☀️📈 Today's Top Stock Market Headlines (August 8)

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💰 Featured News

Paramount Stock Soars on Strong Q2 Performance and Sale of Simon & Schuster - CNBC

Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn steps down, stock turns lower - CNBC

PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin in major move into crypto - Fox Business

Campbell Soup to Acquire Sovos Brands for $2.7 Billion - Fox Business

Lucid Motors Slashes Prices, Stock Falls amidst EV Market Plunge. - CNBC

Fed Governor Bowman predicts more interest-rate hikes needed to control inflation - New York Post

Tyson Foods' stock plunges as losses, revenue miss, and plant closures lead to decline - Fox Business

Sage Therapeutics' Stock Plunges as FDA Approves Postpartum Depression Drug, but not for Major Depressive Disorder - CNBC

Apple's iPhone 15 set for September launch - CNBC

Oil prices surge, reaching four-month highs as OPEC+ cuts take effect - CNBC

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

Dish and EchoStar to Merge, Nearing Deal to Challenge AT&T and Verizon - CNBC

Anheuser-Busch Selling Shock Top, Blue Point to Cannabis Company Tilray - WSJ

Carlyle Group to acquire minority stake in Quest Global at $2bln valuation - sources - Reuters

Veritiv to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at a 20% premium, valuing the company at $2.3 billion - Market Watch

European Commission Opens Investigation into Adobe's Figma Acquisition - Investopedia

Manchester United takeover: shares spike on speculation as transfer ‘silly season' heats up - Proactive Investors

Tabula Rasa HealthCare shares surge 30% in premarket trade after acquisition by private equity firm - Proactive Investors

NV5 Acquires Red Technologies, Strengthens Data Center and Mission Critical Services in Asia Pacific - GlobeNewsWire

Vivid Seats Announces Acquisition of Wavedash - GlobeNewsWire

💼 Executives

Elon Musk Calls Cybertruck Tesla's 'Best Product Ever.' Here Comes the Test. - WSJ

Solar power undergoing 'boom' at residential level, says Sunnova CEO John Berger - CNBC

Consumers have adjusted to 'new normal' of 6% mortgage rates, says Tri Pointe Homes CEO - CNBC

'Nothing about Tesla is normal', says Future Fund's Gary Black on market reaction to CFO departure - CNBC

HPE CFO is jumping to RingCentral to become CEO - Market Watch

AMC ‘killing it at the box office' but faces ongoing liquidity challenges, says CEO - Market Watch

Nuwellis Announces Plan for CFO Transition - GlobeNewsWire

Farmer Brothers announces transition of chief financial officer - GlobeNewsWire

📈 Earnings

Palantir's Q2 revenues rise and exceeds estimated projections - CNBC

Beyond Meat Stock Continues to Decline Amidst Plummeting Revenue and Earnings Miss - CNN

Apple's Bullish Outlook Overshadowed by Longest Losing Streak - Motley Fool

SoftBank Group reports surprise loss in Q1, Vision Fund suffers cumulative loss. - CNBC

New York Times Reports Strong Second Quarter Results and Stock Gains - Reuters

Space company Redwire trims quarterly losses, builds order backlog past $270 million - CNBC

Eli Lilly raises full-year guidance as drug pipeline drives second-quarter profit up 85% - CNBC

Restaurant Brands' sales rise, fueled by Burger King and Tim Hortons - CNBC

Berkshire Hathaway rises as investors cheer strong earnings and Buffett's near-record cash stockpile - CNBC

🇺🇸 North America

Boeing resets Starliner plan to be ready for first NASA crew flight by March - CNBC

Warner Bros. Discovery's Max targets MLB playoffs for new streaming sports tier - CNBC

Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms - CNBC

Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit - NY Times

Longtime Goldman executive Jeff Currie joins exodus of bankers from firm in last few months - NY Post

UPS says its profit will fall after it reaches a Teamsters deal. Its stock is sinking sharply - CNN

Even Zoom is making its staff return to the office - CNN

Palantir Stock Rises. It's the Gold Standard in AI, Says This Analyst. - Barrons

🇬🇧 Europe

Novo Nordisk shares pop after key trial data shows Wegovy cuts risk of heart attack or stroke by 20% - CNBC

UBS Revamps Global Banking Division - Bloomberg

Italy Windfall Tax: Bank Stocks Decline Amid Surprise Move by Meloni - Bloomberg

Italy seeks deal by end of year with Stellantis on car industry plan - Reuters

BioNTech Revenue Plunges on Falling Demand for COVID-19 Vaccines - Investopedia

Siemens cooperating with Austrian authorities in corruption probe - Reuters

UBS rejigs investment bank in bid to better compete with Wall Street - Reuters

Lloyds and UK banks fall as opponents welcome Italian windfall tax - Proactive Investors

InterContinental Hotels revenue jumps on buoyant travel demand - Proactive Investors

🇨🇳 Asia

China's CanSino in mRNA vaccine deal with AstraZeneca - Reuters

Li Auto Earnings Are Coming. Watch for Delivery Guidance. - Barrons

Alibaba Slumps After Grim Chinese Data. The S&P 500 Could Follow. - Barrons

Rakuten Bank Sees Edge Over Rivals - Bloomberg

Apple and Samsung to invest in SoftBank's Arm at IPO -Nikkei - Reuters

Taiwan chip giant TSMC says approves $3.8 bn in Germany plant - TechXplore

🇲🇽 South / Central America

Embraer outlook 'feasible' after solid Q2 deliveries, analysts say - Reuters

Vale loses bid to block BHP's London lawsuit in Brazil dam case - Reuters

Profits for Brazil's Itau Unibanco up 14% in second quarter - Reuters

Brazil's Embraer says business jet demand stays at strong pandemic level - Reuters