion More On Fuel Since Start Of Iran War
(Providence, RI) -- Americans have spent over 100-billion-dollars more on fuel since the start of the Iran war. That's according to Brown University's Iran War Energy Cost tracker that has looked at fuel prices since the conflict started on February 28th. That total comes out to just over an additional 770-dollars per household. A little more than 55-billion-dollars of the total is from gasoline while just over 45-billion has been spent on diesel. This comes as Goldman Sachs has warned that the price of a barrel of oil could surge past 120-dollars as tensions in the Middle East rise.
>>Florida AG Pushes For Criminal Penalties Against Some AI Chatbots
(Tallahassee, FL) -- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wants new criminal penalties for companies whose AI chatbots are involved in crimes. He's out with a proposal that calls for fines, payments to victims, and court oversight. It comes as Uthmeier investigates OpenAI and accuses ChatGPT of putting children at risk. He also points to cases involving AI-generated child sexual abuse material and other crimes.
>>Boomtown Study
(Charlotte, NC) -- Austin, Texas ranks number one among the nation's 50 largest metro areas in a recent LendingTree boomtown study. Researchers evaluated metros based on population growth, housing construction, job growth, earnings and business activity. The report found southern cities continue to dominate the rankings, with Charlotte, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando and Nashville all in the national top ten.
