Corn Falling Back on Wednesday

Starbucks on Thursday rolled out a bonus and tipping program for its employees, and announced a deal that hands off a big slice of its store business in China to an investment firm.

Elon Musk’s company reported vehicle sales and energy-storage deployments that were well below Wall Street’s expectations.

Asian stocks may open with modest gains after US shares closed higher on hopes the Iran war is slowly moving toward a resolution. Trading is set to be muted with a number of regional markets shut for holidays.

The lawmakers also cited a recent report that a Pete Hegseth-linked broker sought to make a multimillion-dollar investment in a defense-linked ETF in February.