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Stocks fell this week on oil prices and Fed rate-hike expectations, though Oracle's earnings underscored AI infrastructure strength. MarketBeat analysts recap top stories on earnings, defense, AI, and other stock opportunities.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed after a second brutal day, with all major indices finishing lower again. Rising rates, Brent Crude trading above $100, and what appears to be an increase in the Iran attacks in the Persian Gulf were all it took for sellers to keep hitting bids. Once again, the small-cap […]

F/m Investments CEO and CIO Alex Morris explains why he believes an interest rate hike by Federal Reserve officials may be "mathematically" warranted in this current cycle.

Job openings just hit their highest level since May, yet something is quietly vanishing from payrolls that the 4.1% unemployment rate is not built to detect.

It's a momentous day for Apple as CEO Tim Cook prepares to step down.

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Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) cleared a key hurdle in its California racketeering lawsuit as a federal judge allowed most claims against lawyers and medical providers to proceed. The suit alleges a coordinated scheme that Uber says inflated costs tied to staged or exaggerated rideshare injury claims under U.S. racketeering laws. Separately, a new U.S. class action accuses Uber of misleading consumers with Uber Eats priority delivery fees linked to its "direct to you" marketing. Both cases...

Higher spot oil prices and a snap-back in bond yields have helped early markets drop.

Philly Fed Hits 5-Year High

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.89%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.44%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Per capita GDP and gig employment — but not total employment — grew in the regions where these services launched in the 2010s, the study found.

On July 29, DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) launched DoorDash Air, its own in-house drone delivery program, after clearing a Federal Aviation Administration certification to fly commercial drone deliveries across the US. It is the clearest signal yet that DoorDash wants control over how food and goods move, not just who delivers them. The question for investors is […]

Amazon-owned Zoox is about to start scaling its robotaxi service after federal regulators last week cleared it to charge for rides in its driverless vehicles with no steering wheel or other human controls.

Today Federal Reserve speakers: Fed governor Lisa Cook Economic data: the Energy Information Administration’s weekly petroleum status report, U.S. services PMI, global services PMI, ADP employment survey Earnings (a.

The monthly jobs report comes out Friday. Before that, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will post its first earnings report as a listed company. Also reporting: Walt Disney; tech companies Palantir and Advanced Micro Devices; ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft; private-equity firms Apollo, Carlyle and TPG; and fast-food chains McDonald's and Wendy’s.

In another heavy earnings week, we’ll also see reports from McDonald’s, Disney, Uber, Devon Energy, and more.

Uber heads into Q2 earnings with strong bookings growth and robotaxi expansion, but tariffs, fuel costs and competition cloud the near-term outlook.

Q2 GDP Increased Less Than Expected

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July 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge has ruled that New York City cannot prohibit Uber Technologies and Lyft from deactivating drivers from their apps ‌without advance notice, ruling that the novel law is unconstitutional. District Judge Gregory ‌Woods in Manhattan said in a written ruling on Tuesday that the city's law adopted earlier this year benefits ​a small fraction of drivers while interfering with the ride-hailing companies' right to police the safety of their platforms.

All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading, as the big banks kicked off earnin

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In a classic “Friday news dump,” Apple filed a federal lawsuit in California against OpenAI, accusing its once-partner of stealing some of its trade secrets. Specifically, it’s alleging that two of its former employees brought proprietary and confidential information about its hardware to OpenAI when they joined. The lawsuit calls to mind Waymo’s trade secret theft lawsuit against Uber, filed in 2017. Similarly, a well-established tech giant publicly accused a fast-ascending private company, loc

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Dollar General's (DG) core lower- and middle-income consumers are under pressure amid sticky inflati

Uber Technologies' board was sued on Monday by shareholders who accused management and directors of letting the ride-sharing ‌company cut corners on compliance, leading to thousands of lawsuits from victims ‌of sexual assault and harassment. In a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, shareholders led by ​a Detroit pension fund said board members ignored repeated internal and external warnings about Uber's alleged failure to address sexual abuse by drivers. Shareholders said oversight failures were also a factor in lawsuits filed last year by the federal government, which accused Uber ‌of routinely refusing to serve ⁠disabled passengers, including people with service animals or stowable wheelchairs, and engaging in deceptive billing and cancellation practices.

The service will be accessible through the Uber app and is being developed in collaboration with Switzerland's Federal Roads Office (FEDRO), pending regulatory clearance.

WeRide (NASDAQ:WRD) and Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) plan to introduce commercial robotaxi services in the Greater Zurich Region later this year, extending their autonomous mobility partnership in Europe following a recent deployment announcement in Madrid. The service is expected to launch during 2026, pending approval from Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office (FEDRO).

New wholesale inflation numbers have reached their highest levels since March and November of 2022, respectively.

At this point, any layoff news is not a surprise. And while the numbers often appear smaller in the company context, the impact on the people left to search for new jobs in this economy is significant. Despite the recent May jobs report, which said 172,000 new jobs were added, with over 90,000 ...