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Update: Apple Changes App Tracking Rules Following German Competition Authority Review

(Updates to include additional details in the third paragraph)Apple (AAPL) will modify its App Tracking Transparency Framework consent prompts for personalized advertising on iPhones and iPads following a German antitrust review, the Bundeskartellamt said Monday.Under the binding Silver Upgrade to read this MT Newswires …

Alibaba sells Lingxi Games to Trustar Capital for $1.5 billion

Alibaba Group has reached a formal agreement to sell its gaming unit, Lingxi Games, to Asian private-equity firm Trustar Capital in a deal worth at least $1.5 billion, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. Reuters, citing a …

Q2 Earnings Highs And Lows: Costco (NASDAQ:COST) Vs The Rest Of The Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks

Q2 Earnings Highs And Lows: Costco (NASDAQ:COST) Vs The Rest Of The Non-Discretionary Retail Stocks Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company's progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Costco …

Tesla Stock Is Climbing Again and These 6 Catalysts Could Push It Higher

Quick Read TSLA gained 4% last week as Q2 deliveries hit a record 480,126 vehicles, blowing past the 402,776 consensus and raising full-year delivery confidence. Tesla's operating margin compressed to 1% and free cash flow turned negative as capex surged 142% to $5.8 billion, …

Berkshire Hathaway adds $17 billion to Alphabet stake in Q2 2026

Berkshire Hathaway added roughly $17 billion to its stake in Google parent Alphabet during the second quarter, making the tech company the third-largest position in its equity portfolio. According to CNBC, Berkshire's second-quarter SEC filing shows it owns close to 106 million shares across …

Two Squeezed Hyperscalers: Does Meta or Amazon Have The Bigger Cash Flow Problem?

Quick Read AMZN burned -$8.8B in free cash flow last quarter, but META's slim $784M surplus masks deeper structural risk with no cloud revenue to recoup hardware costs. AWS hit a 39% margin with a $496B backlog, giving Amazon a metered cash recovery loop …

Gen Digital Inc's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Sustainability and Growth of Gen Digital Inc's Upcoming Dividend Payment Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ:GEN) recently announced a total dividend of $0.13 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This includes a $0.13 per share …

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Sustainability and Growth of ADRNY's Upcoming Dividend Payment Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (ADRNY) recently announced a total dividend of $0.59 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This upcoming payment includes a $0.59 per …

United Parcel Service Inc's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Sustainability and Growth of UPS's Upcoming Dividend Payment United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:UPS) recently announced a total dividend of $1.64 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This includes a cash dividend of $1.64 …

ConocoPhillips's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Upcoming Payout and Long-Term Sustainability ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) recently announced a total dividend of $0.84 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This payment includes a $0.84 per share cash dividend, payable on 2026-09-01. As …

Novo Nordisk AS's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Sustainability and Growth of Novo Nordisk's Dividend Payments Novo Nordisk AS (NYSE:NVO) recently announced a total dividend of $0.58 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This payment includes a $0.58 per share cash …

3 Monthly Pay REITs for Reliable Retirement Income in August

Quick Read Realty Income (O) and EPR (EPR) clear the 4.63% Treasury yield bar with covered monthly dividends and AFFO growth of 4% and 15%. If the 10-year Treasury retreats to its 12-month average of 4.28%, AGNC's projected ROEs of 15% to 17% make …

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Assessing the Upcoming Payout and Long-Term Sustainability of XOM's Dividend ExxonMobil Holdings Corp (NYSE:XOM) recently announced a total dividend of $1.03 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-08-17. This upcoming payment, which includes a $1.03 per …

Option Volatility And Earnings Report For Aug 17-21

American flag on NY Stock Exchange by Chameleonseye via iStock It's all about retail earnings this week with Walmart (WMT), Home Depot (HD), Target (TGT) and Alibaba (BABA) all set to report. Before a company reports earnings, implied volatility is usually high because the …

D-Wave Appoints Kevan P. Krysler to Board of Directors and Audit Committee

Veteran technology finance executive brings extensive public company, financial leadership and governance experience to D-Wave PALO ALTO, Calif., August 17, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) ("D-Wave" or the "Company"), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and …

Otis to Provide More Than 250 Elevators and Escalators to Tianjin 117 Tower, China's New Supertall Landmark

Otis will return to the building to modernize existing elevators and support the next phase of development SHANGHAI, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Otis has been selected once again to provide advanced modernization and vertical transportation solutions for Tianjin 117 Tower, a nearly 600-meter …

Could Microsoft spin off Xbox? Why it might be worth billions

Peter Levin of Griffin Gaming Partners explains to Yahoo Finance Executive EditorBrian Sozzi why Xbox could be strategically expendable within Microsoft while its franchises, platform, and intellectual property may represent a multibillion-dollar standalone asset. He then breaks down why Grand Theft Auto takes a …

Automobile Manufacturing Stocks Q2 Teardown: General Motors (NYSE:GM) Vs The Rest

Automobile Manufacturing Stocks Q2 Teardown: General Motors (NYSE:GM) Vs The Rest Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let's have a look at General Motors (NYSE:GM) and its peers. Much capital investment and …

Nvidia Likely to Post Strong Results But Investors to Focus More on Long-Term Growth Drivers, Morgan Stanley Says

Nvidia (NVDA) is expected to post strong fiscal second-quarter results, but investors are likely to PREMIUM Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles. Upgrade Already have …

Sandisk Stock Is Getting Its Mojo Back Amid China Memory-Chip Move

Sandisk stock is on a hot streak and may finally be getting its mojo back. The shares are on a five-day winning streak through Friday, jumping 35% in that time. Sandisk was moving in tandem with other memory stocks, including Western Digital Seagate and …

Google, Amazon, and Meta All Just Raised Capex Guidance Again. This Boring Industrial Wins No Matter Whose AI Infrastructure Is Best.

If there was any worry that spending on artificial intelligence (AI) was finally set to slow down, it's just been wiped away. Not only are big tech companies not dialing back their aggressive investments in AI infrastructure, but they're ramping them up. Google parent …

Paramount Skydance supera por 1,75$ las previsiones de BPA en el tercer trimestre del año

Q1 Earnings Highs And Lows: Burlington (NYSE:BURL) Vs The Rest Of The Discount Retailer Stocks

Q1 Earnings Highs And Lows: Burlington (NYSE:BURL) Vs The Rest Of The Discount Retailer Stocks As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q1. Today, we …

Delta Air Lines is Berkshire Hathaway's only airline stock

[High angle view of Delta Air Lines passenger airplane Airbus A330-223 registration N858NW taxiing at Swiss Airport Zürich Kloten on a sunny summer day.] Michael Derrer Fuchs Delta Air Lines (DAL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DAL]) edged higher in early trading on Monday after Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BRK.A]) …

Intel, Oracle, Marvell, Alibaba, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market

Chips and memory stocks are catching a bid at the start of what could be a quiet week for the market. Continue Reading

Elon Musk’s 5-Word Statement Should Have Every Micron Investor Paying Attention

Quick Read Musk identified memory as his AI compute ceiling rather than power or GPUs, spotlighting Micron (MU) as the sole U.S.-based HBM maker among just three global suppliers. On SpaceX's (SPCX) earnings call, Musk said memory demand grows 200% annually against 20% supply …

Centene CFO Drew Asher to step down

* Centene (CNC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CNC]) said [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20620521-centene-announces-planned-chief-financial-officer-transition]CFO Drew Asher plans to step down from his role in December 2026 and retire from the company at the end of 2027. * Chris Neczypor will join Centene in September and assume the executive vice president and CFO …

Alibaba’s AI Pivot Deepens, Plans to Offload Gaming Business For at Least $1.5 Billion: Report

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (NYSE:BABA) is reportedly offloading its gaming unit, Lingxi Games, to Asian private-equity firm Trustar Capital in a bid to bolster its focus on artificial intelligence (AI). The Chinese tech behemoth is selling Lingxi Games for a minimum of $1.5 …

Consumer Discretionary - Education Services Stocks Q2 Teardown: Covista (NYSE:CVSA) Vs The Rest

Consumer Discretionary - Education Services Stocks Q2 Teardown: Covista (NYSE:CVSA) Vs The Rest Looking back on consumer discretionary - education services stocks' Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter's best and worst performers, including Covista (NYSE:CVSA) and its peers. The Consumer Discretionary sector, by definition, …

Snap shares tumble as court ruling and insider selling deepen investor concerns

Snapchat logo on phone ©Adobe Stock Images Snap (NYSE:SNAP) shares dropped 12.4% in pre-market trading as investors reacted to a significant court ruling involving social media liability, a large insider share sale and continued caution among Wall Street analysts despite the company's better-than-expected second-quarter …

Trane Technologies and Eaton Collaborate on Industry-First Reference Design to Help Boost AI Data Center Efficiency and Cut Installation Costs

Trane and Eaton integrated design built for the widely adopted NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Reference Design. New joint approach advances higher power designs for AI data centers to speed development, boost energy efficiency up to 15%, reduce installation costs up to 30%, and cut …

Why the Copper Squeeze May Reward This Mining Stock More Than Nvidia

Reddit S&P 500 inclusion sends RDDT stock higher. Photo by BeInCrypto As an AI-fueled supply squeeze grips copper, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) is emerging as the standout among copper stocks. The largest US copper miner trades near $66.50 after a sharp year-to-date run, its chart is …

Elon Musk Just Uttered 3 Massively Bullish Words for Micron, Sandisk, and SK Hynix

It has been a historic period for memory and storage stocks. Once relegated to a bucket of lowly valued "commodity" stocks, the agentic AI revolution has spurred an absolutely massive increase in memory and storage demand. Not only has demand increased, but the technology …

Should Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC) Be on Your Investing Radar?

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Small Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, look no further than the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (GSSC), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on June 28, 2017. The fund …

Apple to change app data consent rules, German regulator says

DUESSELDORF, Germany, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Apple will change rules governing how app developers can use personal ‌data for targeted advertising on iPhones and iPads, ‌Germany's competition authority said on Monday, closing a years-long investigation. The Federal ​Cartel Office found that Apple's App Tracking …

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Albemarle, Sociedad Quimica and Rio Tinto

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 17, 2026 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in …