Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
A market-focused report said Amazon could reach a $3 trillion valuation and end the year higher, but it also raised questions about whether heavy investment could dilute the gains.
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A market wrap on McDonald’s second-quarter performance, covering how the company’s top-line and earnings compare with Wall Street expectations and which operating indicators investors are watching.
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In Yahoo Finance’s Stock Movers segment, Caterpillar climbed on earnings-related sentiment, and Wayfair rose after management outlined third-quarter guidance pointing to high single-digit revenue growth.
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Adobe and peers such as Asana, Snowflake, Atlassian and Guidewire Software moved higher in the afternoon session, according to market coverage that pointed to broader support for the software group and renewed momentum around artificial-intelligence related transactions.
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Corvex says it reached a multi-year agreement tied to NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU platform, funding the expansion through debt, customer prepayments, and existing cash rather than by issuing additional equity.
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Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) delivered second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations, prompting discussion that the buildout behind data centers and artificial intelligence workloads is broadening the market for heavy equipment.
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A sharp selloff in Intel’s stock highlights growing investor skepticism that the current wave of artificial intelligence-related spending will quickly produce profitable demand for semiconductor suppliers.
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The bank’s updated list of high-conviction U.S. stocks outlines fresh upside bias toward Microsoft shares, while removing Broadcom, Johnson & Johnson, and ServiceNow.
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A Zacks Industry Outlook piece distributed via Yahoo Finance on Aug. 4, 2026 highlighted Array Digital and Optimum, while also naming AT&T as part of its industry read-through.
