Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
A rapidly growing slice of Amazon’s business has reportedly moved past a $25 billion annualized revenue run rate. The question for investors is how much of that growth can be sustained, and at what margin profile, over the next five years.
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A Reuters report carried by Yahoo Finance says Samsung is considering higher pricing for some advanced foundry services as AI-chip demand intensifies, following similar moves by TSMC. The changes would directly affect device makers competing on performance and scheduling.
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The fourth edition of the Toronto-area event says it is leaning further into global speakers and a broader set of AI topics, with major foundation-model and computing players on the agenda.
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Target reported that quarterly earnings doubled and said it expects continued improvement, attributing part of the benefit to tariff refunds. Even so, the stock fell after the update, underscoring how quickly expectations shift in retail.
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The three-month program begins September 1 and pairs participating startups with platform education, hands-on guidance, and venture and agency partners to help convert initial traction into sustained growth.
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The retailer said its ongoing merchandise overhaul is helping it win more traffic across its stores, and it disclosed a $994 million tariff-related refund.
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The companies said their Phase 3 trial combining Moderna’s intismeran autogene with Merck’s KEYTRUDA met key recurrence and distant metastasis endpoints in patients whose tumors were completely removed.
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In a business update reported by Retail Dive and carried by Yahoo Finance, Target pointed to accelerating performance in beauty and certain hardline categories, while acknowledging slower improvement in apparel and home.
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The retailer said it is seeing early traction from efforts to fix merchandising decisions, with management pointing to improving demand outlines across stores and its digital channels.
