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Astera Labs is posting triple-digit growth with a fortress balance sheet, while Intel is seeing accelerating data center growth.

A China carveout could reduce regulatory complications related to SpaceX’s U.S. defense work and possible Beijing scrutiny.

Launch Complex 1 supports year-round orbital missions, while Virginia covers small launch, hypersonic testing and future Neutron flights.

South Korean stocks soared a record 17 percent Friday as global tech firms performed a blistering recovery from an extended sell-off, with beaten-down chip giant SK hynix rocketing more than a quarter as the AI boom roared back.Seoul's Kospi had been at the forefront of the sell-off after hitting a record high a month ago, with chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung the poster children of the rout, losing around half their value in the panic.

Sony on Friday hiked its full-year operating profit forecast by 8% to 1.72 trillion yen ($10.72 billion), ‌citing the strength of its gaming business. The Japanese conglomerate has received ‌plaudits for its pivot to entertainment, but the market is concerned about the impact of ​AI and a memory chip price boom on its business. In the April-June quarter, ‌group operating profit rose 40% ⁠to 476.5 billion yen, beating analyst estimates, due to the strength of the gaming and image sensors businesses.

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Morgan Stanley lowered the price target on SoFi to $15 from $16 and maintained an ‘Underweight’ rating on the shares, saying that while the Q2 revenue beat by 7%, growth is becoming more capital intensive.

AMC Entertainment (AMC) has received one of the clearest signs yet that its financial position is improving. S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating of the movie theater operator to B- from CCC+ with a stable outlook. The ratings firm pointed to improved operating performance, ...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares jumped Thursday after the company delivered stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings, with investors and analysts praising accelerating Amazon Web Services profitability as evidence that returns on artificial intelligence investments are beginning to materialize. Cramer Calls Amazon ‘Astonishing’ After AWS Delivers CNBC host Jim Cramer called the results “astonishing,” in a post on X, though he said Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) remains the standout am

New campaign tools, sports buys and cloud computing gains are powering better-than-forecast sales.

IREN stock jumped 30% after CEO Daniel Roberts said demand for its AI computing capacity exceeds what it can build.

Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, often buys her highest-conviction stocks during sharp pullbacks. That's exactly what she's doing with Nvidia (NVDA), adding more shares after the semiconductor giant fell more than 6% over the past five trading days. In 2025, the flagship Ark ...

One company is still proving its technology works, while the other is already posting record results and growing production.

South Korean stocks jumped 17%, leading the region’s equity markets higher, as chip and technology shares climbed.

In his autobiography, Sam Walton: Made In America, Walmart (WMT) founder Sam Walton said that “the more you share profits with your associates — whether it's in salaries or incentives or bonuses or stock discounts — the more profit will accrue to the company.” Decades later, Walmart is still ...

Despite multiple sessions in the red, all three benchmark indexes are on track to close higher this week.

Comcast generates substantial free cash flow with a solid net margin, while Shopify is experiencing rapid annual revenue growth despite trading at a steep forward earnings multiple.

The company is becoming a leading AI data center real estate owner.

South Korea’s Kospi index jumped more than 16% on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street as artificial intelligence-related stocks bounced back after losses earlier this week. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. In early Asian trading, the Kospi surged at the open and ratcheted up, trading 16.5% higher at 6,515.40.

One operates in a nascent market with FAA hurdles; the other dominates domestic rare earth supply but depends heavily on government contracts.

Most memory chipmakers extended Thursday’s gain after-hours as tech bigwigs flag continued rise in memory prices.

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Rivian expects R2 production to scale to the end of the year after starting customer deliveries in June.

Salesforce has quietly become a much more profitable company, but investors don't seem to have noticed the transformation.

AXT (AXTI) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +171.43% and +39.41%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

A safer dividend, stronger free cash flow, and new growth opportunities make Verizon increasingly attractive for income-focused investors.

Revenue for the second quarter ending June 2026 reached $201 billion, above expectations of $197 billion.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock spiked 15% in Thursday's trading session after delivering blockbuster results for its fiscal fourth quarter yesterday evening.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, with the Dow gaining more than one percent, the S&P 500 climbing one-and-two-thirds percent and the Nasdaq rallying more than two-and-three-quarters percent.</p><p>:: Microsoft</p><p>Shares of Microsoft soared more than 15% to log their biggest daily percentage gain in 18 years, after the tech giant gave a stellar forecast that eased fears about massive spending on AI infrastructure.</p><p>That boosted overall market sentiment, says Mary Ann Bartels, chief investment strategist at Sanctuary Wealth.</p><p>“I think the real focus is on Microsoft and their earnings report. There's been a lot of concern about the hyperscalers, the money that they're spending and whether or not they're going to get a return on their capital. And Microsoft eased their concerns. Their spend on their cloud they didn't raise, and their return on their cloud was positive. So the market's really hyper focused, I think, that things aren't that bad.”</p><p>:: Amazon</p><p>After the close, Amazon gave investors more reason to cheer when it topped market expectations for quarterly cloud revenue growth on the back of surging enterprise AI spending, signaling the company's hefty investments were bearing fruit. Its shares, up nearly 4% at the close, surged more than 8% in extended trading.</p><p>Also after the bell, Apple reported sales and profits that beat Wall Street expectations, fueled by its customers snapping up iPhones and MacBooks amid price increases across the consumer electronics sector. Its shares, however, dipped more than 2% in extended trading.</p><p>:: Meta Platforms</p><p>And shares Meta tumbled 8% after the social media heavyweight reported a 91% drop in second-quarter free cash flow, a sign that its costly AI buildout was causing a financial strain.</p></body>

Amazon beat analysts' expectations on Thursday when it reported growth in overall revenue and sales, particularly in its cloud, artificial intelligence and chips divisions. The company meanwhile said that two of its AI-related divisions grew by "triple-digit percentages" -- its AI cloud and chips businesses each "exceeded" $25 billion annual revenue run rates, a measure of recurring sales.