Oil prices continued their slide and stocks rallied after Scott Bessent said a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come “today or tomorrow.” The Dow industrials climbed 1.7% and closed above 54,000 for the first time.
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The biotechnology company now expects full-year revenue between $38.2 billion and $39.4 billion, but said it was halting the development of a potential obesity treatment currently in a phase 1 study.
Roblox is facing mounting investor skepticism after its latest results, although Wall Street sees considerable growth potential.
Gilead Sciences posts higher revenue as its market-leading HIV drug portfolio continues to drive growth.
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s stock is taking a hit after the chain pulled ingredients tied to a Salmonella outbreak.
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Paramount Skydance reported mixed second-quarter results on Tuesday, with higher streaming and studio revenue offsetting declines in television, as the company works to close its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison reiterated that he fully expects "the transaction to close."
By Deena Beasley Aug 3 (Reuters) - Amgen on Tuesday reported second-quarter sales rose 9%, driven by demand for cholesterol drug Repatha, bone drug Evenity and medications for rare diseases, as the
At the top of today’s show, we cover Cipher Digital and Hut 8’s Q2 earnings, plus updates on their AI data center builds.
SpaceX reported on Tuesday a 92% rise in revenue for the April-June quarter, in its first earnings since going public, buoyed by strong growth in its Starlink satellite-internet and AI businesses. The company said it invested $18.37 billion in AI infrastructure, Starship and Starlink expansion. The stock could face additional pressure from the expiry of SpaceX's post-IPO lock-up period starting on Thursday, which may unleash a wave of insider and early-investor shares on the market.
SpaceX reported first-quarter sales of $7.8 billion and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda, of $3.5 billion. Wall Street was looking for $6.8 billion and Ebitda of $2.
Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what to expect.
Higher spending is doing more work than customer growth

Lucid reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that beat revenue expectations but losses ran wider than expected, as the struggling luxury EV maker unveiled an "operational reset" aimed at slashing cash burn, and stabilizing a business that recently had to publicly deny it was heading for bankruptcy.
By Deena Beasley Aug 4 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences on Tuesday reported second-quarter product sales rose 8%, led by double-digit gains for its HIV drugs, but it posted a quarterly loss due to costs
Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) reported record second-quarter fee-related earnings and spread-related earnings, citing momentum in origination, capital formation and investment performance across its asset management and retirement services businesses. The alternative asset manager generated f
Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) reported second-quarter results that included 2% adjusted revenue growth and 10 basis points of adjusted EBITDA margin expansion, while lowering its full-year outlook amid weaker automotive production schedules in China and delayed program launches. Chair and CEO Kevin Clark said
Albany International (NYSE:AIN) reported second-quarter revenue growth and its strongest adjusted EBITDA performance in two years, driven by higher production rates in its Engineered Composites business, while Machine Clothing faced mixed regional demand and equipment-related downtime. Total second
Aug 4 (Reuters) - Lawsuits challenging Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will go to trial in March 2027, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday.
Micron Stock Rises on New AI Storage Push With Microchip Technology
Novo now expects underlying sales and operating profit in the range of 0% to –6% for the year.
Cisco is approaching Q4 earnings with solid AI momentum, rising networking demand, and expectations for another solid quarter.
By Blake Brittain Aug 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform.
The quarter exposed where Pfizer's recovery is really coming from
The quarter itself may matter less than what comes next
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform. In a novel legal dispute, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Amazon was unlikely to succeed on its claim that Perplexity's AI agents violated a federal computer-hacking law. The ruling is the first by a federal appeals court to address whether AI agents acting on behalf of users can legally access online platforms, a question with broad implications for the fast-growing field of agentic AI tools that can browse, shop and transact across the web.