The yield on the 10-year Treasury note briefly touched a 24-year high before falling back and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped from records, both shedding 0.2%. The Dow declined 0.7%.
Minutes of the Fed's last policy meeting suggest there will be a further interest-rate increase this year, but no urgency for action to be taken in October.
Three fired OpenAI employees called on the company to work with outside safety auditors and to preserve the ability to monitor increasingly sophisticated AI models.
France considered boosting its issuance of shorter-term debt as investors grow more hesitant to lend to the debt-laden country for longer periods.
Canada's Weston family reached a deal to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots from Sycamore Partners for $8.9 billion, including debt.
Crypto firm Ripple has emerged as a serious player in providing swap financing to leveraged exchange-traded funds.
Samsung forecast quarterly operating profit exceeding $80 billion for the first time, as the world's largest memory-chip maker continues to cash in on the AI boom.
Shell expects to report that its refining margin hit a record in the third quarter as the conflict in the Middle East continues to cause chaos in energy markets.
Porsche plans to make its cars even more exclusive while continuing to cut costs and streamline its operations as it targets higher profitability in coming years.
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