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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest purchased roughly 130,000 additional Circle shares across three ETFs.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist argued that soaring gasoline refining costs are amplifying the economic impact of higher crude oil prices.

Stifel called the quarter "a large, demand-led beat" but maintained a Hold rating, saying much of Intel's recovery is already reflected in the stock price.

Verizon cited accelerating momentum across its mobility and broadband businesses, stronger cash generation and improving subscriber trends for its optimistic outlook for this fiscal.

The European Medicines Agency recommended refusal of the marketing authorization for Zevra’s Meplyffa, a medicine intended for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease type C.

Novo Nordisk is seeking a preliminary U.S. court injunction to immediately block Lilly’s advertisements for Zepbound and Mounjaro, according to a Reuters report on Friday.

According to a Financial Times report, investors want yields above 7%, roughly 0.4 percentage points higher than Meta paid during its previous record $27 billion financing.

According to TheFly, HSBC analysts initiated their coverage of SpaceX with a ‘Hold’ rating and a price target of $115.

The FDA is expected to announce its decision on MannKind’s sNDA on July 26, 2026.

Microsoft and Amazon will report results on July 29 and 30, respectively, offering a clearer read on Big Tech spending and cloud trends.

Goldman Sachs raised its price target to $42 while keeping a ‘Neutral’ rating and highlighting execution risks.

The move came as a relief for the stock which has fallen sharply over the last two months.

Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment is weak, with a shift toward ‘extremely bearish’ on SPY and QQQ.

Tesla influencer AleXandra Merz expects a potential Tesla-SpaceX merger to take seven to 12 months to complete.

Exxon Mobil is up nearly 28% so far in 2026, and Chevron has gained about 25% in the same time.

Intel bumped its 2026 capex forecast by $2 billion and said it plans to tap capital markets for additional funds.

T-Mobile called satellite service a complement to cellular networks and said it could become “table stakes.”

RTX and Lockheed Martin gained investor attention after strong Q2 2026 results, record backlogs, and rising defense spending boosted their outlooks.

Sezzle’s shares are down about 9% so far this week but have rocketed by over 150% in 2026.

Goldman Sachs raised its price target for T-Mobile to $230 from $224.

ASTS recently raised $1.15 billion to support growth and secure launch capacity as it remains heavily reliant on SpaceX.

Verizon Communications and Charter Communications will post Q2 results on Friday amid a tumultuous time for telecommunications companies.

AMD offered bullish projections for the AI server market, announced customer partnerships, and said its Helios rack had gone into full production.

A new MD Anderson study found that survival was significantly shorter among older and higher-risk AML patients.

Deckers’ slowing sales growth and margin concerns dominated first-quarter earnings beat.

Keel Infrastructure has declined more than 16% in July, its steepest fall since December 2025.

Alphabet’s capex forecast raise and a hat tip from Elon Musk boosted sentiment for MU stock.

Investors rewarded strong execution, improving profits and raised outlook.

Leerink sees a $2.2 billion peptide market, with Hims potentially capturing about 20%.

At the time of writing, Brent crude futures expiring in September continued to trade above $100 a barrel, while WTI crude futures expiring in September were trading at $91.74 per barrel.

ASML Holding, Lam Research, KLA Corp and Applied Materials are among the world’s top suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

SpaceX, Oracle, and QuantumScape stocks fell to 52-week lows amid a broader market selloff in tech names, compounded by company-specific concerns.

Musk also said that SpaceX went public partly to let ordinary investors participate, even as its shares head toward a third straight weekly decline.

Nokia received about €2.8 billion ($3.19 billion) worth of AI-related orders in the second quarter.

Markets were primarily focused on earnings from major companies, alongside rising oil prices due to the continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

A regime shift driven by higher interest rates and an elevated cost of capital is creating valuation and profitability challenges for tech giants as investors pay keen attention to profitability metrics.

An FDA advisory committee will review Capricor’s application for Deramiocel on July 29.

Stocktwits retail traders said the contract could be the first of many government AI wins, with some also turning bullish on Palantir and enterprise software peers.

Alphabet’s investment implies about 6% stake in SpaceX.

Fintech giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International are weighing their next move after PayPal rejected their $53-billion buyout offer, even as Stripe pursues a potential $10-billion acquisition of AI marketplace OpenRouter.

NHTSA announced on Thursday that it has granted a petition to create a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard mandating “a robust and obvious door egress system” in all motor vehicles.

Nvidia secured advanced AI chip packaging capacity in Arizona through a multi-year strategic agreement with Amkor Technology.

Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the bipartisan ‘AI Kill Switch Act,’ requiring AI companies to build emergency shutdown capabilities into their models.

Brent crude topped $100 a barrel, stoking inflation fears and driving Treasury yields to their highest levels of the year.

Intel projects revenue to land between $15.8 billion and $16.8 billion in Q3, exceeding expectations.

The company said clear ground imagery of the launch vehicle’s heatshield during ascent at higher dynamic pressure is a key objective that Thursday’s weather forecast would not support.

The medical device maker, which develops Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy for cancer, said Q2 marked its strongest performance to date.

SpaceX's 13th Starship test flight, slated for Thursday evening, has traders watching for a potential volatility spike, with success seen as a possible boost for the stock.

A new ChatGPT feature allows users to securely connect personal health data, enabling more personalized, context-aware responses to everyday health questions.

Advanced Micro Devices and Cerebras Systems have partnered to launch an AI inference architecture that pairs AMD's Helios rackscale solutions with the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine.