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  • General Motors Shares Drop as Q2 Profit Slides Amid North American Weakness

    General Motors Shares Drop as Q2 Profit Slides Amid North American Weakness

    Shares of General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) fell 4.1% Tuesday after the company posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings but reported a sharp decline in profit compared to last year, primarily due to a downturn in its North American business. The automaker reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.53 for the quarter, beating the analyst consensus of $2.35.…

  • Airo Reveals Plans for Long-Range Cargo Drone to Challenge Traditional Freight

    Airo Reveals Plans for Long-Range Cargo Drone to Challenge Traditional Freight

    Airo (NASDAQ:AIRO) has unveiled a new cargo drone project aimed at offering a high-tech alternative to standard freight transport methods such as box trucks and tractor-trailers. The New Mexico-based aerospace company said the upcoming drone will be capable of carrying loads between 250 and 500 pounds across distances of at least 200 miles. The design…

  • Oracle and OpenAI Join Forces for Massive 4.5 GW U.S. Data Center Build-Out

    Oracle and OpenAI Join Forces for Massive 4.5 GW U.S. Data Center Build-Out

    Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and OpenAI have entered a strategic partnership to construct an additional 4.5 gigawatts of AI-focused data center capacity in the United States, significantly expanding the Stargate infrastructure project. With this development, and alongside the already operational Stargate I facility in Abilene, Texas, OpenAI’s total AI data center capacity currently under development now exceeds…

  • Peoples Bancorp Q2 earnings fall short as credit loss reserves rise

    Peoples Bancorp Q2 earnings fall short as credit loss reserves rise

    Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PEBO) reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that came in below analyst expectations, as a sharp increase in credit provisions weighed on the bottom line, even as revenue edged past forecasts. The Ohio-based bank posted diluted earnings per share of $0.59, missing the $0.77 consensus by $0.18. Revenue for the quarter reached $114.46…

  • D.R. Horton tops Q3 estimates as home deliveries surpass expectations

    D.R. Horton tops Q3 estimates as home deliveries surpass expectations

    D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) beat Wall Street expectations in its fiscal third quarter, reporting adjusted earnings per share of $3.36 — $0.46 above analyst forecasts — and revenue of $9.23 billion, ahead of the $8.8 billion consensus. The homebuilder delivered 23,160 houses during the quarter, outperforming the upper end of its guidance despite affordability pressures…

  • Danaher stock dips even as Q2 tops expectations and profit outlook rises

    Danaher stock dips even as Q2 tops expectations and profit outlook rises

    Shares of Danaher (NYSE:DHR) slipped over 2% in premarket trading Tuesday, despite the company posting stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revising its annual profit forecast upward. The life sciences and diagnostics group reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.80, outperforming Wall Street’s average estimate of $1.64. Quarterly revenue came in at $5.94 billion, marking a 3.5%…

  • AstraZeneca Announces $50 Billion U.S. Investment Plan Through 2030

    AstraZeneca Announces $50 Billion U.S. Investment Plan Through 2030

    AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) revealed on Monday its intention to invest $50 billion by 2030 to bolster its manufacturing and research operations across the United States. At the heart of this initiative is a new multi-billion dollar manufacturing site in Virginia, which will focus on producing products from its weight management and metabolic portfolio, including its oral…

  • NXP Semiconductors Shares Decline Premarket After Q2 Revenue Falls 6%

    NXP Semiconductors Shares Decline Premarket After Q2 Revenue Falls 6%

    Shares of NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) slipped in early U.S. trading on Tuesday following the chipmaker’s report of a 6% decrease in revenue for the second quarter. The company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.72 on $2.93 billion in revenue. This slightly exceeded analysts’ expectations, as surveyed by Investing.com, who had forecasted earnings of…

  • Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, Stock futures steady ahead of busy earnings week; market focus on trade, AI, and rail deals

    Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, Stock futures steady ahead of busy earnings week; market focus on trade, AI, and rail deals

    U.S. stock futures showed little change Tuesday as investors awaited a fresh wave of earnings reports from prominent companies. Despite encouraging results so far, uncertainty surrounding tariffs continues to cast a shadow over the economic landscape. Meanwhile, reports reveal that the ambitious AI partnership between OpenAI and SoftBank is facing setbacks. Additionally, speculation grows about…

  • Gold Edges Down After Recent Gains as Tariff Talks Take Center Stage

    Gold Edges Down After Recent Gains as Tariff Talks Take Center Stage

    Gold prices dipped slightly on Tuesday following a strong rally on Monday that pushed them to over a month’s high. Despite the pullback, concerns about U.S. tariffs and interest rate moves kept demand for gold and other safe-haven metals elevated. At 04:25 ET (08:25 GMT), spot gold was down 0.2% at $3,389.27 per ounce, after…