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💰 Featured News

US Inflation Measures Rise as Jobless Claims Decline - Fox Business

Oil Demand in US Topped Pre-Covid Levels in May and June - Bloomberg

Qualcomm banks on AI to get a bigger share of the automotive chip market - CNBC

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and ‘Barbenheimer’ are lifting consumer spending this quarter. But Morgan Stanley says it may not last - CNBC

Wall Street Gets Tough on Return-to-Office Laggards - Bloomberg

Apple reportedly tests 3D printing to manufacture the new Apple Watch - CNBC

Disney channels — including ESPN and ABC — go dark on Charter Spectrum amid spar over new deal - NY Post

Airline Stocks Come Down to Earth as Earnings Outlook Darkens - Bloomberg

Kylie Jenner looks to buy back cosmetics line from Coty despite $600M sale: report - NY Post

🇬🇧🇨🇳🇲🇽🇿🇦 International

Stagflation Dangers Stalk Europe as Markets Eye End to Hikes - Bloomberg

China’s Economy Shows Fresh Weakness in Factories, Housing and Consumer Spending - WSJ

China Ramps Up Campaign to Boost Fragile Economy, Currency - Bloomberg

Exclusive: Brazil's Petrobras plans China subsidiary in push to boost ties, CEO says - Reuters

Robotics giant ABB 'pretty pessimistic' on China: 'It will be challenging for the rest of the year' - CNBC

Portugal's VW plant to halt production for nine weeks due to parts shortage - Reuters

Stellantis says reorganisation of European dealer network starts next week - Reuters

Hyundai, LG to spend $2 billion more on Georgia battery plant - CNN

NIO, Li Auto, and XPeng Combined Deliveries Set a Record - Barrons

Huawei and Alibaba among companies seeking Chinese deepfake approvals - Reuters

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

Shell to sell energy business in UK, Germany to Octopus Energy - Reuters

Deutsche Bank in talks with Munich fintech Scalable Capital - HB - Reuters

Mindset Pharma to be acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical in all-cash deal - Proactive Investors

Churchill Announces Acquisition of 100% Interest in Taylor Brook Properties - GlobeNewsWire

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. Completes Acquisition of Mineral and Royalty Interests - GlobeNewsWire

eMagin Stockholders Approve Acquisition by Samsung Display - GlobeNewsWire

NexTier, Inc. and Mars Bancorp, Inc. Announce Merger - PR News Wire

Smith Financial Corporation Acquires Home Capital Group Inc. - Business Wire

Valmont Closes Acquisition of HR Products - Business Wire

💼 Executives

Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer steps down after more than 2 years in the role - CNBC

SentinelOne CEO says the cybersecurity company is not for sale - CNBC

Lululemon's strong Chinese demand sets the stock apart from other retailers: Laffer Tengler CEO - CNBC

Rescheduling pot will make us significantly more profitable, says Verano CEO George Archos - CNBC

UBS CEO talks Credit Suisse integration after a strong second quarter - Invezz

China's market looking 'really depressed' for us, says Cummins CEO Jennifer Rumsey - CNBC

📈 Earnings

Broadcom's Q3 earnings beat expectations, but stock slumps on disappointing guidance - Investors Business Daily

Lululemon Surpasses Expectations, Raises Guidance after Strong Q2 Performance - CNBC

Okta surpasses expectations and sees stock surge with increased guidance - Investopedia

CrowdStrike beats earnings expectations and raises guidance, stock soars. - Motley Fool

Dollar General blames poor earnings, tanking stock on theft, weak consumer demand - NY Post

Salesforce Raises Sales, Profit Outlook - Bloomberg

Signet Jewelers Earnings Impress. It Sees a Rise in Engagement Rings. - Barrons

MongoDB's stock gains 8% after earnings top expectations, AI in focus - Market Watch

Nutanix's stock soars 12% on revenue beat, strong sales guidance - Market Watch