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July 29 (Reuters) - GE HealthCare on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit, helped by strong demand for its diagnostic and imaging devices and refunds of tariffs imposed
Better-than-expected sales helped Biogen regain the support of investors, while AstraZeneca and GSK worked to convince Wall Street that they can hit ambitious revenue targets.
Wall Street futures were mostly higher pre-bell Wednesday as the global tech sector sell-off paused,
Medical device company Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) reported Q2 CY2026 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 7.5% year on year to $5.44 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $5.27 billion was less impressive, coming in 2.2% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.86 per share was 3.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
📣 “So far, I think that all the work around AI has net created a lot of jobs because there’s all this infrastructure that needs to get created...So that concern hasn’t exactly played out the way that people feared it might.
July 29 (Reuters) - General Dynamics on Wednesday posted a rise in second- quarter profit, driven by continued strength in its aerospace and marine segments.
(Bloomberg) -- After UBS Group AG reported that its equities traders reeled in 53% more revenue than a year ago, hitting over $2.3 billion two quarters in a row, Stefan Stalmann, an analyst at Autonomous Research, praised it with a caveat.Most Read from BloombergUS Intercepts Iran Attack on Bases, Puncturing Days of CalmSK Hynix Profit Disappoints, Spending Soars to $31 BillionNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterChi
Vertiv (VRT) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.29% and -3.41%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
KeyBanc expects Reddit’s investments in community engagement and advertising monetization to create a durable business capable of generating annual revenue growth above 30%.
Fintech SoFi raised its 2026 revenue growth forecast above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday after posting a market-beating second quarter, driven by record member growth and loan originations. Despite an uncertain macroeconomic environment, elevated interest rates and high costs of living, credit quality has been stable thanks to resilient borrowers, allowing consumer lenders to continue growing their loan books and interest income. Fintech firms such as SoFi have emerged as credible challengers to traditional banking heavyweights.
By Amanda Cooper July 29 (Reuters) - Shares in companies driving the AI boom have been under pressure for weeks.
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) reported higher second-quarter revenue, wafer shipments and utilization as demand strengthened in communications and consumer applications, while the company raised its 2026 capital-expenditure budget to support silicon photonics and advanced-packaging growth initi
The consumer-products giants is working “harder than we’ve had to in a long time” to win over shoppers, its CFO says.
(Bloomberg) -- NextEra Energy Inc., the largest US power utility, is teaming up with Brookfield on a more than $100 billion transformation of a shuttered Cold War uranium-enrichment facility in Kentucky into a data center campus with a generating plant.Most Read from BloombergUS Intercepts Iran Attack on Bases, Puncturing Days of CalmSK Hynix Profit Disappoints, Spending Soars to $31 BillionNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri A
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Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shares climbed more than 4% after the automaker reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its financial outlook for the full year, supported by stronger operating performance across its core business. The company posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.
Investing.com -- Shares in Vertiv tumbled more than 9% in premarket trading Wednesday even as the data center equipment maker reported second-quarter earnings above estimates and raised its full-year guidance, with a revenue shortfall offseting the beat.
If stock prices are your go-to economic barometer then you could be forgiven for ignoring the original “China Shock” a quarter-century ago. Manufacturing job losses in machinery, textiles, electronics and furniture slammed parts of the U.S. after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. There’s even a strong case that China’s industrial rise was a major tailwind for stocks overall.
KLA Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) reported stronger-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results, but its shares fell more than 10% in pre-market trading on Wednesday after investors focused on a cautious near-term outlook and guidance that offered only limited upside. The semiconductor equipment manufacturer posted earnings per share of $1.
Biogen’s growth portfolio, which includes one closely watched Alzheimer’s drug, is a bright spot in the second quarter.
Apple's decision to hold iPhone prices steady is set to power its strongest June-quarter sales growth in five years, but investors will want to know how long it can resist an increase. The consumer electronics giant raised iPad and MacBook prices last month as it sought to offset cost increases from a shortage of memory and storage chips caused by massive AI datacenter buildouts. Apple's decision paid off: iPhone shipments rose 3% and the company's market share climbed to nearly a fifth, estimated research firm Counterpoint.
Biogen’s second-quarter profit plummeted and the biopharmaceutical company cut its full-year adjusted earnings forecast.
There’s never a good time to miss on earnings, but memory-chip giant SK Hynix really picked its moment.
U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Wednesday as investors prepared for a pivotal session featuring the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and quarterly earnings from artificial intelligence leaders Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Britain's antitrust regulator said it would investigate Microsoft over whether it misled personal and family customers when marketing subscription plans for its ever-popular Microsoft 365 product, resulting in them overpaying. The Competition and Markets Authority said on Wednesday the probe would examine Microsoft's addition of its AI assistant Copilot to Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Personal and family customers were initially offered Copilot at no extra cost, but some later faced higher-priced subscriptions when renewing.
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 has struggled to make further headway since its early June record peak, but that tepid performance belies churning beneath the market's
Short interest in the stock keeps climbing, but Musk says those betting against SpaceX have a ‘very low’ chance of surviving.
Options traders expect a roughly $190 billion swing in Microsoft's market value after it reports earnings on Wednesday, an unusually large move that underscores investors' growing eagerness to see if billions of dollars in AI spending are beginning to pay off. By comparison, over the last 12 earnings cycles, Microsoft has averaged a 4.8% implied move and a 4.4% actual move, Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS) data showed. The significantly higher pricing this quarter suggests that investors view Microsoft — one of the hyperscalers whose massive AI capital spending is at the heart of this year's AI rally and the broader bull market — as central to the AI earnings story.
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