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Lip-Bu Tan bought 105,263 Intel shares at $95.00 on August 11. The Form 4 shows the shares landed in a family trust, an indirect holding, and he bought after the stock had already run. Read →
Retail sales fell 0.6% in July against a Reuters consensus of +0.1%, the sharpest drop since May 2025. The S&P 500 eased 0.2% from its record to 7,786.76. Read →
A BofA estimate that Broadcom's AI financing platform could carry $370 billion in senior debt by 2029 sent shares down 5%. Broadcom does not owe that figure directly. Read →
S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed Reddit enters the S&P 500 before the open on August 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities. Shares closed up 12.63% at $178.09. Read →
Spot gold traded a $4,310.73 to $4,389.37 range and fell below $4,350 in the U.S. session on profit-taking and a softer dollar, with September rate-cut odds the dominant driver. Read →
Andy Reid confirmed Patrick Mahomes sits out the preseason opener against the Rams. Justin Fields starts, followed by Garrett Nussmeier and Chris Oladokun. Read →
Ambassador Mike Huckabee described settlers who besieged a Palestinian American family home in Qusra as "Israeli terrorists" and the attack as a horrific act of terror. Read →
Dallas plans heavy preseason work for Jaydon Blue and Phil Mafah. Puka Nacua is expected back next week. Anthony Richardson has not withdrawn his trade request. Read →
Chuba Hubbard is week to week with a hamstring, Ricky Pearsall had season-ending PCL surgery, and Laremy Tunsil is out indefinitely with a torn triceps. Read →
Deshaun Watson starts for Cleveland with Shedeur Sanders slated for Week 2. Caleb Williams and Lamar Jackson sit. Detroit hands an undrafted rookie the game. Read →
Shares surged roughly 17-18% on reports of Silver Lake interest, briefly halted for volatility. The reported deal values the company near $43 billion. Read →
July producer prices came in unchanged month over month against a +0.2% consensus. The S&P 500 closed at 7,798.99, up 0.65%, its 27th record close of 2026. Read →
The commission canceled its scheduled August 14 meeting on Chair Paul Atkins' Reg Crypto proposal and delayed a tokenization exemption tied to Section 10505 of the CLARITY Act. Read →
Guidance for mid-to-high-teens annual revenue growth from fiscal 2028 through 2030, with roughly 80% gross margins and 75% operating margins, sent shares up about 14%. Read →
Micron rose 6%, SK Hynix ADRs 8%, Western Digital 8% and SanDisk about 14% on the same investor-day catalyst. A correlated move is a read on pricing, not on companies. Read →
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Navy can maintain a blockade indefinitely by rotating ships, a day after Iran asserted control of the strait. Read →
Record Q4 revenue near $17.3B, up 18%, EPS of $1.22, and $4 billion in hyperscaler AI orders in the quarter alone. The stock dropped about 9% on margin compression. Read →
Revenue of $9.12B and EPS of $3.50 both cleared consensus, and Q4 guidance came in above. Management guided to flat gross margins, and the stock dropped after hours. Read →
Seattle arrived on a five-game losing streak having dropped 14 of 19. The Yankees took the opener 4-1 and now lead the AL wild-card race they will most likely have to win. Read →
Tampa Bay leads New York by six games in the AL East with about six weeks to play. A look at what a six-game August lead has historically been worth. Read →
Lions at Bengals, Packers at Steelers, Colts at Patriots, Cardinals at Raiders, Chargers at Texans and Titans at 49ers. Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick, makes his debut in Las Vegas. Read →
Trump announced the departure of his press secretary on Truth Social. Leavitt, 28, was the youngest person ever to hold the job and the first to have a child while serving in it. Read →
David Crowley took 39.8% to Francesca Hong's 39.4%, a margin of just over 3,200 votes. He faces Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in November. Read →
Q4 revenue of $17.25B and non-GAAP EPS of $1.22 both cleared guidance. Gross margin came in at 66.3%, down 210 basis points year over year, and that is what the market traded. Read →
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