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WSJ Minute Briefing
The top business headlines from The Wall Street Journal, three times daily. Whether it’s the latest on overseas markets, economic news out of Washington or closing numbers from Wall Street, you'll be in the know in a flash.
Episodes
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Bond Market Reverses Course
Investors have started picking between winners and losers among the debt of different developed countries. Plus: Shares in toymaker Mattel soar nearly 20%…
WSJ Minute BriefingMortgage Rates Surge, Logging Largest Weekly Gain Since 2022
Plus: Hoping to calm investors, France outlines tens of billions of euros in spending cuts. And Accenture shares jumped around 20% after the consulting company…
WSJ Minute BriefingGlobal Bond Selloff Deepens
Plus: Demand for foldable phones is surging in China. And the Trump administration announces plans to cut Medicare costs. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s…
WSJ Minute Briefing10-Year Treasury Yield Hits New 24-Year High
Plus: Oil prices are on the rise, after easing in recent days. And Boeing shares fall slightly after it secured a U.S. Navy contract to build its…
WSJ Minute BriefingIsrael-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Pilot Stabs Pilot
Plus: Second-quarter GDP and August inflation data show that the U.S. economy is on solid footing. And Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch steps down to lead toy maker…
WSJ Minute BriefingBond Yields Are Up Again Despite Oil-Price Decline
Plus: Stocks closed lower after New York Fed President John Williams said the central bank could wait until December before raising interest rates again. And…
WSJ Minute BriefingOura Delays IPO Over Market Uncertainty
Plus: Investment bank Piper Sandler is in talks to buy advisory firm Perella Weinberg Partners. And the Labor Department says August was another low-hire…
WSJ Minute BriefingOpenAI Scraps Latest Model on Safety Concerns
Plus: Oil exports from the Middle East begin to rebound. And we’re exclusively reporting on succession plans at Goldman Sachs. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for…
WSJ Minute BriefingTreasury Yields Soar as Tech Stocks Drop
Plus: NVIDIA shares rise after its historic buyback announcement. And Boeing shares slump amid safety concerns. Alexis Moore hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free…
WSJ Minute BriefingNvidia Launches Largest Stock Buyback in U.S. History
Plus: Research leaders at major tech firms are calling for government oversight of automated AI development. And President Trump is set to announce a $15…
WSJ Minute BriefingRejected Iran Truce Pushes Oil, Yields Higher
Plus: The U.K. foils an alleged terror plot against a U.S. air base. And the U.N. is the latest victim of rogue AI agents. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s…
WSJ Minute BriefingDow Climbs Amid Hopes for Hormuz Deal
Crude oil prices fall after reports of talks between the U.S. and Iran. Plus, Nanexa's stock more than doubles after Novo Nordisk signs an exclusive deal for…
WSJ Minute BriefingIn Loss for Anthropic, U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Security-Risk Label
Plus: The U.S. dollar is getting its groove back. And a consumer sentiment index declined this month. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News…
WSJ Minute BriefingFalling Oil Prices Offer Relief to Global Markets
Plus: Cracks begin to show in Oracle’s AI data-center buildout. And Costco reports rising sales and higher profit. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free…
WSJ Minute BriefingRecord High Bond Yields Drag Stocks Down
Plus: Oil prices fluctuate amid dissonant reports from the Middle East. And Oracle shares slump after reports it invoked force majeure on a data center…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Mortgages Rates Rise Above 7%
Plus: Starbucks plans to close 250 underperforming cafes across North America this week. And a federal judge orders Trump to lift a White House ban on CNN, MS…
WSJ Minute BriefingBonds, Stocks Drop as Yields Extend Rally
Plus: The U.S. and China agree to extend a bilateral trade truce. And in an apparent first, AI agents have hacked a government website. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign…
WSJ Minute BriefingBond Selloff Deepens as Treasury Yields Top 5.1%
Plus: European oil refiners stock jumps after President Trump said he would support a ban on U.S. diesel exports. And shares in KB Home fall after the…
WSJ Minute Briefing10-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level in 19 Years
Plus: Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr says the central bank will probably need to raise interest rates further to bring inflation down to its 2% target…
WSJ Minute BriefingZelensky Asked Trump for Patriot Missiles
Plus: Americans are about to lose access to cheap mail-order prescription drugs from Canada. And Qantas is planning to roll out a new nonstop flight between…
WSJ Minute BriefingOil Falls Below $100 and Tech Stocks Continue Rally
Plus: Shopify teamed up with Meta to let its Muse AI agent complete purchases. And DoorDash agreed to pay $131.5 million dollars to settle an investigation by…
WSJ Minute BriefingTrump Defends His Foreign Policy at United Nations
Plus: Vice President JD Vance’s antifraud task force removes hundreds of thousands of enrollees from Affordable Care Act exchanges. And Utah Republican Sen…
WSJ Minute BriefingMeta Shares Rally on Muse Success, Shopify Deal
Plus: Alibaba unveils its most powerful AI chip yet. And investors hold their breath for any change in the Iran war as President Trump prepares to speak at…
WSJ Minute BriefingNasdaq Surges to New Record
Plus: Warner Bros. Discovery's stock jumps after Paramount executives agree to a settlement over the companies’ proposed merger. And Strategy's stock climbs as…
WSJ Minute BriefingParamount Settlement Clears Way for Warner Megadeal
Plus: Major television networks pull some joint coverage of President Trump. And Silver Lake asks judge to declare that Carl Icahn and hedge funds colluded in…
WSJ Minute BriefingGlobal Stocks Rally
Plus: The contours of a Paramount settlement for Warner Bros. Discovery begin to take shape. And the U.S. auto industry unites to fight Chinese expansion. Luke…
WSJ Minute BriefingTech Stocks Climb, But Broader Indexes Are Mixed
Plus: Oil prices edge lower as fears of major supply disruptions ease. And shares of Netflix fall as analyst bemoans lack of breakout hits. Julie Chang hosts…
WSJ Minute BriefingWarren Buffet Steps Down as Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Plus: Joby Aviation completes its first autonomous flight across the U.S. And Netflix shares fall after Wells Fargo downgrades its stock. Alex Ossola hosts…
WSJ Minute BriefingOil Falls Below $100
Plus: Hackers gained access to an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account using Anthropic’s AI tool, Claude. And shares of Nestle are falling after the Kremlin…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Reverse Post-Rate-Hike Losses
Plus: Shares of Generac Holdings surge after the backup-power company strikes a $2.4 billion deal with Amazon. And Volvo shares advance after the automaker…
WSJ Minute BriefingMastercard Joins Payment Giants in AI Shopping Era
Plus: General Motors is supplying missile components to Lockheed Martin. And U.S. housing starts fell last month, missing economists’ expectations. Alex Ossola…
WSJ Minute BriefingFed Rate Hike Puts Pressure on BOE, BOJ
Plus: The House passes a bill aimed at punishing top importers of Russian oil and gas. And ExxonMobil looks to tap Venezuela’s oil reserves, two decades after…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Fall After Fed Raises Key Interest Rate
Plus: Intel shares rise as AI-linked stocks largely recover from recent losses. And plumbing- supplies manufacturer Reliance Worldwide shares jump after…
WSJ Minute BriefingIntel Shares Jump on Report of Talks With SK Hynix
Plus: U.S. retail sales rebounded last month. And Novo Nordisk and Anthropic are partnering to use Claude to speed up drug discovery. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign…
WSJ Minute BriefingEU Offers Canada Historic Status
Plus: OpenAI considers a funding round that could make the company more valuable than its rival Anthropic. And stocks and bonds hold steady ahead of the…
WSJ Minute Briefing10-Year Treasury Yield Closes at a Fresh High
Plus: Crypto-related companies Robinhood, Strategy, and Coinbase shares drop alongside bitcoin. And cybersecurity company Crowdstrike stock ends the day…
WSJ Minute BriefingFed Bank-Monitoring System Experienced Outage in August
Plus: Mortgage rates are closing in on 7%. And the Justice Department says cryptocurrency platform Binance was used to funnel money for Iranian oil. Alex…
WSJ Minute BriefingSupreme Court Throws Out Mail Ballot Ban
Plus: The EPA moves to roll back Biden-era policies cracking down on coal and natural-gas-fired power plants. And the global bond selloff resumes as surging…
WSJ Minute BriefingAI Safety Concerns Weigh on Chip Stocks
Plus: 10-year U.S. Treasury yield falls back after touching a multi-year high. And major U.S. software stocks such as CrowdStrike and Workday close higher…
WSJ Minute Briefing10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5% as Oil Surges
Plus: Microsoft sets limits for its AI models. And Oprah Winfrey will host an immersive show at the Las Vegas Sphere. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free…
WSJ Minute BriefingAI Related Stocks Tumble Worldwide
Plus: Oil prices rise as Iran-backed Houthis seize more key territory. And AirBNB launches a $250 million fund to ease housing shortages. Luke Vargas hosts…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Climb as Investors Welcome Possible Rate Hike
Diesel hits $6 a gallon for the first time. Plus, shares of Oracle and RH fall throughout the day despite strong revenue reports. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up…
WSJ Minute BriefingInflation Reading Pushes Fed Closer to a Rate Hike
Plus: Anthropic says an Iranian-linked group used its Claude AI tool to track U.S. Navy warships. And remembrance ceremonies marking 25 years since the Sept…
WSJ Minute BriefingDiesel Prices Hit All-Time High Ahead of CPI Report
Plus: U.S. bond yields retreat after the 10-year Treasury note almost breached 5%. And Kalshi looks to expand a rapidly growing universe of risky trading. Luke…
WSJ Minute BriefingIran War Pushes Bond Yields and Oil Prices Higher
Renewed escalation across the Middle East push Brent crude futures to roughly $107 a barrel, while pressuring stock and bond markets worldwide. And Apple’s…
WSJ Minute BriefingHome Sales Hit Lowest Level in More Than a Year
Plus: The European Central Bank raises interest rates. And the Iran-backed Houthi militia seizes a key strategic port city, threatening Saudi oil exports. Alex…
WSJ Minute BriefingIran Shows New Appetite for Escalation
Plus: South Korea is set to invest billions in the U.S. And the AI boom drives uranium prices to 18-year highs. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Fall for Third Straight Session
Plus: Treasury yields climb to new highs. And Apple shares are little changed as the company announces a foldable iPhone. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s…
WSJ Minute BriefingHuawei’s Criminal Trial Kicks Off in New York City
Plus: Google says it’s investing $15 billion in Finland, its largest investment to date in Europe. And the Office of Congressional Conduct has cleared…
WSJ Minute BriefingStocks Fall as Oil Tops $100
Plus: The U.S. escalates its trade war with Canada. And the Trump Administration calls out Ford for its “unacceptable” use of Chinese tech. Luke Vargas hosts…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Climb Toward $100
Plus: Amgen has its worst day in more than two decades. And quantum-computing companies rally after U.S. government picks up minority stakes. Imani Moise…
WSJ Minute BriefingCrypto.com Is Robinhood’s Latest Prediction-Markets Deal
Plus: The AI boom is turbocharging China’s exports. And thieves have stolen several paintings from France’s Renoir Museum. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s…
WSJ Minute BriefingOil Nears $100
Plus: Canada ups the ante in its trade spat with the U.S. as reciprocal tariffs kick in. And levies drive the maker of Range Rovers to cut jobs. Luke Vargas…
WSJ Minute BriefingHot Jobs Report Lifts Expectations for Rate Hike
Plus: Diesel prices hit a record high. Volkswagen shares jump after the vehicle maker approves a plan to double its job cuts. And Adobe’s CEO succession plan…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Adds a Whopping 162,000 Jobs
Plus: Federal regulators are investigating Tesla’s steering wheel-free robotaxi. And electric truck startup Windrose Technology is losing workers as it runs…
WSJ Minute BriefingDiesel Prices Reach an All-Time High
Plus: The world’s biggest wealth fund calls time on government bonds after recent volatility. And VW’s board approves a major restructuring. Luke Vargas hosts…
WSJ Minute BriefingStocks Up After Fed Official Says He Could Back Rate Hold
Plus: Treasury yields slip. And Capmbell’s lays off 13% of its workforce. Alexis Moore hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An…
WSJ Minute BriefingNvidia to Buy Hugging Face for $13 Billion
Plus: Leon Black sues House Committee over Epstein probe. And feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News…
WSJ Minute BriefingHegseth Extends U.S. Troop Deployments in Middle East
Plus: OpenAI is hit with 30 lawsuits over a school shooting in Canada. And Ford makes a big bet on an EV truck for the masses. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for…
WSJ Minute BriefingU.S. Stocks Rise as Treasury Selloff Eases
Plus: Oil continues to move higher. And cybersecurity stocks fall after Palo Alto Networks posts quarterly loss. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free…