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• The Ratings Game: Qualcomm stock logs worst day since pandemic shortages as chip glut produces ‘lackluster’ earnings [1078d]
• Key Words: Apple’s Tim Cook explains why he won’t showboat around AI [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Funko says stores will be hesitant to stock up on toys for the rest of the year [1078d]
• : Tupperware stock climbs 40% after debt restructuring agreement [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Cloudflare earnings, outlook tops Street estimates; stock rallies more than 5% [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Gilead’s profit lags consensus but sales beat, sending stock up after hours [1078d]
• : CarGurus’ stock sinks 10% after online car marketplace spooks investors by delaying quarterly report [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Amgen stock jumps after record earnings beat expectations, and biotech raises full-year outlook [1078d]
• Earnings Results: The ‘stabilization’ of AWS may have been the most significant number for Amazon’s earnings [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Apple earnings show drop in revenue as iPhone sales underwhelm [1078d]
• Earnings Results: DraftKings stock rallies on surprise profit, more upbeat full-year sales forecast, as new sports-betting customers roll in [1078d]
• : Coinbase stock jumps more than 5% after narrower loss for crypto company [1078d]
• : Trump pleads not guilty in Jan. 6 case [1078d]
• Brett Arends's ROI: 1 in 5 U.S. workers think their jobs are socially useless [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Amazon beats expectations on domestic e-commerce sales, AWS; stock jumps [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Block boosts earnings forecast, and its stock is popping [1078d]
• Key Words: Warren Buffett dismisses Fitch downgrade: ‘There are some things people shouldn’t worry about’ [1078d]
• Market Extra: Why are gasoline prices going up? Saudi production cuts matter. [1078d]
• : AMC second-quarter results on deck amid strong box office, Hollywood strikes and stock-conversion battle [1078d]
• Earnings Results: Wayfair stock soars, as Wall Street cheers surprise profit and positive cash flow [1078d]
• The Ratings Game: AMD among ‘best positioned’ AI players, analyst says [1078d]
• : Play games to help keep dementia at bay: study [1078d]
• The Margin: Is Taylor Swift the world’s best boss? She’s giving up to $100,000 to truck drivers, caterers and dancers who work on her Pro Eras Tour. [1078d]
• : Microsoft exec Brad Smith sells nearly $17 million in stock [1078d]
• : Carnival upsizes leveraged loan by $300 million to $1.3 billion in sign of strong demand [1078d]
• ETF Wrap: ETF flows in July point to a more balanced stock-market rally as mid- and small-cap funds start to outperform first-half winners [1078d]
• The Tell: S&P 500 soared near ‘tipping point’ in 2023. What history shows may happen to stocks after such a strong rally. [1078d]
• Chuck Jaffe: The recession may already be here — we just aren’t calling it one [1078d]
• In One Chart: Fitch’s historic U.S. downgrade explained in one chart [1078d]
• Lawrence G. McMillan: Trouble in paradise: Sell signs are popping up across the stock market [1078d]
• Market Extra: Inflation worries resurface as long-term U.S. bond yields start to come unglued [1078d]
• The Value Gap: ‘Why aren’t there enough chairs in the first place?’: What the U.S. gets wrong about poverty [1079d]
• Mark Hulbert: Fitch’s U.S. credit downgrade just confirms what the markets already knew [1079d]
• : Greedflation is not letting up. Here’s what companies are saying about it. [1079d]
• : Chips, software stocks drag on tech sector following Fitch downgrade [1079d]
• Economic Report: Mortgage rates rise as Fitch downgrades U.S. government debt [1079d]
• : Bud Light parent’s stock is up, sparking buying in its bonds, after beer company surprises with profit beat [1079d]
• : If Robinhood disrupts the retirement business, it won’t be because of meme stocks and crypto, but stodgy long-term investment strategies [1079d]
• Help Me Retire: We’re retired, have about $350,000 in our accounts and live comfortably with Social Security and pensions. Should we pay off our $132,000 mortgage? [1079d]
• In One Chart: U.S. corporate bankruptcies rise this year rise to second-highest level since 2010 [1079d]
• Key Words: ‘Barbie’ summer: How a multifaceted marketing blitz helped drive box-office success [1079d]
• Barron's: First-Generation iPod Sells for a Record $29,000 [1079d]
• Economic Report: Service side of the economy slows slightly, ISM finds, but ‘sales have been steady’ [1079d]
• Front Office Sports: Will the Pac-12’s next TV deal be enough to save it? [1079d]
• Front Office Sports: The most advanced tech at the Women’s World Cup might surprise you [1079d]
• Realtor.com: Dell CEO Michael Dell is looking to part ways with $35 million Boston penthouse [1079d]
• Economic Report: U.S. housing market is heating up this summer — and some areas have ‘fierce competition’ among buyers. Here’s why. [1079d]
• The Conversation: How Trump could turn his politics of grievance into a get-out-of-jail card [1079d]
• : AMC has again asked NYSE and FINRA to look into the trading of its stock [1079d]
• Key Words: Bill Barr says Jan. 6 indictment is ‘legitimate’ and that Trump knew he lost the election [1079d]
• The Ratings Game: Roku’s rocketing stock might be due for a cooldown, Citi warns [1079d]
• The Tell: ‘We are short in size’: Bill Ackman bets against 30-year Treasury bonds after Fitch downgrade [1079d]
• Economic Report: U.S. productivity rallies in the spring, expands at 3.7% pace [1079d]
• Banking: First Citizens BancShares Q2 profit boosted by addition of Silicon Valley Bank [1079d]
• Economic Report: Jobless claims inch up to 227,000, but show no sign of rising layoffs [1079d]
• The Ratings Game: PayPal takes some steps forward, but here’s what’s holding the stock back [1079d]
• The Fed: Richmond Fed’s Barkin says inflation remains too high, expects economy to slow [1079d]
• The Tell: Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson is warming to the U.S. stock-market rally. Here’s what would make him turn bullish. [1079d]
• The Human Cost: This Florida woman had a $30K bill after a hurricane damaged her home, yet she had wind and flood insurance: ‘I burst into tears’ [1079d]
• Earnings Watch: Amazon earnings: Here’s what to expect, by the numbers [1079d]
• Metals Stocks: Gold prices slide for 3rd day as rising Treasury yields, stronger U.S. dollar sap demand [1079d]