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David Asman joins Stuart Varney to analyze how Latin American voters are embracing capitalism over socialism. Latin Americans have had it with socialism. Over the past decade, more than half of Latin America’s nations have voted socialists out. From large countries like Argentina to tiny ones like El Salvador, socialists have been replaced with conservative leaders who’ve made significant progress turning their economies around.That list could grow as Cuba and Nicaragua are on the cusp of collapse after their oil lifelines from Venezuela were cut after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro. Argentine President Javier Milei said in 2024, “We’re here…

August 13, 2026 Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions listed below: Consent Prohibition against Elazia Jones Former employee of Regions Bank Check fraud Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here. For media inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 202-452-2955. Last Update: August 13, 2026

In a letter to Hegseth and Cao, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, noted that the vessel’s crew members have not been to a port in a record-setting 200-plus days and demanded answers to a series of questions about the crew and the state of the ship.“There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns, and disruptions in the mail system,” Blumenthal wrote. “These reports warrant immediate attention, but they also raise a broader question: whether the Navy can sustain the operational…

Key PointsAmgen is developing a highly differentiated GLP-1 product. Regeneron has a pair of promising GLP-1 candidates in the pipeline.Both biotechs are performing well beyond their work in this therapeutic area. 10 stocks we like better than Amgen ›Demand for GLP-1 drugs is exploding. While medicines in this category traditionally treated diabetes, they are now being approved to manage other conditions, including obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Further, based on pipeline programs across the pharmaceutical industry, we can expect GLP-1 therapies to eventually earn approvals across many other areas. Several companies could capitalize on this. The current leaders in the…

Zach Witkoff, co-founder and CEO of World Liberty Financial and chairman of Alt5 Sigma Corp., right, and Eric Trump at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, Aug. 13, 2025.Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal financial regulator has conditionally approved an application for a bank charter by an entity connected to World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm partially owned by President Donald Trump’s family.The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday gave conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Co.’s application for a national trust bank, according to a letter posted on the OCC’s website. The trust company…

Explore the exciting world of Cava (NYSE: CAVA) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the

Key PointsAccording to a Form 4 filing, a director at Brixmor reported selling 9,000 shares for $267,300 on August 12.The sale reduced the director’s direct equity holdings by 23%.The transaction was executed entirely through direct ownership of common stock.10 stocks we like better than Brixmor Property Group ›Michael B. Berman, a director at the company, sold 9,000 shares of Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE:BRX) on August 12 for a total value of $267,300, according to an SEC Form 4 filing.Transaction summaryMetricValueTransaction value$267,300Shares sold9,000 sharesPost-transaction shares (directly held)30,702 sharesPost-transaction value$912,770.46Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average sale price ($29.70);…

Tatiana Maksimova | Moment | Getty ImagesS&P 500 companies are keeping more profit from every dollar in sales than ever before, providing another tailwind for stocks.Using FactSet data, John Butters, senior earnings analyst and vice president at FactSet, showed that the S&P 500’s blended net profit margin is running at 16.9% for the second quarter. That’s up from 14.8% in the first quarter and 12.9% a year ago, and well above the five-year average of 12.4%. Net profit margin is the percentage of revenue companies get to pocket after they have paid all expenses.If that 16.9% figure holds, it would…

Shares of Dell have roughly quadrupled in price this year, with Lenovo’s earnings report helping to drive the latest bout of momentum for the PC and server maker.

As financial institutions push artificial intelligence deeper into everyday operations, the harder question is not what the technology can do but how firms need to change to work with it. Maximilian Groth, chief executive and co-founder of the confidential-computing and data-collaboration company Decentriq, argues that the first thing to break is the approval chain, and that the firms getting the most from AI are rarely the ones deploying the most of it. Maximilian Groth, CEO and co-founder at Decentriq The debate about AI in financial services has largely been a debate about capability: what models can do, how fast they…