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(The opinions expressed here are those of the authors.) By Anna Szymanski July 17 (Reuters) - Looking for inspiration? Every Friday, Weekend Reads rounds up what the Reuters Open Interest team has been reading, watching and listening to. This week's picks include the race to reinvent critical minerals, oil benchmarks under pressure and great-power geopolitics. This weekend, we're reading... MIKE...

07:54 AM EDT, 07/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were lower pre-bell Friday as concerns over artificial intelligence spending weighed on chip stocks and the wider technology sector, while the conflict in the Middle East showed no signs of de-escalating. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.5% lower, S&P 500 futures were down 0.8%, and Nasdaq futures were 1.6%...

06:41 AM EDT, 07/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The most-talked-about stocks in the Reddit subforum Wallstreetbets were mostly lower hours before Friday's opening bell. Netflix ( NFLX ) fell 8.9% hours before market open, reversing a 0.9% increase at Thursday's close. The company reported mixed fiscal Q2 results, with earnings above consensus while sales missed, and Q3 guidance lagging market expectations....