☀️📈 Top Stock Market Headlines for July 28

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💰 Featured News

Intel stock rallies on surprise profit as sales beat expectations - Fox Business

US Economy Expected to Maintain Moderate Growth Despite Recession Concerns - CNBC

Tesla's range inflation scandal and customer service issues - TechCrunch

Southwest Airlines shares decline due to increased costs and decreased unit revenues - CNBC

Comcast outperforms in Q2 with higher prices and strong revenue growth - CNBC

Ford's Q2 performance exceeds expectations, raises full-year profit outlook - CNBC

Roku beats expectations with strong revenue growth - Reuters

Dow on historic winning streak after Fed decision - CNN

Bud Light maker to lay off workers after sales decline and boycott - CNN

Chipotle earnings disappoint as stock drops - CNBC

Royal Caribbean Reports Strong Q2 Earnings and Raises Full Year Guidance, Stock Soars - Investopedia

Boston Scientific Reports Strong Q2 Results, Raises Outlook - Reuters

McDonald's exceeds earnings expectations, stock soars - CNBC

EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Microsoft over Teams Bundling - CNBC

Mastercard exceeds profit estimates, driven by strong consumer spending and travel demand - Reuters

Barclays' mixed performance leads to disappointment in share price and reduced guidance - CNBC

NatWest faces changes as top executives resign, but shows resilience with strong profits and buy-back - Proactive Investors

QuantumScape stock surges on positive roadmap news, potential short squeeze - The Motley Fool

Tupperware's stock skyrockets, market cap triples in recent rally - Reuters

Tractor Supply Company reports Q2 financial results, updates outlook, and store growth targets - The Motley Fool

Samsung Electronics' Profits Plunge But Expects Recovery and Focuses on AI Chips - CNBC

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

Saba Capital Management, L.P. Acquires Shares in Blackrock Muniyield Pennsylvania Quality Fund - GuruFocus

Saba Capital Management, L.P. Acquires Shares in ClearBridge Energy MLP Total Return Fund - GuruFocus

FMR LLC Acquires Significant Stake in Turnstone Biologics Corp - GuruFocus

TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS Acquires Stake in Crescent Energy Co - GuruFocus

Saba Capital Management, L.P. Acquires Stake in PIMCO Energy & Tactical Credit Opportunities - GuruFocus

Press Release: Sanofi to acquire Qunol®, a fast-growing U.S. brand in the healthy aging segment - GlobeNewsWire

3D Systems Announces Target Date for Completion of Due Diligence Process and Merger Agreement Discussions - GlobeNewsWire

TopBuild to Acquire Specialty Products & Insulation In All-Cash Transaction Valued at $960 Million - GlobeNewsWire

GoLogiq Signs to Acquire Vietnam-Based Payroll and HR Fintech Platform, Symplefy, for $30 Million - GlobeNewsWire

Ayala Pharmaceuticals and Biosight Enter into Definitive Merger Agreement - GlobeNewsWire

💼 Executives

AstraZeneca CFO denies geopolitics impacts the company's China business after spinoff rumors - CNBC

EXCLUSIVE: Bank of America CEO reveals ‘one of the great risks' to the economy - Fox Business

Mattel CEO discusses the success of Barbie, earnings, and the outlook for the company - Yahoo Finance

House committee calls off vote to hold Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in contempt - New York Post

Apple CEO Tim Cook was denied his company's credit card: report - New York Post

'Oppenheimer' debut made for biggest July in IMAX's history, CEO says - Yahoo Finance

Meta is a 'faster, nimbler' company after cost cuts, CFO says - Yahoo Finance

Barbie Movie-Related Toys Selling Out Fast: Mattel CEO - Bloomberg

Meta CFO Li on Earnings, Generative AI and Threads - Bloomberg

EBay CEO Pleased With Momentum, Sees AI 'Explosion' - Bloomberg

📈 Earnings

Procter & Gamble is about to report earnings. Here's what to expect - CNBC

Exxon Reports Earnings Friday. What It Means for the Stock. - Barrons

Meta stock jumps after earnings as 'year of efficiency' appears to be paying off - CNBC

Salad chain Sweetgreen narrows losses but reports weak sales - CNBC

Shell's Shrinking Profit Still Fills Investors' Pockets - WSJ

P&G Earnings Show Its Pricing Power Endures - WSJ

Harley Earnings Missed. 3 Reasons the Stock Is Up. - Barrons

Exxon posts 56% profit slump, joins peers in energy price hit - Reuters

AstraZeneca second quarter profit beats expectations - Reuters

Engie earnings slow to 2.9 billion in Q2, as markets calm - Reuters

🇺🇸 North America

American Airlines pilots' union accepts sweetened labor deal - CNBC

NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service is growing, thanks to live sports - CNBC

Microsoft must be held responsible for China's U.S. government email hack, Senator Wyden demands - CNBC

Eli Lilly says obesity drug helped boost weight loss to 26%, highest seen in late-stage trials - CNBC

McDonald's is creating a spinoff restaurant brand called CosMc's - CNBC

Facebook Bowed to White House Pressure, Removed Covid Posts - WSJ

Meta's Reality Labs has lost more than $21B since the start of 2022 - New York Post

Meta stock jumps on earnings beat: Key takeaways from the earnings call - Yahoo Finance

McDonald's Grimace Shake Trend Pays Off for Burger Chain - WSJ

Ford pushes back EV target, warns of wider losses due to slower-than-expected adoption - CNBC

🇬🇧 Europe

Volkswagen Seeks to Reclaim China Crown in Deal With EV Maker - WSJ

Gucci-Owner Kering Buys Stake in Valentino - WSJ

Shell's Shrinking Profit Still Fills Investors' Pockets - WSJ

Airbus CEO says Europe is failing to work together on defense despite 'new threats' - CNBC

AstraZeneca second quarter profit beats expectations - Reuters

Engie earnings slow to 2.9 billion in Q2, as markets calm - Reuters

Sanofi lifts earnings outlook on Dupixent sales, new drug launches - Reuters

BBVA's Q2 net profit up 24%, announces 1 bln euro share buy-back - Reuters

StanChart announces $1 bln share buyback as first-half profit jumps 20% - Reuters

Deutsche Boerse extends SimCorp offer as it awaits EU regulators - Reuters

🇨🇳 Asia

Volkswagen's EV Gambit in China Makes Sense - WSJ

Vietnam's EV maker VinFast set to break ground on delayed U.S. factory - CNBC

Exclusive: BYD tells India partner it wants to drop $1 bln EV investment plan-sources - Reuters

China Evergrande's winding-up hearing adjourned to Oct. 30 - Hong Kong court - Reuters

China's Evergrande EV unit applies to resume trading on HK exchange - Reuters

Toyota to sell partial stake in KDDI worth $1.8 billion -Nikkei - Reuters

Taiwan Semiconductor's Sales Are Down -- Even With the AI Boom - The Motley Fool

Takeda says it has 40 clinical-stage medicines in the pipeline - CNBC

Hong Kong Financial Firm Futu Surges 33.12% Amid Stimulus Hints - MarketBeat

ECARX Appoints New Chief Financial Officer - GlobeNewsWire

🇲🇽 South / Central America

Vale reports sharp decline in 2Q earnings as it sells base metals stake - Proactive Investors

Credicorp Ltd.: Credicorp's Earnings Release and Conference Call 2Q23 - GlobeNewsWire

FEMSA Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results - GlobeNewsWire

Betterware Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results - PRNewsWire

Verde to Sell Carbon Credits - GlobeNewsWire