Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
A fresh drop in Oracle’s stock has reignited investor anxiety around the timing and economics of AI compute spending, with OpenAI’s delayed IPO cited as one catalyst.
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A new Yahoo Finance article argues Alphabet should be added to portfolios based on the average brokerage recommendation measure. But the push for bullishness is colliding with the reality that analyst views do not always translate into consistent direction, and investors are still fine-tuning their exposure via recent portfolio moves.
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American Express is adding a new way for cardholders to apply Membership Rewards points directly at checkout using Apple Pay online and in-app.
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Alphabet’s Google will pay a record €4.1 billion penalty after the EU’s top court rejected its bid to overturn an earlier competition ruling tied to Android device rules.
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A menu trend mixing bright fruit flavors with eye-catching foam tops is spreading across US coffee shops, betting on novelty, refreshment, and social-media appeal.
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The company says Microsoft Frontier Company will be an outcome-driven engineering organization designed to help customers deploy and run AI using Microsoft’s existing tools.
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The automaker reported 549,200 vehicles sold in the second quarter, down from the year-ago period, even as its truck lineup and Ford Pro software subscriptions grew.
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Palantir’s stock extended gains after a recent low, as DA Davidson upgraded the company’s shares and market participants pointed to a Nvidia partnership as another tailwind for government-focused AI work.
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The electric-vehicle maker’s second-quarter deliveries rose year over year and beat analyst forecasts, with Tesla saying Model 3 and Model Y accounted for nearly all volume.
