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Globe Life shares plunged in morning trading after the insurer reported second-quarter 2026 results that missed analyst expectations on net operating income and issued full-year guidance whose midpoint sat below consensus. Recent insider selling and weakness across U.S. equity markets amplified the decline, with the stock trading sharply lower from…
Alphabet recorded its first-ever quarterly free cash flow deficit in Q2 2026 and Tesla posted a deepening negative free cash flow as both companies accelerated capital spending on AI-related infrastructure. The results triggered broad equity weakness across major hyperscalers and semiconductor names, and highlighted a structural shift: top cloud an…
Lyft Inc. shares fell about 7% as a short report from Bleecker Street Research highlighted potentially large legal liabilities tied to consolidated sexual-assault litigation. The report places potential exposure at $1.3 billion to $2.7 billion, far above the company's combined legal and tax accruals, and raises questions about disclosure in recent …
Morocco's equity market closed lower on Thursday, with losses concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. The Moroccan All Shares index ended the session down 0.29% in Casablanca. Select stocks delivered strong gains, even as broader commodity and currency moves created a mixed backdrop.
Truist Securities cut its rating on Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to Hold from Buy, noting the stock's proximity to the firm's $20 price target and increased promotional activity across the mass-market cruise segment. The bank's July demand and price survey, along with discussions with senior industry executives and forward booking and pricing dat…
Databricks announced an extension of its partnership with Microsoft into the 2030s, moving more of its core operations and analytics onto Azure and raising its use of Azure Cobalt, Microsoft’s Arm-based custom chips, for data-intensive and agentic AI workloads. Microsoft will also continue embedding Databricks’ AI tools across its product set, incl…
CSX Corp. rallied in morning trading after releasing second-quarter 2026 results that topped estimates on both earnings and revenue and came with an upgraded full-year outlook. The Jacksonville-based freight railroad reported EPS of $0.54 versus a consensus near $0.51, and a quarterly revenue record of $3.94 billion, up 10% year-over-year. Manageme…
Norway's equity market finished higher on Thursday, with the Oslo OBX index advancing 1.08% to a one-month high. Gains in energy, fertilizer and defense-related stocks led the rise, while a small group of firms in geophysical services, consumer goods and semiconductors recorded the day's heaviest declines. Commodity prices and currency pairs also m…
The U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division said on July 23 it will streamline its merger review procedures, a step that could shorten clearance timelines for a subset of deals. The change allows the DOJ to request fewer documents up front for certain transactions while retaining the authority to demand further materials later. The move comes…
Eli Lilly announced a postponement of its regulatory filing for retatrutide, a weekly injectable obesity therapy, to the first quarter of 2027 in order to gather and validate manufacturing and quality-control documentation. The drug produced substantial weight loss and blood sugar improvements in two additional Phase 3 trials, but Lilly said more t…
Greek equities closed lower Thursday, led by losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors, leaving the Athens General Composite down 2.02%. Market breadth was tilted sharply toward decliners, even as select names including Motor Oil Hellas reached fresh highs. Commodities moved markedly, with gold falling and crude oil and Brent rising.
Shares of Churchill Capital Corp XI (NASDAQ: CCXI) declined 3.5% after Agility Robotics announced the appointment of Michael Beer as its chief financial officer in advance of a planned public listing via a business combination with CCXI. The move is part of a broader leadership realignment that transitions Jennifer Hunter to a sole Chief Operating …
S&P Global Ratings has shifted its outlook on Standard Chartered PLC to positive from stable while keeping the bank's long- and short-term issuer credit ratings unchanged at 'BBB+' and 'A-2'. The ratings agency pointed to improved profitability, a lower-risk operating model and reduced credit losses as drivers of the move and said there is at least…
Options pricing indicates Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. could see a 7.3% swing when it reports earnings on July 30 before the market opens. Historical comparisons show the stock has moved more than options implied in five of the last eight earnings periods, with a mix of outsized gains and losses.
Axiom Biosciences plans to pursue a primary listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a secondary listing in the United States to follow. CEO Dr. Remo Moomiaie-Qajar said the move reflects the company's Asia-oriented clinical collaborations, strong clinical data for its lead asset, and the need for rapid capital to expand into…
Options market activity prices in a 9.2% move for Rivian Automotive Inc. Class A when the company reports quarterly results on July 30 after the market close, according to Bloomberg options data. The stock has historically moved both more and less than the implied magnitude across recent earnings, exceeding the implied move in five of the past eigh…
Options-derived estimates compiled by Bloomberg indicate Stellantis NV shares could move about 4% when the automaker releases quarterly results on July 30 before markets open. Historical earnings-day behavior for the stock has been uneven: in five of the last eight reporting events the actual share move exceeded the options-implied figure.
Options pricing points to a 6.4% implied move for Amazon when the company reports earnings on July 30 after the market close, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Historically, Amazon's actual stock reactions around earnings have often exceeded those implied moves, with six of the last eight reports producing larger-than-expected swings.
Options pricing indicates Roblox Corp. Class A shares could move about 14% when the company reports quarterly results on July 30 after the market close, based on Bloomberg-compiled options data. Historical comparisons show actual moves have sometimes exceeded the options-implied figure but more often been smaller.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall by Midwest Poultry Services of almost 1.6 million dozen white shell and brown cage-free eggs produced in Texas due to potential contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis. The affected eggs were sold at Kroger locations in Texas and Louisiana and at Brookshire Grocery stores in several states.…
Thursday’s session produced a mix of sharp declines among several mega-cap technology names and notable rallies across a range of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks driven largely by earnings results and forward guidance updates. Tesla and Alphabet were among the biggest falls in the largest-cap cohort, while companies such as Medpace, United Rental…
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy said he intends to vote to advance Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cassidy described confidence in Schwartz's abilities during the committee’s meeting and set an informal off-the-floor vote for 11:…
Options market pricing indicates Reddit Inc. Class A (RDDT) could experience roughly a 12% price swing when it releases quarterly results on July 30 after the market close. Historical reactions to past reports have varied widely, with several quarters producing actual moves that materially exceeded what options implied.
Anthropic is exploring a proposal to require rank-and-file employees to use 10b5-1 trading plans that would automate stock sales on predetermined schedules when the company lists publicly. Company officials and outside advisers are still discussing the idea, which aims to reduce insider-trading concerns, while the firm also considers how much exist…
Options market pricing indicates Coinbase Global Inc. Class A (NASDAQ:COIN) could experience a 7.3% share price swing when it reports earnings on July 30 after the close. The stock’s actual earnings-day moves have often diverged from the options-implied expectation in recent quarters, with larger-than-expected moves in five of the past eight report…
