https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/trump-defense-production-act-oil-refining-memo-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T19:20:00-04:00Trump declares US oil and refining "essential to national defense," opening Cold War-era funding powers https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/trump-bbc-lawsuit-judge-orders-deposition-by-dec-11-10-billion-defamation-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T19:10:00-04:00Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion BBC defamation suit https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/moderna-cancer-vaccine-data-leak-stock-falls-17-percent-melanoma-42-percent-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T19:05:00-04:00Moderna loses 17.6% in a day after a leak of its melanoma vaccine data, which beat Keytruda alone https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/toothpaste-recall-4-million-tubes-barbie-hot-wheels-crayola-brush-buddies-fda-class-ii-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T18:45:00-04:00Barbie, Hot Wheels and Crayola kids' toothpastes among 4 million tubes recalled nationwide https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/trump-housing-order-mortgage-insurance-title-waiver-manufactured-homes-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T18:20:00-04:00Trump orders pilot to cancel mortgage insurance automatically, but nothing changes for borrowers yet https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/gao-fema-disability-approval-rates-4-points-lower-training-cut-hud-cdbg-dr-recovery-money-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:32:00-04:00GAO: FEMA approved disability applicants 4 points less often and dropped partner training https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/factory-output-rose-0-3-percent-september-9000-jobs-still-below-january-2025-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:30:00-04:00Factory output rose 0.3% in September and plants added 9,000 jobs, but employment is still below January 2025 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/ncoa-estimates-9-1-million-seniors-eligible-not-enrolled-58-billion-where-to-check-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:22:00-04:00NCOA estimates 9.1 million seniors are eligible but not enrolled in aid, worth $58 billion a year https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/florida-school-grades-76-percent-a-or-b-d-or-f-schools-fall-70-to-31-what-grades-do-not-show-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:12:00-04:00Florida says 76% of schools earned an A or B and D or F schools fell from 70 to 31 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/va-says-record-3-1-million-disability-claims-fy2026-68-days-94-percent-accuracy-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:10:00-04:00VA says it processed a record 3.11 million disability claims in fiscal 2026, up from 3.00 million https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/florida-oir-approved-homeowners-rate-cuts-62000-policies-renewal-bill-choices-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T17:02:00-04:00Florida approves four homeowners rate cuts covering 62,000 policies, but your renewal may differ https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/php2shell-attempts-millions-cisa-patch-php-or-go-offline-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:58:00-04:00PHP2Shell: hacking attempts hit the millions as CISA says patch PHP now or take sites offline https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/stocks-close-lower-nasdaq-100-falls-2-9-percent-meta-7-percent-10-year-yield-4-96-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:52:00-04:00Nasdaq 100 falls 2.9% as Meta drops 7% and chip stocks lose 8%, while Treasury yields plunge https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/atlanta-fed-miami-home-ownership-costs-3980-down-from-4310-peak-60-percent-of-income-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:52:00-04:00Atlanta Fed: Miami-area home ownership costs ease to $3,980 from $4,310, still 60% of income https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/ap-norc-poll-voters-want-congress-cut-costs-end-iran-war-trump-agenda-2-in-10-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:50:00-04:00AP-NORC: 8 in 10 voters want Congress to cut costs, only 2 in 10 want it to back Trump's agenda https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/senators-warren-grassley-slotkin-ernst-ask-pentagon-cost-pricing-data-below-10-million-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:43:00-04:00Four senators, two parties: Pentagon may lack cost data on 60% of contracts, they say https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/cbp-southwest-border-apprehensions-6076-january-8870-august-2026-peaked-10011-may-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:42:00-04:00Border apprehensions rose from 6,076 in January to 8,870 in August, after peaking at 10,011 in May https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/gao-doge-wall-of-receipts-110-billion-could-not-verify-96-percent-grant-savings-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:41:00-04:00GAO could not verify 96% of grant savings on DOGE's $110 billion scoreboard https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/eia-residential-electricity-18-31-cents-july-up-4-9-percent-pjm-wholesale-41-percent-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:40:00-04:00Home electricity cost 18.31 cents a kWh in July, up 4.9%, and EIA sees PJM wholesale power up 41% https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/brent-settles-113-trump-iran-something-happens-soon-aramco-dhahran-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T16:20:00-04:00Brent settles at $113.17, highest since May, after Trump says Iran "something" will "happen fairly soon" https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/inflation-by-category-gas-34-airfare-22-eggs-down-21-september-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T14:50:00-04:00Gas is up 34% and airfare 22% in a year, while eggs fell 21%: where inflation is and isn't https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/rural-alaska-fuel-record-7-97-diesel-7-56-gasoline-village-power-generators-main-street-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T14:45:00-04:00Rural Alaska diesel hits a record $7.97 and may be near $9, with village power plants burning it https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/trump-russia-diesel-waiver-bipartisan-backlash-ukraine-supply-deficit-diesel-6-276-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T14:40:00-04:00Trump's Russian diesel deal draws fire from both parties, yet covers about two days of the world's fuel gap https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/china-cuts-treasuries-18-year-low-590-billion-buys-gold-23rd-month-csi-300-bear-market-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T14:35:00-04:00China cuts Treasuries to an 18-year low and buys gold for a 23rd month as its stocks enter a bear market https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/tibet-magnitude-7-earthquake-nagqu-usgs-orange-economic-alert-111000-shaking-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T13:25:00-04:00Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Tibet: USGS flags 111,000 people in strong shaking, orange economic alert https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/war-room-brief-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T12:58:00-04:00War Room brief, Oct. 22: Iran strike plans, Houthi hits on Saudi Arabia, Russia frees an American https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/lockheed-f-35-850-jets-10-year-framework-q3-backlog-292-billion-deliveries-94-vs-143-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T12:55:00-04:00Lockheed raises 2026 outlook as Pentagon backs 850 F-35s, but only 94 jets delivered so far vs 143 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/freddie-mac-mortgage-rate-falls-to-7-32-percent-first-drop-in-weeks-400000-loan-22-dollars-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T12:50:00-04:00Mortgage rates fall to 7.32%, the first drop in weeks, but it saves just $22 a month on a $400,000 loan https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/valero-q3-2026-profit-6-8-billion-refining-margin-39-24-a-barrel-stock-falls-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:58:00-04:00Valero earns $6.8 billion in one quarter, six times last year, as refining margin hits $39.24 a barrel https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/ohio-governor-ramaswamy-ad-acton-estranged-mother-vance-stop-whining-13-days-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:50:00-04:00Vance tells Republicans to "stop whining" about Ramaswamy's Acton ad, 13 days before Ohio votes https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/flood-watches-7-million-arizona-california-utah-new-mexico-colorado-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:40:00-04:00About 7 million under flood watches from California to Colorado: up to 3 inches of rain, 5 in spots https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/airbnb-bans-checkout-chores-strip-beds-dishes-november-20-2026-bookingsThe Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:22:00-04:00Airbnb bans checkout chores: no more stripping beds or washing dishes for bookings from Nov. 20 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/us-israel-iran-strike-plans-after-midterms-brent-110-saudi-staff-ordered-out-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:20:00-04:00US and Israel have drawn up Iran strike plans for after Nov. 3, NYT reports: Brent tops $110 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/musk-starlink-ukraine-slowdown-wsj-trump-not-involved-spacex-lockup-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:20:00-04:00WSJ: Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that hit Ukraine's drones; Trump says he was not involved https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/zuckerberg-meta-stays-california-eight-years-non-voting-shares-prop-40-5-percent-tax-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T11:20:00-04:00Meta gives Zuckerberg a way to pay California's billionaire tax and keep control: 8-year residency pledge https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/what-7-4-percent-mortgages-housing-freeze-mean-for-mover-remodeler-real-estate-office-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T10:48:00-04:00What the housing lock-in actually means for a moving company, a remodeler and a real estate office https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/what-record-low-layoffs-194000-jobless-claims-mean-for-restaurant-trucking-contractor-hiring-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T10:40:00-04:00What record-low layoffs actually mean for a restaurant, a trucking company and a contractor trying to hire https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/fight-weekend-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T10:00:00-04:00Fight weekend: UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, BKFC in Clearwater and two DAZN boxing cards, Oct. 23-25 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/procter-gamble-gross-margin-falls-150-basis-points-commodity-headwind-1-4-billion-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T09:55:00-04:00P&G beats on sales but warns commodities will cost $1.4 billion this year: margin down 150 points https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/american-airlines-widens-2026-loss-record-revenue-fuel-4-70-fourth-quarter-interest-expense-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T09:05:00-04:00American Airlines posts record revenue and still widens its 2026 loss: fuel hits $4.70 a gallon https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/crypto-prices-today-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T08:20:00-04:00Bitcoin slips to $81,656 and Avalanche falls 8% on the week: crypto prices today, October 22, 2026 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/before-the-bell-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T06:45:00-04:00Before the bell: Nasdaq futures sink 1.7% as AI worries return and WTI tops $101 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/deepseek-15-billion-funding-round-tencent-catl-doubles-target-star-market-ipo-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:50:00-04:00DeepSeek raises about $15 billion, double its target, as Tencent and CATL back its path to an IPO https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/china-csi-300-bear-market-down-20-percent-from-june-peak-10-straight-weekly-losses-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:35:00-04:00China's CSI 300 falls into a bear market: down 20% from its June peak after 10 straight weekly losses https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/standard-chartered-signs-deal-to-buy-all-of-zodia-custody-software-arm-to-sc-ventures-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:25:00-04:00Standard Chartered signs binding deal to buy all of Zodia Custody, as banks fight stablecoin yield https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/tesla-cybercab-sales-by-year-end-nhtsa-probe-october-30-deadline-dallas-november-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:20:00-04:00Tesla wants Cybercabs in customers' hands by year-end, with a federal answer due October 30 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/php-critical-flaws-ai-found-government-sites-offline-what-businesses-should-do-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:07:00-04:00AI-found PHP flaws take government sites offline: update to 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 or 8.2.35 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/comcast-job-cuts-bloomberg-restructuring-cable-broadband-wireless-179000-employees-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:07:00-04:00Comcast is planning significant job cuts across cable, broadband and wireless, Bloomberg reports https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/european-car-sales-rise-10-percent-september-tesla-68776-byd-49953-electric-hybrids-lead-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:07:00-04:00Tesla registrations jump 72.5% in Europe as car sales rise 10%; BYD nearly doubles https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/stanford-billionaire-tax-california-30-billion-raised-39-billion-loss-prop-40-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:07:00-04:00Stanford economists: California's billionaire tax could raise $30 billion and lose $39 billion https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/bank-of-korea-holds-3-percent-lee-blitz-housing-supply-permits-seoul-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T01:07:00-04:00Bank of Korea holds at 3% as Lee orders a housing supply blitz and rules out looser mortgages https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/att-falls-6-5-percent-after-raising-outlook-ti-revenue-up-28-lam-guides-8-6-billion-ibm-october-22-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-22T00:58:00-04:00AT&T falls 6.5% after raising its outlook; TI revenue jumps 28%, Lam guides to $8.6 billion https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/spacex-200000-gb300-gpus-a-month-q4-capex-35-40-billion-neocloud-coreweave-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T22:40:00-04:00SpaceX is adding 200,000 GB300 chips a month: Q4 spending jumps to $35-40 billion https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/the-nightcap-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T21:10:00-04:00The Nightcap: US pulls diplomats from Saudi Arabia and Nasdaq futures slide 0.8% https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/tesla-q3-2026-profit-falls-43-percent-capex-doubles-4-7-billion-free-cash-flow-1-5-billion-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T18:51:00-04:00Tesla's profit fell 43% as spending on AI and robots doubled to $4.7 billion in a quarter https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/meta-class-c-non-voting-stock-split-capex-135-145-billion-free-cash-flow-negative-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T17:58:00-04:00Meta creates a non-voting stock class to fund AI spending: $135-145 billion capex, cash flow negative https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/southwest-cuts-2026-profit-forecast-to-2-60-2-85-fuel-4-55-fourth-quarter-record-revenue-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T16:53:00-04:00Southwest cuts its 2026 profit forecast by about a quarter, and fuel at $4.55 is the reason https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/stocks-close-higher-nasdaq-1-percent-spacex-jumps-tesla-merger-committees-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T16:50:00-04:00Stocks close higher: Nasdaq jumps 1.05% and SpaceX gains 7.8% as AI shares rebound https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/what-heating-oil-reserve-loan-315000-barrels-means-for-diner-daycare-landlord-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T15:30:00-04:00What the 315,000-barrel heating oil reserve loan actually means for a diner, a daycare and a landlord https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/occ-final-stablecoin-rule-drops-yield-presumption-no-safe-harbor-rewards-effective-january-18-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T14:58:00-04:00OCC drops its stablecoin yield presumption but gives exchange rewards no safe harbor https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/ebay-cuts-9-percent-of-workforce-about-1000-jobs-second-round-this-year-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T14:05:00-04:00eBay cuts 9% of its workforce, about 1,000 jobs, its second round in eight months https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/meta-25-billion-new-mexico-penalty-41-percent-of-2025-profit-15-percent-interest-hours-before-earnings-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T13:58:00-04:00Meta must pay New Mexico $25 billion, equal to 41% of its 2025 profit, and it accrues 15% interest https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/diesel-turns-back-up-6-276-ukraine-drones-russia-exports-down-77-percent-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T13:20:00-04:00Diesel turned back up to $6.276 as Ukraine's drones cut Russian exports by 77% https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/france-10-year-yield-crosses-5-percent-first-time-since-2002-54-billion-cuts-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T11:58:00-04:00France's 10-year yield tops 5% for the first time since 2002 as budget fight meets street unrest https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/eu-opens-booking-com-fraud-investigation-fake-listings-phishing-substandard-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T11:35:00-04:00EU calls Booking.com's scam defenses "absolutely substandard" and opens a fraud probe https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/mortgage-applications-fall-5-3-percent-rate-drops-9-basis-points-worth-25-dollars-a-month-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T11:20:00-04:00Mortgage rates fell for the first time in two months and applications still dropped 5.3% https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/abbott-spin-off-nutrition-8-5-billion-similac-ensure-2027-sales-growth-6-percent-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T09:55:00-04:00Abbott will spin off its $8.5 billion Similac and Ensure business and cut its sales outlook https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/okxice-objections-16-companies-microsoft-alphabet-goldman-nasdaq-opt-out-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T09:32:00-04:00Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs block OKXICE tokenized stocks as objectors reach 16 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/crypto-prices-today-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T08:20:00-04:00XRP jumps 4.4% as all eight major coins rise: crypto prices today, October 21, 2026 https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/before-the-bell-october-21-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-21T06:45:00-04:00Before the bell: SpaceX jumps 9% on Tesla merger talks as France's 10-year touches 5% https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/michael-burry-swaps-ai-shorts-for-put-options-moving-timelines-upThe Company Chronicleen2026-10-20T23:20:00-04:00Michael Burry swaps AI shorts for put options: "I am moving timelines up" https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/41-ai-stocks-half-of-sp-500-49-percent-market-value-jpmorgan-basket-concentration-october-20-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-20T22:45:00-04:0041 AI stocks are now half the S&P 500, a concentration only the railroads beat https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/the-nightcap-october-20-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-20T21:05:00-04:00The Nightcap: Musk says Tesla and SpaceX are weighing a merger as Nasdaq futures lead https://thecompanychronicle.com/story/netflix-q3-2026-ad-revenue-forecast-cut-2-7-billion-from-3-billion-margin-34-6-shares-fall-5-percent-october-20-2026The Company Chronicleen2026-10-20T19:50:00-04:00Netflix cuts its 2026 ad revenue forecast by 10% to $2.7 billion; shares fall 5% after hours