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Badger Meter's second-quarter earnings cleared a low bar, but the market still wasn't overly enthused.

Federal AI contracts are pouring into enterprise software order books, and two of the sector's most beaten-down stocks are suddenly surging. Whether today's rally marks a genuine turning point or a fleeting squeeze depends on details buried inside fresh earnings reports and a blockbuster government deal.

Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has told customers it would raise prices ‌by a percentage in the ‌double digits due to rising costs, Bloomberg News reported ​on Friday, citing a letter sent to clients. The San Diego, California-based company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for ‌comment. • Qualcomm told customers that it could no longer absorb rising supplier costs and had sought alternative ‌components from new suppliers, ​the report said.

Artificial intelligence has become the ultimate Rorschach test. Some see mass unemployment. Others see unlimited prosperity. Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp believes the future will likely include plenty of wealth—but not everyone will share equally in it. "This is...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on products from the European Union in retaliation to the bloc’s $1 billion (€890 million) fine of Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Most Read from BloombergRetina Chip Designed to Restore Sight to Go on Sale in EuropeHegseth Turns to UNC, Virginia Tech After Dropping Ivy LeagueApple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI DemandTrump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 EconomiesSpaceX Turns Away Falcon Customers in Major Bet on S

There's increasing chatter that the U.S. will nationalize key AI companies.

Intel strong earnings weren’t enough to keep the stock’s gains going on Friday. Late Thursday, Intel reported per-share earnings that were almost double what analysts had forecast for the second quarter, while revenue jumped ahead of estimates. Intel management said on Thursday’s earnings call that they were raising their 2026 capital expenditure estimates to more than $20 billion, up from around $18 billion, as the company works to meet the rising demand of its products.

AMD has already had one of the best years of any stock in the market. Up more than 170% year-to-date. A market cap pushing toward $1 trillion. A server CPU business that's been quietly taking share from Intel while the GPU story was getting all the headlines. Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers raised ...

Chip stocks tumbled as investors cut risk amid Middle East tensions and ahead of CXMT's July 27 market debut.

SLB (NYSE:SLB) reported second-quarter revenue of $9 billion, up 3% sequentially, as growth in Latin America, Europe and Africa, U.S. land and Asia more than offset disruptions in the Middle East. Adjusted earnings per share were $0.55, up $0.03 from the prior quarter but down $0.19 from a year earl

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $0.44 per share, compared with a loss of $0.11 per share in the first quarter, as book value and total return improved during the period. Controller Jerry Sintes said book value rose to $7.22 per share at June 30 from $7.08 a

Halozyme Therapeutics is at a new high on Friday with earnings due on Aug. 6. Philip Morris International and KeyCorp are also at highs.

HUM enters Q2 earnings with strong premium and membership growth expectations, but rising medical costs and expenses could test its bottom line.

Free cash flow rose 24.4% as adjusted EBITDA margin reached a record 40.1%

Bank of America reiterated its Buy rating and $130 price target on ServiceNow (NOW) after the software company reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter contract growth. The target represents about a 36% upside from the $95.46 share price listed in BofA’s July 23 report. According to the ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of smartphone processors, told customers that rising costs are forcing it to increase prices by a percentage in the double digits. Most Read from BloombergRetina Chip Designed to Restore Sight to Go on Sale in EuropeHegseth Turns to UNC, Virginia Tech After Dropping Ivy LeagueApple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI DemandTrump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 EconomiesSpaceX Turns Away Falcon Customers in Major Bet on Starsh

Sensata (ST) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

TSMC just committed another $100 billion to U.S. chipmaking on the same day it posted record profit. Behind both moves is an AI chip demand it still can’t fully meet.

INFY's Q1 fiscal 2027 earnings and revenues miss estimates as soft volumes and a client exit offset growth and rising AI sales.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share of $1.15, while adjusted EPS for the first six months of the year rose 9.8% from a year earlier. Chairman, President and CEO John Ketchum said the results reflected continued execution at Florida Power & Light Co.

Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue above $3 billion for the first time, as demand from technology and industrial customers helped drive higher bookings, record backlog and sharply improved profitability. Chief Executive Officer Brian Lane said the company generated

The European Commission has fined Google $1 billion, claiming it breached the EU's Digital Markets Act.

All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Friday as the US imposed a new set

(Bloomberg) -- Scribe Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage developer of gene therapies for heart diseases, surged 67% on Friday after raising $128.7 million in an upsized initial public offering.Most Read from BloombergRetina Chip Designed to Restore Sight to Go on Sale in EuropeHegseth Turns to UNC, Virginia Tech After Dropping Ivy LeagueApple Plans Overhaul of MacBooks, iMac in Push to Meet AI DemandTrump Rebuilds Tariffs With New Levies on 60 EconomiesSpaceX Turns Away Falcon Customers in Majo

The Fed has a dual mandate, but it seems pretty clear that it's only focused on inflation right now.

GNRC heads into Q2 with C&I growth, strong data center backlog and improving margins offset by softer residential demand.

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought Tesla stock across four of its ETFs on Thursday, even as shares fell almost 15%.

Verizon Communications (VZ) raised its full-year earnings outlook on Friday amid phone subscriber ga

Eli Lilly stock hit an all-time high of 1,249.50 before pulling back into a buy zone above a pivot of 1,133.95.