☀️📈 Today's Top Stock Market Headlines (August 15)

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💰 Featured News

PayPal appoints Intuit's Alex Chriss as CEO to reverse stock slump - CNBC

Nvidia stock shines as Morgan Stanley sees buying opportunity & AI rally - CNBC

Hawaiian Electric stock plummets amid Maui wildfire impact - CNBC

UBS to pay $1.4 billion fine for mortgage fraud and settlement related to the 2008 recession - CNBC

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway focuses on homebuilders in latest moves - NY Post

Ford Appoints Apple Executive to Lead Integrated Services Unit - CNBC

Nikola stock plummets as company recalls all battery-electric trucks - CNBC

BioXcel Therapeutics cuts workforce and stock plummets. - Reuters

Country Garden faces market turmoil as bond trading halted and Morgan Stanley downgrades shares - CNN

Netflix expands its video game testing and challenges Microsoft. - Reuters

Famous 'Big Short' investor Burry bets against S&P 500 and Nasdaq - Reuters

Amazon's Devices Chief Dave Limp to Step Down - CNBC

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

U.S. Steel stock jumps after rejecting a $7.3 billion buyout offer from Cleveland-Cliffs - Yahoo Finance

Schwab says attrition rates from Ameritrade acquisition in-line or slightly better than estimates - Market Watch

Eli Lilly Shares Reach Record High After Completing Two Acquisitions - Investopedia

Xalles Announces Q2 2023 Results and Expands Portfolio With Trio of Strategic Acquisitions - GlobeNewsWire

Tenaris to Acquire a Pipe Coating Business Unit of Mattr - GlobeNewsWire

Definitive Healthcare acquires Populi - GlobeNewsWire

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Completes Merger With NBT Bancorp Inc. - GlobeNewsWire

Mondee Acquires Skypass, a leading Travel Marketplace, bringing AI to SMEs - GlobeNewsWire

💼 Executives

Kraft Heinz Names New CEO - WSJ

VinFast CEO says it's a 'big milestone' for the Vietnamese EV maker to be listed in the U.S. - CNBC

Cliffs CEO Says Tone of US Steel Negotiations Is`Good' - Bloomberg

Goldman CEO Solomon's Leadership Under Scrutiny - Bloomberg

Ford's CEO had a charging 'reality check' on his electric F-150 Lightning road trip - Business Insider

CBS names Wendy McMahon president and CEO of CBS News after exit of Neeraj Khemlani - NY Post

Discover Financial CEO Roger Hochschild resigns - Market Watch

Gold could break out to $2,500 'at some point here', says Wheaton CEO Randy Smallwood - CNBC

We're very cautious about the state of retail in Q3, says Charter Holdings CEO - CNBC

China and India are very important markets for Cochlear: CEO - CNBC

📈 Earnings

Home Depot surpasses earnings expectations, backs guidance, and announces $15 billion share buyback program - CNBC

China's Tencent Music quarterly revenue rises 5.5% - Reuters

Australia's Cochlear hits 3-month high on strong annual earnings - Reuters

National Australia Bank's third-quarter cash profit rises 5%, announces $973 mln share buyback - Reuters

Brazil's Embraer beats profit estimates as deliveries jump - Reuters

Getty Images's stock falls 15% after company swings to loss, cuts outlook - Market Watch

Biotech firm CSL's full-year profit rises on higher plasma collections - Reuters

Suncor Energy's quarterly profit falls - Reuters

EV maker Canoo posts smaller-than-expected loss on lower costs - Reuters

🇺🇸 North America

Lloyd Blankfein says he 'can't imagine' returning to Goldman Sachs - CNBC

Apple Watch X coming next year with blood pressure tracking: report - CNBC

Tesla launches lower range Model X and Model S that are $10,000 cheaper - CNBC

Coinbase launches nonprofit crypto advocacy group - CNN

AMC stock plunges after judge approves APE shares conversion plan - Yahoo Finance

Tesla stock slides after slashing EV prices in China - Yahoo Finance

Walmart stock rises to highest intraday price ahead of Q2 earnings - Yahoo Finance

Mike Mayo Says 'Upset' Traders Behind Disquiet Talk at Goldman - Bloomberg

Cruise vehicles cause weekend traffic jam one day after California approves 24-7 robotaxi service - CNBC

🇬🇧 Europe

BP backs green hydrogen start-up aiming to cut fuel's costs - Reuters

US FTC fines Experian unit for spamming consumers - Reuters

ADNOC considers pushing Covestro bid to $12.6 bln - sources - Reuters

Ryanair expects to beat monthly passenger record in August - Reuters

Tiziana Life Sciences' stock soars 41% premarket after FDA clear path for trial of intranasal treatment for Alzheimer's disease - Market Watch

Norsk Hydro unit, Norwegian church fund create solar power company - Reuters

Barclays lifts savings rates, finally cracking under pressure - Proactive Investors

🇨🇳 Asia

Taiwan's Foxconn says it sees 'billions' of dollars in India investments - CNN

SoftBank reportedly in talks to buy remaining Arm stake from its Vision Fund - Yahoo Finance

Evergrande EV unit to issue fresh shares to bolster restructuring plans - Reuters

China's Geely unveils auto robotics brand JI YUE - Reuters

China Evergrande NEV shares jump on $3.2 bln plan to lower debt - Reuters