☀️📈 Today's Top Stock Market Headlines (August 17)

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💰 Featured News

Target's stock surges premarket on strong earnings despite lower revenue and guidance - CNBC

Fed Minutes May Signal Rate Hike and Caution - CNBC

TJX Companies beats earnings and raises guidance, stock rises - Investopedia

Cisco's strong quarter beats expectations, but cautious guidance dampens investor sentiment - Reuters

Market Wary as US Debt Mounts and Treasury Yields Rise - Market Watch

General Motors partners with Mitra Chem to develop affordable and cheaper EV batteries - CNBC

Hawaiian Electric explores financial restructuring amid wildfire aftermath - Reuters

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

Energy Transfer to Acquire Crestwood in $7.1 Billion Deal - Reuters

Intel, Tower scrap $5.4B deal after failing to gain regulator approval - Yahoo Finance

US FTC approves deal for natgas producer EQT to buy THQ Appalachia - Reuters

Exclusive: ArcelorMittal weighs possible bid for US Steel -sources - Reuters

UK's BAE Systems to buy Ball Aerospace for about $5.55 bln - Reuters

It's a matter of 'when not if' Apple buys ESPN, says Wedbush's Dan Ives - CNBC

Occidental Petroleum just bought Carbon Engineering for $1.1 billion - Invezz

Keystone Dental Holdings and Check-Cap Ltd Enter into Definitive Business Combination Agreement - GlobeNewsWire

TFI International Completes Previously Announced JHT Acquisition - GlobeNewsWire

💼 Executives

Lyft CEO buys $1.15M of company stock: 'I am putting my money where my mouth is' - Fox Business

Target's theft ‘involving violence or threats of violence' more than doubled: CEO - NY Post

Ralph Lauren CEO on Prices, Sustainability, and the Metaverse - Bloomberg

Conservative Amazon alternative PublicSq. set to turn a profit in 2024, CEO says - Fox Business

Walmart says Judith McKenna, CEO of Walmart International, to retire after nearly 30 years - Market Watch

Cava CEO on cautious H2 outlook: Mindful of headwinds facing the consumer - CNBC

Jack Henry CEO on Q4 earnings: Our sales pipeline is larger than it's ever been - CNBC

One out of every two Brazilians uses our products, says Nu Holdings CEO David Vélez

📈 Earnings

JD.com Reports Mixed Q2 Results, Stock Dips - Motley Fool

Cava shows a profit in first earnings report since IPO - Yahoo Finance

China Tech Giant Tencent's Revenue Disappoints Amid Weak Game Sales - Bloomberg

Tapestry's stock slides premarket after earnings lag consensus - Market Watch

Australia's Telstra sees higher core earnings in fiscal 2024 - Reuters

This is the first time in WW history that Q2 ended higher than Q1, says CEO Sima Sistani - CNBC

Colombia's Grupo Aval posts 75% fall in profit as bank margins fall - Reuters

Synopsys Rises on Earnings Beat; Names New Chief Executive - Investors Business Daily

Lenovo posts dismal revenues and profit margins in first quarter - Proactive Investors

🇺🇸 North America

Sacks Parente Golf's stock experiences extreme volatility following its debut on the Nasdaq - Proactive Investors

Amazon adds a new fee for sellers who ship their own packages - CNBC

'Barbie' beats Batman, becomes Warner Bros.' highest-grossing domestic release - CNBC

iPhone 15 production begins in India as Apple aims to diversify from China: Report - CNBC

Google reportedly building A.I. that offers life advice - CNBC

Tesla makes further price cuts in China, reducing models S and X by $7,400 to $8,500 - CNBC

Booksellers, authors demand FTC investigate Amazon's alleged monopoly - NY Post

Amazon Pharmacy eases insulin prices to $35 through coupons - CNBC

Adobe Updates Express Suite to Include AI Tools - Barrons

Coinbase wins approval to offer crypto futures in the US - CNN

Alphabet's Verily Plans Cost Cuts Amid Pressure on Other Bets to Rein In Spending - WSJ

Cava and Sweetgreen see delivery orders fall as customers pick up their own food - CNBC

🇬🇧🇨🇳🇲🇽🇿🇦 International

Wegovy could prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks, strokes over 10 years, study says - CNBC

Forget AI - a $100 trillion investment opportunity awaits in clean energy, Schroders says - Business Insider

ABB to supply process electrification to Northvolt battery recycling site - Reuters

US FDA approves Ipsen's rare bone disorder drug - Reuters

Stellantis invests more than $100 million in California lithium project - Reuters

Tencent is losing market share in gaming, says asset management firm - CNBC

Judge declines to approve Hyundai, Kia class-action settlement, noting weak proposed remedies - Market Watch

China Evergrande posts sharply narrowed 2022 loss as it tries to bounce back - Market Watch

Armed with new execs, dLocal rebounds from a short seller attack in a big way - TechCrunch

Tecnoglass Announces Relocation of Global Headquarters to the United States - GlobeNewsWire

Petrobras CEO says no pressure from govt on fuel prices - Reuters

Orca Announces Quarterly Dividend - GlobeNewsWire