Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
A jump in June net sales, alongside faster e-commerce activity, underscored Costco’s continued demand strength heading into the back half of the year.
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A new report frames Netflix’s push to apply generative AI across its catalog as an “at scale” effort with a 25-year-old precedent from blockbuster filmmaking.
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A recent market commentary portrays Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang as maintaining momentum in artificial-intelligence hardware, even as investors look for evidence that leadership can persist beyond the current cycle.
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A report drawing on comments attributed to Meta’s leadership suggests major AI players are asking to buy computing capacity from Meta, while Anthropic’s role in the AI ecosystem intensifies attention on who controls the hardware and power needed for training and running frontier models.
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June net sales rose 10.6% year over year, to $29.24 billion, as the retailer also announced a $1.47-per-share cash dividend payable in August.
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A market report says Apple has lifted prices on certain recurring services, underscoring the company’s growing reliance on monthly revenue that arrives after the hardware purchase.
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A business advice essay tied to FedEx leadership argues that the instinct to seize opportunities should not override decisions about Social Security timing, because those choices are largely irreversible.
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A broad AI-driven sell-off has pushed chip benchmarks into bear-market territory, but Apple’s stock has remained comparatively resilient, according to a market report published July 18.
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In a reported next step of restructuring, Verizon is said to be cutting additional roles and preparing to sell company-run retail locations to franchisees, further reshaping how the wireless giant sells phones and services.
