☀️📈 Stock Market Headlines for July 19

💰 Featured News

Microsoft stock surges on AI subscription announcement, adds billions in market value - CNBC

Morgan Stanley beats expectations despite profit drop and deal slowdown - CNBC

Dow Continues Winning Streak as Bank Earnings Boost Stocks - Investopedia

Microsoft and Meta collaborate to deliver powerful AI language model for commercial use - Techcrunch

US retail sales rise slightly in June as spending cools, inflation eases - Reuters

Tesla's Q2 earnings and Cybertruck news sparks interest and anticipation - TechCrunch

Peacock raises subscription prices, following industry trend - Deadline

ARK Fund Manager Cathie Wood makes strategic moves with Coinbase and Tesla shares, delivers exceptional market performance - Proactive Investors

Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffet, reduces investment in Activision Blizzard - CNBC

Tesla directors settle lawsuit, agree to return $735 million - Reuters

Teladoc Health Teams Up with Microsoft to Boost Healthcare Automation with AI - Reuters

Chipotle expands internationally with Middle East franchise partner - InvestorPlace

California Court Rules Against Uber in Major Win for Workers - Fox

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

MUFG, Morgan Stanley to deepen alliance, merge some Japan operations - Reuters

Logitech buys editing console maker Loupedeck - TechCrunch

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger - WSJ

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive North American License For Vamorolone for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy from Santhera Pharmaceuticals - GlobeNewsWire

Adyton Resources Corporation Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement and Option to Acquire Interest in Cuban Projects - GlobeNewsWire

Tokio Marine HCC Announces Agreement to Acquire Provider of Group Supplemental Gap Medical Coverage - GlobeNewsWire

Washington Water Service Acquires Stroh's Water Company - GlobeNewsWire

Vortex Energy enters into Agreement to Acquire Additional Mineral License in Newfoundland - GlobeNewsWire

Neurogene and Neoleukin Announce Definitive Merger Agreement - GlobeNewsWire

ASSA ABLOY intends to acquire Evolis in France - PRNewsWire

💼 Executives

Cracker Barrel stock surges as CEO Susan Cochran announces departure after 12 years in charge - Market Watch

Mark Zuckerberg says he's ‘confident Threads is on a good path' with tens of millions of daily users - Market Watch

Novartis CEO: We expect our six key drugs to grow ahead of analyst expectations - CNBC

Yale's Jeff Sonnenfeld: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink 'is swinging like a pendulum' with Aramco news - CNBC

Expedia CEO Peter Kern on One Key rewards program, summer travel demand, A.I. impact - CNBC

Focus: Goldman Sachs CEO's growth strategy gets traction with board-sources - Reuters

Bank of America CEO talks earnings says, 'Strength of our banking system helps the world prosper' - Yahoo Finance

Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman on Succession, Second-Quarter, Headcount - Bloomberg

Elon Musk calls Threads' rate limit 'oppressive' as the Meta competitor added restrictions weeks after Twitter limited users to seeing 600 posts per day - Business Insider

Amarin Appoints Patrick Holt as President and Chief Executive Officer - GlobeNewsWire

📈 Earnings

Bank of America shares surge after outperforming earnings and revenue forecasts in Q2 - Reuters

Lockheed Martin Reports Strong Q2 Earnings and Raises Full-Year Forecast - Investopedia

Schwab's Q2 earnings beat expectations, stock rallies - CNBC

PNC stock falls on revenue miss and lowered income forecast - Reuters

Pinterest stock surges on upgrade and positive outlook - The Motley Fool

Prologis Reports Record Financial Performance, Stock Falls - The Motley Fool

Masimo faces steep decline in Q2 revenue, stock plummets - Reuters

Novartis Delivers Strong Results, Raises Guidance and Announces Share Buyback and Spinoff - CNBC

ASML beats expectations with strong Q2 earnings and raises sales outlook - CNBC

Truck maker Volvo raises outlook for market after Q2 profit jump - Reuters

Woodside Energy misses revenue estimates as weak LNG prices bite - Reuters

BNY Mellon beats second-quarter profit estimates on higher rates - Reuters

🇺🇸 North America

Amazon sees decline in carbon emissions for the first time - CNBC

Microsoft's Bing Chat A.I. bot now lets you search using images - CNBC

J&J must pay $18.8 mln to California cancer patient in baby powder suit - Reuters

AT&T does not intend to immediately remove lead cables from Lake Tahoe -court filing - Reuters

J&J sues US govt to halt Medicare drug price negotiation plans - Reuters

Drug developer 9 Meters Biopharma files for bankruptcy protection - Reuters

US opens new special probe into fatal Tesla crash - Reuters

Pfizer, Flagship Pioneering to invest $100 mln for drug discovery - Reuters

Teamsters prep for strike after trucker Yellow Corp. misses deadline for benefits contributions - Market Watch

Constellation Brands will appoint two directors, share information in deal with Elliott - Market Watch

🇬🇧 Europe

Tesla requests approval for revamp of German plant - application documents - Reuters

Darktrace shares pop 26% after EY concludes report into accounting allegations - CNBC

Transocean wins $518 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract from independent operator - Market Watch

Ukraine seeks to lure global firms from Moscow as Danone and Carlsberg assets seized - CNBC

Nordea buys Danske Bank's customer business in Norway - Reuters

French car maker Renault first-half sales jump 13% - Reuters

Nissan, Renault ready to announce new alliance deal in days-sources - Reuters

Exor joins forces with Impala to invest in renewable firm TagEnergy - Reuters

Stellantis inks $11bln in contracts for vital semiconductors by 2030 - Reuters

Tata's new site to be among EU's largest, Sunak hails confidence vote - Proactive Investors

Jaguar Land Rover picks UK for £4bn battery plant - Proactive Investors

🇨🇳 Asia

India is now one of Apple's top 5 iPhone markets for the first time - CNBC

Vietnam EV maker VinFast to start construction of U.S. factory next week - Reuters

SoftBank Group invests $65 million in UK AI firm - Nikkei - Reuters

Samsung teases latest foldables ahead of Unpacked - TechCrunch

LI Stock Outlook: Can China's Middle Class Afford This New Minivan? - InvestorPlace

Yum China Announces Disclosure under Hong Kong Stock Exchange Rules in Relation to a Possible Quarterly Dividend - PRNewsWire

China Yuchai International to Pay US$0.28 Per Share Cash Dividend for FY2022 - PRNewsWire

iQIYI Launches First Parent-child Theme Park in Beijing, IP Monetization Strategy Bears New Fruit - PRNewsWire

Future Gas Station and Jiangsu Jiademan Join Forces to Revolutionize Fueling Services for a Leading Digital Freight Platform - PRNewsWire

Subsidiary of Planet Green Holdings Corp. Announces Launch of Mind-Engaging Mobile Game Powered by Cutting-Edge AI Technologies - PRNewsWire

🇲🇽 South / Central America

AXA fund to invest $49 million in Brazil reforestation projects - Reuters

Is Gerdau (GGB) Outperforming Other Basic Materials Stocks This Year? - Zacks Investment Research

Is Cemex (CX) a Great Value Stock Right Now? - Zacks Investment Research

Petrobras (PBR) Awards 5-year Service Contract to Weatherford - Zacks Investment Research

Introducing CI&T/FLOW: A Generative AI Platform to Unleash Hyper-Productivity for Enterprise - Business Wire

Brazil's Petrobras touts refining plan as Russian diesel imports jump - Reuters

🇿🇦 Africa News