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Options traders are betting that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s stock rally has more to run as optimism grows that its upcoming earnings will alleviate market concerns.

Alphabet Inc.'s Google will debut new Pixel-branded hardware at an event on Aug. 20 in New York, with the lineup expected to include several smartphones and a smartwatch, all powered by the company's artificial intelligence technology.

Canada will reduce the amount of foreign steel that importers can bring in tariff-free, a move to help domestic producers suffering from US President Donald Trump's levies on the sector.

Activity is slowing in US oil fields as drillers remain in the crude-price danger zone for profits, according to one of the biggest investors of private operators in the shale patch.

President Donald Trump said he is "not planning on doing anything" to remove Jerome Powell, after a White House official said the president was likely to seek the Federal Reserve Chair's ouster soon.

Short-maturity US Treasuries jumped and the dollar plunged after a White House official said President Donald Trump is likely to fire the chief of the Federal Reserve soon.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks to put its private-market investments into US retirement funds, a step to bringing the Wall Street firm's products to more mainstream investors as rules ease.

Canada should consider excluding US companies from major infrastructure and defense projects as part of its response to the Trump administration's barrage of tariffs, according to a Bank of Nova Scotia economist.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has lost its ruling majority after a second ultra-Orthodox party quit the government over a bill watering down a decades-long religious exemption from military service.

European investment group Eurazeo SE has raised 650 million ($752 million) at the first close of its latest growth fund, potentially adding to an AI-fueled recovery in funding for the region's tech firms.