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Vertiv Holdings (VRT) stock sinks on Wednesday after missing its second quarter earnings estimates despite its increase to full-year guidance. Vertiv is a major player in AI data center infrastructure. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Pras Subramanian and Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley to weigh in on the outlook for the rest of the major companies participating in the AI infrastructure buildout.

Humana’s shares dipped in morning trading after its results compared unfavorably with other insurers’ performance this quarter The Medicare-focused insurer modestly beat analysts’ profit projections, offered reassurance on medical cost trends and left guidance unchanged on an adjusted basis.

The latest oil spike was sending the Dow tumbling, but the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and a gauntlet of earnings loom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG, XETRA:PRG) shares fell more than 3% on Wednesday after the consumer goods giant reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed analyst estimates, even as it topped profit expectations. The maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers posted revenue of $21.2...

Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini believes the company’s growth is constrained even as KLA issues an upbeat forecast.

Procter & Gamble's (PG) fiscal fourth-quarter revenue fell short of market estimates on Wednesday, w

Procter & Gamble shares were down about 3% Wednesday morning after the company reported a profit decline and gave guidance for the coming year below Wall Street’s expectations. Higher costs and sluggish sales weighed on the company's results.

First-half revenue passed 100 trillion won for the first time

Investing.com -- Baird downgraded Caterpillar to Neutral from Outperform and cut its price target to $900 from $1,200, arguing that mounting U.S. state and local regulations targeting data center development could slow equipment demand from 2027 onward, even as the company's near-term order book remains strong.

Record $1.2 billion quarter and 35% member growth, but EBITDA and EPS outlook left unchanged

Investors are laser focused on capex heading to Meta' earnings report.

Michael Saylor-led Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, made no Bitcoin (BTC) purchases or sales for the fifth week in a row, the company's 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed on July 27. With 843,775 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, Strategy is still ...

The data-infrastructure company's second-quarter sales of $3.27 billion fell short of analyst expectations even as adjusted earnings topped estimates

US market liveblog: stocks set for mixed open ahead of Fed decision US stocks are set for a mixed open on Wednesday as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision, while renewed tensions in the Middle East and continued pressure on semiconductor stocks cloud...

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Caterpillar's strong order and backlog growth are likely to slow in 2027 and 2028, Baird projected on Wednesday, highlighting the recent New York data center moratorium as an example of growing state and local regulatory pushback. CAT stock dragged the Dow Jones into the red before Wednesday's open, as S&P 500 futures pointed higher. Baird downgraded CAT to neutral from outperform, cutting its price target to 900 from 1,200, according to The Fly investment news site.

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General Dynamics has managed to avoid much of the defense stock pain that came after fighting began in Iran. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.96 from sales of $13.5 billion. Operating profit margin was 10.4%, up 0.4 percentage point year-over-year.

P&G posted flat organic sales growth in its fiscal fourth quarter as consumers shifted to cheaper alternatives

Investing.com -- Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reported its fourth-quarter results before the open on Wednesday, slightly beating earnings expectations but missing on revenue.

Sofi stock fell despite topping Q2 earnings and revenue estimates. The fintech raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook.

West Texas Intermediate crude surged as the Federal Reserve prepared to announce its interest rate decision Wednesday afternoon

Boston Scientific logged higher second-quarter results and cut its full-year outlook as it begins a new restructuring plan announced earlier this week.

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.

The consumer-products giants is working “harder than we’ve had to in a long time” to win over shoppers, its CFO says.

Biogen’s second-quarter profit plummeted and the biopharmaceutical company cut its full-year adjusted earnings forecast.

Visa CEO Ryan McInerney says artificial intelligence is helping ‘shape the way work gets done.’ The payments giant reports earnings after the closing bell Tuesday.

(Bloomberg) -- Executives and investors tied to the AI supply chain were among the biggest insider sellers in the second quarter, taking advantage of a sharp — and volatile — rally in technology stocks.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 FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push

Investors braced for a Fed decision, a flood of earnings, and a potential reescalation in the war with Iran.

FTSE 100 up 7 points to 10,878 Earlier topped 10,949 - a new intraday high Results out from Glencore, Reckitt, Greggs, Aberdeen, Weir, Lancashire 10.52am: FTSE attractions in full effect today The FTSE 100 sneaked above its all-time high from February in early trading "helped by...