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Amazon AWS executive and CEO advisor Dave Brown to leave after 19 years
Amazon veteran Dave Brown, a senior vice president in Amazon Web Services and member of the elite internal group advising CEO Andy Jassy, is leaving the company after 19 years.
DAVE PRU Outperforms Industry, Trades at a Discount: Time to Exit or Hold?
Prudential Financial's retirement growth, higher investment income and expanding international business support long-term earnings and shareholder returns.
PRU Harbour Energy Closes Waldorf Acquisition, Boosts North Sea Portfolio
HBRIY's $163M Waldorf deal adds 20,000 boe/d, 35M boe of 2P reserves and larger North Sea stakes, along with operational and financial benefits.
HBRIY Progressive's Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Premiums Rise Y/Y
Progressive's Q2 earnings beat estimates as premiums and securities rose, while policy growth stayed solid.
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Will Cenovus' Key Growth Projects Support Its Long-Term Outlook?
CVE's Christina Lake North and other growth projects target output above 1 million BOE/d by 2028, supporting long-term cash flow growth.
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Google's biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI's unpermitted gas power plant
Google said it has made its largest solar power and battery storage purchase to date. The first two phases of the project, located in Arkansas, will generate enough electricity to power about 6% of the state's peak demand.
GOOG 
Bitcoin aligns with gold, misses S&P 500 rally in Q2 2026
Bitcoin's divergence from equities underscores the influence of macroeconomic factors and crypto-specific pressures on its market behavior. Bitcoin aligns with gold, misses S&P 500 rally in Q2 2026.
Morgan Stanley (MS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Morgan Stanley (MS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Strategy CEO says firm isn't panicking unless Bitcoin drops to $10K
Strategy's disclosure of a Bitcoin price floor highlights the firm's resilience strategy, influencing corporate Bitcoin adoption and investor risk assessment. Strategy CEO says firm isn't panicking unless Bitcoin drops to $10K.
Conagra Brands Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Rise 3.6% Y/Y
CAG tops fourth-quarter earnings and sales estimates as revenues rise, but margin pressure and inflation weigh on profits.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company heads into earnings with Wedbush expecting continued AI-driven growth
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) is expected to report second quarter results that come in slightly ahead of expectations, with Wedbush analysts pointing to strong revenue trends and continued demand for advanced semiconductor technologies as potential drivers for a stronger outlook. Wedbush reiterated its ‘Outperform' rating ahead of TSMC's earnings, writing that the company's monthly revenue figures indicate it likely exceeded the firm's prior second-quarter top-line estimate by around 1%, similar to the previous quarter's performance.
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This ETF Pays 62% a Year. So Why Are Its Investors Quietly Losing Money?
The math on YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSEARCA:ULTY) looks like a printing press.
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Binance XRP Reserves Drop to February Lows as XRP Ledger Activity Shrinks to Just 300M in Daily Volume
Binance XRP reserves fell to about 2.61 billion tokens, their lowest level since February, while XRP rebounded near $1.11 after touching $1.06. XRP Ledger daily payment volume dropped to 312.8 million XRP, with roughly 438,000 transactions processed and activity down more than 70% from recent highs.
DB Securities and Optimism Foundation Partner to Build STO and RWA Infrastructure in South Korea
DB Securities and the Optimism Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding in New York to develop Security Token Offering (STO) and Real-World Assets (RWA) infrastructure aimed at the Jeju region in South Korea.
The Trump Administration Presses for More Memory Plants in America: These 3 Stocks Could Be Winners
The Trump administration is pressuring foreign memory chipmakers to expand their U.S.
WNRS 
Prediction: Netflix Could Hit a New High With 268% Upside. Tomorrow's Earnings Could Spark The Rally
Netflix reports Q2 2026 earnings after the close on July 16, 2026, and the stock heads into the earnings report at prices most investors never expected to see again.
NFLX 
SpaceX Shares Fall Below $135 IPO Price For The First Time
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Prediction: This Dividend King Could End The Year With a New All-Time High Stock Price
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ | JNJ Price Prediction) is up 24.03% year to date and 65.92% over the past year, riding oncology strength and a raised full-year outlook.
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Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Equity Bancshares, Inc. (EQBK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Niagen Bioscience, Inc. (NAGE) Discusses Strategic Expansion Into Pharmaceutical Development and NB4168 Drug Program Transcript
Niagen Bioscience, Inc. (NAGE) Discusses Strategic Expansion Into Pharmaceutical Development and NB4168 Drug Program Transcript
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Betting on the Backbone: REX Files for AI Chipmaking ETF
Investor demand for AI chip manufacturers has surged this year. The industry is expected to reach revenues of $1.3 trillion in 2026, according to Yahoo Finance, driven by a global AI infrastructure buildout and a bottleneck for AI semiconductors and hardware.
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Polymarket Bitcoin Markets Show Manipulation Evidence, Stanford Research Reveals
Researchers at Stanford University have published findings suggesting that Bitcoin prediction markets on Polymarket, a leading decentralized betting platform, may have been subject to coordinated manipulation.
Can Valero Energy (VLO) Run Higher on Rising Earnings Estimates?
Valero Energy (VLO) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
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Can Werner (WERN) Run Higher on Rising Earnings Estimates?
Werner Enterprises (WERN) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
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Booking, Alphabet, and 7 Other Stocks to Buy Ahead of Earnings
Booking Holdings, Alphabet, and six other companies have underperformed their sectors despite improving earnings expectations, setting up potential upside during second-quarter earnings season.
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Forget Chasing Yield: This Is the Best Dividend ETF if You Actually Reinvest
Chasing yield is the most expensive habit in dividend investing, and the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) exists precisely because a lot of investors keep doing it anyway.
DGRO 
Historic IBM stock crash sets up unique options strategy
IBM shares fell just over $73 to ~$217 — a jaw-dropping 25% single-day decapitation.
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SK Hynix: Cheap With Robust AI Monetization Prospects, Lockup/Oversupply Risks Loom
SKHY's successful US debut is powered by surging DRAM/HBM prices and aggressive hyperscaler capex trends, with it contributing to the outsized, multi-year top-line growth and margin expansion prospects. The FQ2'26 earnings call may also benefit from the retooling of some of the HBM3E capacity for DRAM production, given the latter's soaring prices/richer profit margins. Multi-year LTAs, robust cash flow, rich balance sheet, and successful US debut with $26.5B raised, support SKHY's aggressive capacity expansion cadence.
HBM 
Paradex integrates RFQ engine, executes $23M XRP options block
Paradex's RFQ integration may boost DeFi's institutional appeal, potentially enhancing XRP liquidity and influencing future market dynamics. Paradex integrates RFQ engine, executes $23M XRP options block.
PayPal stock is skyrocketing after Stripe and a private equity firm reportedly made a buyout offer
Shares in PayPal Holdings (Nasdaq: PYPL) are skyrocketing in premarket trading this morning after a report that the legacy digital payments platform has received a joint buyout offer from one of today's most successful fintech companies and a major private equity firm. Here's what you need to know.
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