Investing.com -- Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) crushed Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations, driven by an explosive surge in AI demand and expanding margins that sent shares climbing 11% after hours.
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Bloomberg's Hannah Miller joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Paramount has acknowledged that it's considering a wide range of options to settle lawsuits challenging its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Okta reported Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while the cybersecurity firm's sales outlook came in above views.

Nvidia (NVDA) reported another strong earnings report on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $2.22 (compared to analyst estimates of $2.09), and revenue came in at $96.2B billion (compared to analyst estimates of $92.38 billion). Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton and Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley take a closer look at the breaking numbers.
The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. Treasury yields ticked higher following the update on inflation, which has traders still mostly betting the Federal Reserve will hike the federal funds rate by the end of this year.

Dollar Tree has had a good 2026 compared with a number of other retailers, but it is facing some of the same challenges that have tripped up peers.

The identity management and security company now expects full-year revenue of $3.22 billion to $3.23 billion, up from its prior view of $3.19 billion and $3.21 billion.

The software company reported $11.35 billion in second-quarter revenue and now expects $46.1 billion to $46.4 billion for the full year
US equity indexes ended lower Wednesday as most government bond yields rose after the Federal Reserv

CRM software giant Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 10.8% year on year to $11.35 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $11.46 billion, close to analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $5.90 per share was 80.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

It had some discouraging news to report from the C-Suite.

Dollar General, the larger of the two main dollar stores, has traditionally sold more essentials than discretionary items, and has struggled the most in the postpandemic years.

Salesforce (CRM) reported second quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $5.90, while revenue came in at $11.35 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $11.32 billion). Third quarter revenue guidance came in at $11.42–11.5 billion. Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a closer look at the breaking numbers.

Tim Archer, CEO of Lam Research, said that his company is investing over a billion dollars to stay ahead of AI buildout demand and the accelerating pace of AI innovation. Archer said that new AI models are demanding more computational power, bandwidth and storage and Lam Research is focused on semiconductor chip innovation to meet those needs.

The main stock indexes failed to make big moves on Wednesday ahead of Nvidia's earnings report, while Meta settled a landmark social media case.
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Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC has committed $45 billion to lease AI cloud computing infrastructure from London-based Nscale.

A late-afternoon recovery fell short for the S&P 500 ahead of a major earnings test for the AI stock rally. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%. An eclectic mix of moment, growth, quality, value, and risk stocks helped propel the market on an otherwise rudderless day.

By Saeed Azhar, Purvi Agarwal and Niket Nishant NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes closed nearly flat to slightly lower on Wednesday after a U.S. inflation reading came in hotter

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says he is weighing relocation.

Nvidia—looking to beat analysts' already high expectations for the 15th quarter in a row—may be in league of its own in tech. But Wall Street sure isn't acting like it. The forward price to earnings ratio for shares of the world's most valuable company is dragging behind chip-makers and other large tech players, perhaps because of concerns about financing risks, long-term revenue generation, or expectations that are just too high.
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Elon Musk just promised Nvidia data centers in orbit by 2027, but SpaceX's own SEC filing told a very different story to regulators just three months ago, and the gap between those two timelines matters a lot if you own SPCX.

Aptos now supports Circle’s CCTP V2, bringing native USDC onto the network in seconds using a burn-and-mint model, no wrapped assets required.

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) reports fiscal second-quarter results after Wednesday’s closing bell. Polymarket traders put the odds of adjusted earnings topping 29 cents per share at 80%. The livelier action is on Kalshi, where traders are betting on which words...

<body><p>STORY: :: Parent of teen says 'very pleased' with Meta settlements on child safety</p><p>:: Oakland, California / August 26, 2026</p><p>:: Victoria Hinks, Daughter died by suicide at age 16</p><p>“No amount of money is ever going to bring my beautiful daughter back. I miss her every day. It's the first thing I think of when I wake up. Last thing I think of, she should be going off to college. She would have graduated from high school. We live local, we live in Marin. She would have graduated from Redwood High School. She should be going off to college. Instead, I visit her every day in the cemetery in back of our house.” // "Mark Zuckerberg does not want to go up against and see all the information that they have. So, I'm very pleased. There's lots of lawsuits coming for these companies. Lots of parents, and yeah, I am satisfied. I feel like there's, like justice is possible. So yeah.”</p><p>The settlements announced on Wednesday end a federal trial that had been one of the highest-profile tests of allegations that social media companies harm children.</p><p>While Meta will not undergo a fundamental overhaul, the accords represent a sweeping effort to define how it serves young users.</p><p>Meta agreed for the next decade to restrict teenagers' use of Facebook and Instagram to two hours a day and block all usage from midnight to 6 a.m., absent parental consent.</p><p>These limits could be tightened if other social media companies adopt similar terms. Meta will also enhance measures to prevent children from accessing age-restricted content.</p><p>The settlement does not require Meta, which denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle, to abandon personalized recommendations or targeted advertising. The total payout represents about three to four months of profit for the Menlo Park, California-based company.</p></body>

Insider disposed of shares at $35.29 each through a non-discretionary transaction tied to restricted stock unit vesting, maintaining an 83,882-share direct stake worth $3.2 million.

IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) stock is down 6% to $39.85 midday Wednesday, as traders trim exposure ahead of a busy earnings sequence for the AI hosting group. Meanwhile, Core Scientific (NASDAQ:CORZ) stock is down 4% to $17.40 in sympathy, marking a coordinated de-risk in two Bitcoin miners turned AI hosts. The Global X Data Center & […]
