Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
The Pentagon has reached an agreement with Boeing and RTX to raise production of components used in advanced interceptor missiles, a move that was followed by gains in both defense stocks.
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A same-day earnings comparison is fueling a debate about how much artificial-intelligence investment is buying durable advantage versus temporary burn. Tesla and Alphabet both highlighted AI-related ambitions, but the market is scrutinizing which business is producing the better balance between growth and cash.
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The bank’s strategists say worries tied to geopolitics, inflation, market concentration, the economic cycle and weaker bond performance are unlikely to derail stocks in the latter part of the year, even as investors focus on the sustainability of recent gains.
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A soft July retail sales report has pushed market expectations toward fewer interest-rate increases at the next two Federal Reserve meetings, while Amazon Prime Day continues to factor into how investors interpret near-term demand.
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Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest reportedly purchased 106,941 shares of Cerebras worth about $28.02 million following a drop in the company’s stock after its earnings.
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With investors turning their attention to a busy stretch of retail earnings, Target’s shares were described as holding near recent highs, while Walmart looked stuck in a more neutral trading range.
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A recent market analysis argues that Intel’s next move is less about how quickly demand is growing than about whether the company can expand production capacity fast enough to meet it, with new capital spending positioned as the key variable.
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A Yahoo Finance roundup reports that Caterpillar’s average brokerage recommendation (ABR) currently maps to a Buy rating, while cautioning that analyst enthusiasm can reduce how much investors should trust the metric.
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A new Yahoo Finance look at Target’s upcoming second-quarter results highlights how analysts’ expectations for several operational measures, not just revenue and earnings, may shape how the quarter is judged.
