Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
Target reported it beat second-quarter earnings expectations and raised its full-year outlook, with executives pointing to tariff refunds and a strong back-to-school selling season as key supports.
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Moderna’s stock jumped after a late-stage study of a cancer vaccine, developed with Merck, reported successful results in patients with melanoma, a development investors treated as a meaningful step forward for the drug program.
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A fresh Yahoo Finance readout of Wall Street research puts Amazon’s implied upside near 25.6%, based on the average of tracked price targets. Whether that translates into a durable announcement for investors is another question.
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With Nvidia’s next earnings set for Aug. 26, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya says the stock may not fully reflect the AI chip maker’s valuation relative to comparable companies.
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In the middle of a 2026 software selloff, the TV host Jim Cramer argued that investors are no longer focused on whether major enterprise-software companies simply miss expectations, but instead on an extreme fear that their business models could be wiped out. He singled out Salesforce and ServiceNow among the names he said are being punished too harshly.
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A market note cited by Yahoo Finance says Nvidia is trading at a roughly 50% discount to what Bank of America believes is a more appropriate valuation range, while stressing that any debt-related stress across the AI industry could quickly change the math.
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A new report says Amazon’s Prime Air effort is expanding its scope, pointing to a broader rollout as the company continues to work toward routine package delivery by unmanned aircraft.
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A widely cited backlog figure of $638 billion, paired with a stock price still about 40% below a year ago, is renewing debate over whether Oracle’s order pipeline will translate into faster revenue growth and cash generation.
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An investor letter released for the second quarter of 2026 argues that ConocoPhillips could benefit from inventory economics and a near-term driver for cash flow, though it does not provide new operational updates in the excerpt shared by Yahoo Finance.
