GM Ruled U.S. Auto Sales for 100 Years. Now Toyota Is Closing In.

Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT - 7 minutes ago

GM Ruled U.S. Auto Sales for 100 Years. Now Toyota Is Closing In.

The American automaker is increasing profits while selling fewer vehicles as its rival pursues an opposite approach.

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Anthropic Aims for Largest-Ever IPO

Aug 20, 2026, 8:56 PM EDT - 11 minutes ago

Anthropic Aims for Largest-Ever IPO

Anthropic expects its initial public offering to reach a record high, equaling or surpassing the one set by SpaceX, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing unnamed sources. SpaceX achieved the b...

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Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada

Aug 20, 2026, 8:23 PM EDT - 44 minutes ago

Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada

Nevada, get ready for the robotaxis. The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved three permits Thursday that will allow Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to operate commercial robotaxi services in C...

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Google Launches Preferred Source Button for Publisher Websites

Aug 20, 2026, 7:58 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

Google Launches Preferred Source Button for Publisher Websites

Google has released a new interactive button that publishers can embed on their pages to enable readers to select them as a preferred source of information, the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 20) bl...

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Oil Futures Fall on Likely Technical Correction

Aug 20, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

Oil Futures Fall on Likely Technical Correction

Oil futures fell on a likely technical correction after the futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Thursday.

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Japan Inflation Picks Up as Rate-Boost Bets Firm

Aug 20, 2026, 7:48 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

Japan Inflation Picks Up as Rate-Boost Bets Firm

Japan's consumer inflation picked up last month as the effects of higher oil prices caused by the Middle East conflict broadened.

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Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite

Aug 20, 2026, 7:47 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite

Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food but includes energy — was in line with expectations, coming in at 1.8%.

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Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers

Aug 20, 2026, 7:35 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

Stripe and Ramp Are Betting on AI Traffic Controllers

Stripe is known for processing payments. Ramp is known for managing corporate expenses.

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There is no AI without memory, says Micron CEO Mehrotra

Aug 20, 2026, 7:35 PM EDT - 1 hour ago

There is no AI without memory, says Micron CEO Mehrotra

Micron Chairman and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer at Micron's memory fab in Boise, Idaho to talk demand for chips, investing in America, stock buybacks and more.

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Micron CEO: AI has 'totally changed' the equation for the boom-and-bust memory industry

Aug 20, 2026, 6:51 PM EDT - 2 hours ago

Micron CEO: AI has 'totally changed' the equation for the boom-and-bust memory industry

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said on Thursday that AI has dramatically changed the memory business. "Today there is no AI without memory.

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New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

Aug 20, 2026, 6:43 PM EDT - 2 hours ago

New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.

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OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates

Aug 20, 2026, 6:36 PM EDT - 2 hours ago

OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates

Until both OpenAI and Anthropic get close enough to their planned IPOs to release their financials, we have to look to other sources for signs of how well their businesses are doing. One of those sour...

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Starbucks lays off over 200 corporate workers as turnaround strategy moves forward

Aug 20, 2026, 6:06 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Starbucks lays off over 200 corporate workers as turnaround strategy moves forward

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's restructuring cuts over 200 jobs, with 120 tied to workers who declined relocating to a new $100 million Nashville office.

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Clarity Act on the Clock: Bitcoin Rallies as Legislation Faces Key Deadline

Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Clarity Act on the Clock: Bitcoin Rallies as Legislation Faces Key Deadline

@CharlesSchwab's Adam Lynch analyzes the surge in Bitcoin brought by rhetoric from President Trump saying he wants the Clarity Act passed. As Adam mentions, the legislation faces a mid-September deadl...

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Walmart Adds to Wall Street Pressures With Weak Sales Growth

Aug 20, 2026, 5:36 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Walmart Adds to Wall Street Pressures With Weak Sales Growth

Plus, Romania accused Russia of launching an explosive drone, and healthcare costs are set for a steep increase.

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James Hardie Selling European Fermacell Business for $980 Million to Holcim

Aug 20, 2026, 5:29 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

James Hardie Selling European Fermacell Business for $980 Million to Holcim

James Hardie Industries will sell its European Fermacell business to Swiss building-materials company Holcim as it seeks to focus on higher-growth and higher-return markets.

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Bitcoin Roars Past $70,000 as Yields Sink, Trump Sparks Optimism

Aug 20, 2026, 5:24 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Bitcoin Roars Past $70,000 as Yields Sink, Trump Sparks Optimism

Bitcoin surpassed $70,000 for the first time in over two months, propelled by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's move to push US bond yields lower and a high-stakes meeting President Donald Trump h...

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Marvel Technologies (MRVL) Price Forecast: Bullish Trend Targets $300 After Pullback

Aug 20, 2026, 5:24 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Marvel Technologies (MRVL) Price Forecast: Bullish Trend Targets $300 After Pullback

MRVL is regaining bullish momentum after its pullback, reclaiming key moving averages and positioning the stock for a potential advance toward $300.

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What Went Wrong With Walmart?

Aug 20, 2026, 5:18 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

What Went Wrong With Walmart?

Bloomberg's Poonam Goyal said Walmart's earnings miss is largely due to lagging pharmaceutical sales impacted by new federal negotiations aimed at delivering lower drug prices. Goyal said that it's an...

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Mariana, 18 more Brazil cities join Vale-BHP dam collapse compensation deal

Aug 20, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Mariana, 18 more Brazil cities join Vale-BHP dam collapse compensation deal

The compensation agreement with miners BHP , Vale and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015 has been joined by 19 new cities, ​including the one that was the epicenter of the disaster, a Brazil...

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Crude Oil Price Forecast: Breakout Could Signal Next Leg Higher

Aug 20, 2026, 5:16 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Crude Oil Price Forecast: Breakout Could Signal Next Leg Higher

WTI crude oil is testing major resistance as improving momentum raises the possibility of a channel breakout and another significant leg higher.

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Corporate Bond ETF KORP Nearing $1 Billion AUM Milestone

Aug 20, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Corporate Bond ETF KORP Nearing $1 Billion AUM Milestone

The ETF landscape includes a growing roster of actively managed strategies that can invigorate portfolios. This particularly includes the fixed income space, where the active ETF wrapper can offer som...

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South Korea Volatility Builds Case for BCEM

Aug 20, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

South Korea Volatility Builds Case for BCEM

Recent market turbulence across South Korea's benchmark technology leaders underscores the importance of active management in emerging markets (EM) investing. As companies like SK Hynix and Samsung El...

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Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Up 9% This Week

Aug 20, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin Up 9% This Week

This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: Bitcoin and Ether. While both are considered high-risk assets, they possess foundational differences that investors shou...

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T. Rowe Price Acquires $19 Billion F/m Investments

Aug 20, 2026, 5:13 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

T. Rowe Price Acquires $19 Billion F/m Investments

Leading asset managers T. Rowe Price announced the acquisition of $19 billion F/m Investments in a press release Thursday afternoon.

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Gold (XAU/USD) Price Forecast: Breakout Builds Momentum Toward Higher Targets

Aug 20, 2026, 5:10 PM EDT - 3 hours ago

Gold (XAU/USD) Price Forecast: Breakout Builds Momentum Toward Higher Targets

Gold's bullish breakout continues to gain traction, with support holding and measured-move targets pointing higher as buyers challenge long-term resistance.

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Morgan Stanley picks Dallas for expansion outside NYC — stepping up Wall Street exodus following Mamdani election: ‘Wake-up call'

Aug 20, 2026, 5:07 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Morgan Stanley picks Dallas for expansion outside NYC — stepping up Wall Street exodus following Mamdani election: ‘Wake-up call'

Morgan Stanley is the latest financial giant moving jobs from New York, snubbing Georgia to open a sprawling new campus in Texas.

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Adamera Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement of $815,000

Aug 20, 2026, 5:05 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Adamera Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement of $815,000

Vancouver, British Columbia – August 20, 2026 – TheNewswire – Adamera Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: ADZ; OTC: DDNFF) ("Adamera" or the "Company") announces today it has closed the non-brokered private placem...

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Gold steadies, silver jumps as bond-market pressure hits equities - Kitco PM Report

Aug 20, 2026, 5:04 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Gold steadies, silver jumps as bond-market pressure hits equities - Kitco PM Report

Spot gold prices are near steady and spot silver prices are sharply higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as rising crude oil prices and a rebound in Treasury yields hit equities but failed ...

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Abbott agrees to $670 million settlement of infant formula cases

Aug 20, 2026, 4:56 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Abbott agrees to $670 million settlement of infant formula cases

Abbott said on Thursday it reached a $670 million ‌settlement with three law firms to resolve legal claims by 2,000 people who alleged harms relating to the company's specialty formulas ​for preterm i...

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Private Credit's Next Big Thing Is $1 Trillion in British Pensions

Aug 20, 2026, 4:54 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Private Credit's Next Big Thing Is $1 Trillion in British Pensions

A deal that includes Standard Life, CVC and Goldman Sachs is the latest to tap an increasingly popular source of investor cash.

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Blende Silver Announces Private Placement for Proceeds up to $2,500,000 Flow-Through and Non-Flow-Through Units Available

Aug 20, 2026, 4:50 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Blende Silver Announces Private Placement for Proceeds up to $2,500,000 Flow-Through and Non-Flow-Through Units Available

August 20, 2026 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, Canada – Blende Silver Corp. (the “Company”) (TSX.V: BAG) (OTC: BAGGF) (WKN: A2QKT9) (FSE: BCW1) announces a non-brokered private placement of both Flow-Thro...

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Ross Stores raises annual profit forecast again on discounted apparel demand

Aug 20, 2026, 4:46 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Ross Stores raises annual profit forecast again on discounted apparel demand

Value retailer Ross Stores raised its profit forecasts on Thursday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results, signaling ​that demand for discounted apparel and accessories remains re...

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Ross Stores Boosts Outlook as Sales Climb

Aug 20, 2026, 4:46 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Ross Stores Boosts Outlook as Sales Climb

The off-price retailer now forecasts earnings per share of $8.61 to $8.77 for the year as its second-quarter profit and sales gained on higher traffic.

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Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal, Bloomberg News reports

Aug 20, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal, Bloomberg News reports

Broadcom is in talks with a group ​of lenders to raise more ‌than $60 billion in debt for an AI chip financing deal that will ​benefit Anthropic and other companies, ​Bloomberg News reported on Thursd...

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Thursday's Final Takeaways: UBER & BIDU Robotaxi Partnership, Bitcoin Above $70K

Aug 20, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Thursday's Final Takeaways: UBER & BIDU Robotaxi Partnership, Bitcoin Above $70K

Uber Technologies (UBER) and Baidu (BIDU) are partnering for a new robotaxi endeavor in Dubai, while Bitcoin bulls aim to retake the wheel of crypto momentum. Marley Kayden and Sam Vadas turn to their...

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Expert witness used ChatGPT to defend 3M in suit over deadly explosion that killed 3 – charging $90K for report

Aug 20, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Expert witness used ChatGPT to defend 3M in suit over deadly explosion that killed 3 – charging $90K for report

3M hired Josh Autenrieth as an expert to prepare a report about the explosion – which turned out to be up to 90% composed by ChatGPT.

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Walmart Slides 9% as Sales Slow and Stocks Retreat | Closing Bell

Aug 20, 2026, 4:18 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Walmart Slides 9% as Sales Slow and Stocks Retreat | Closing Bell

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Sally Bakewell, Carol Massar and Emily Graffeo. -------- More...

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Why Investors Are Turning to Sector-Balanced Dividend Strategies

Aug 20, 2026, 4:09 PM EDT - 4 hours ago

Why Investors Are Turning to Sector-Balanced Dividend Strategies

Investors are looking at sector-balanced dividend strategies to protect gains and establish durable yield. Speaking during a recent SS&C ALPS Advisors due diligence session, Danny Schwab and Kyle Klec...

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Armory Mining Corp. Acquires Happy Creek Project Option

Aug 20, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Armory Mining Corp. Acquires Happy Creek Project Option

Vancouver, British Columbia, August 20, 2026 – TheNewswire – Armory Mining Corp . (CSE: ARMY) (OTC: RMRYF) (FRA: 2JS) (the " Company " or " Armory ") is pleased to announce that, further to its news r...

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California AG Bonta asserts Paramount-WBD deal would need ‘robust' concessions from Ellison

Aug 20, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

California AG Bonta asserts Paramount-WBD deal would need ‘robust' concessions from Ellison

Bonta told CNBC's David Faber that he would need “really robust structural remedies” from Paramount to address the anticompetitive risks mentioned in the lawsuit.

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Attorney says he can ‘WITHOUT A DOUBT' prove that Mark Zuckerberg did this

Aug 20, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Attorney says he can ‘WITHOUT A DOUBT' prove that Mark Zuckerberg did this

Attorney Mark Lanier joins Stuart Varney to analyze the Meta Platforms trial. A whistleblower testifies that the tech giant prioritized growth over child safety, designing addictive apps for teenagers...

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CRM "Mixed" Earnings Expectations: AI's Double-Edged Sword in Stock Growth

Aug 20, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

CRM "Mixed" Earnings Expectations: AI's Double-Edged Sword in Stock Growth

As Salesforce (CRM) readies to report earnings next week, Steve Koenig highlights what he calls "mixed messaging" into the print. "Agentforce is growing well, but it's not big enough" to move the earn...

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Hyundai to increase U.S. production at new Georgia plant, CEO tells CNBC

Aug 20, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Hyundai to increase U.S. production at new Georgia plant, CEO tells CNBC

Hyundai CEO José Muñoz told CNBC the company expects to increase the planned production capacity of its at its Georgia Metaplant from 500,000 units to between 700,000 and 800,000 units by 2028. The pr...

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Anthropic Plans to Tweak Data Retention Rules After Enterprise Concerns

Aug 20, 2026, 3:49 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Anthropic Plans to Tweak Data Retention Rules After Enterprise Concerns

Anthropic plans to modify the data retention policy it announced in June, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Aug. 20), citing an unnamed source.

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Anthropic plans to change enterprise data retention policy, source says

Aug 20, 2026, 3:32 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Anthropic plans to change enterprise data retention policy, source says

Anthropic plans to let enterprise customers exercise greater control over their data when using ​its advanced AI models, a source familiar ‌with the matter said on Thursday, marking a shift in the Cla...

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Gold price headed 10 times higher, and that is "inevitable," Thomas Kaplan says

Aug 20, 2026, 3:24 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Gold price headed 10 times higher, and that is "inevitable," Thomas Kaplan says

Electrum chairman sees gold reaching $30,000 to $50,000, calls the correction a "1987 moment" and warns governments may seize profitable mines

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Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Aug 20, 2026, 3:18 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

As AI continues to kill traffic to websites, Google on Thursday threw a bone to those publishers negatively impacted by the change. It's now allowing readers to push a button on a publisher's website ...

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AI startup Micro1 wants to derail Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer

Aug 20, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

AI startup Micro1 wants to derail Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer

Micro1 says it's making an offer "materially higher" than Google's for Spirit Airlines' data. The AI startup told the airline it will pay $12.5 million for its data.

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Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

Aug 20, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

On Wednesday night, Runlayer and Rippling dropped their respective lawsuits against each other. No settlement was made.

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Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Tests New Highs As Trump Threatens Iran With Economic Isolation

Aug 20, 2026, 3:12 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Tests New Highs As Trump Threatens Iran With Economic Isolation

Treasury Secretary Bessent is expected to unveil the plan next Monday.

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US Set to Cut Tariffs on Canada Metals, Autos in Trade Deal

Aug 20, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

US Set to Cut Tariffs on Canada Metals, Autos in Trade Deal

The tentative trade deal between the US and Canada would lower tariffs on certain Canadian exports of steel and aluminum to 25% and cut duties on Canadian auto exports to 15%, according to people fami...

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$9 billion startup Tanium brings back its cofounder as CEO amid AI upheaval

Aug 20, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT - 5 hours ago

$9 billion startup Tanium brings back its cofounder as CEO amid AI upheaval

Tanium cofounder Orion Hindawi resumes the CEO role as Dan Streetman steps down on Thursday. Tanium also had a small round of job cuts last week.

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AIibaba Focuses on Agentic Commerce as AI Spending Balloons

Aug 20, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

AIibaba Focuses on Agentic Commerce as AI Spending Balloons

Alibaba is focusing on agentic commerce innovations as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The Chinese tech giant shared quarterly earnings results Thursday (Aug. 20) that showed revenue up ...

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Prime Video to invest more than $2 billion in Latin America through 2030

Aug 20, 2026, 3:03 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Prime Video to invest more than $2 billion in Latin America through 2030

Prime Video said on Thursday it plans to invest more than $2 billion in Latin America ​between 2027 and 2030, as it expands ‌its original programming and sports offerings across Mexico, Brazil, Argent...

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Moderna's personalized mRNA shot could reshape the fight against skin cancer — but it may also be overhyped

Aug 20, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Moderna's personalized mRNA shot could reshape the fight against skin cancer — but it may also be overhyped

Doctors and patients are excited about the possible breakthrough, but some analysts believe there's too much hype.

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Bull v. Bear: AVGO Sees New Pressure in MRVL & GOOGL Deal

Aug 20, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Bull v. Bear: AVGO Sees New Pressure in MRVL & GOOGL Deal

Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options: https://bit.ly/2v9tH6D. Broadcom (AVGO) shares sold off Wednesday and continue to see pressure Thursday after Marvell (MRVL) penned a new AI chipmaki...

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Disney is starting an employee stock purchase program and changing its health insurance plans

Aug 20, 2026, 2:55 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Disney is starting an employee stock purchase program and changing its health insurance plans

Disney plans to start a stock purchase program and is changing its health insurance plans. The Mouse House cut stock-based compensation for some tech employees in April.

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Deere Stock Soars After Construction Unit Drives Earnings Beat

Aug 20, 2026, 2:36 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Deere Stock Soars After Construction Unit Drives Earnings Beat

Deere & Co. (DE) was one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on Thursday, after the agricultural and industrial equipment maker posted better-than-expected quarterly results driven by its con...

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Moderna Is Up 350% Since Our Recommendation. Here's What to Do Next.

Aug 20, 2026, 2:36 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Moderna Is Up 350% Since Our Recommendation. Here's What to Do Next.

Moderna's breakthrough highlights a broader transformation, as AI accelerates the clinical development of therapies at a pace that would have seemed unimaginable a few years ago.

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Addressing SNDK Earnings Potential Amid AI Memory Volatility

Aug 20, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Addressing SNDK Earnings Potential Amid AI Memory Volatility

Brian Mulberry says there's lots of trading opportunity across the AI hardware space. He highlights SanDisk (SNDK) as a name he likes due to its upside earnings potential despite the downside price ac...

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Neocloud stocks like CoreWeave are having a moment — and time's running out to cash in

Aug 20, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Neocloud stocks like CoreWeave are having a moment — and time's running out to cash in

Neocloud companies are providers of computing power that are benefiting from massive investment by hyperscalers as the artificial-intelligence infrastructure build-out continues. But Noah Weisberger, ...

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Walmart, Target and Amazon Are Spending Billions to Reset the Shopper's Reference Price

Aug 20, 2026, 2:18 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Walmart, Target and Amazon Are Spending Billions to Reset the Shopper's Reference Price

Years of inflation, promotions, personalized discounts and constantly shifting online prices have made shoppers better at finding deals. They have also made it harder for shoppers to know what anythin...

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Meta Is Now One of Microsoft's Largest AI Customers

Aug 20, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Meta Is Now One of Microsoft's Largest AI Customers

Meta has quietly become one of Microsoft's largest AI customers, spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to access the Azure cloud service - and reviving concerns around circular business deal...

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Stripe Dates The Singularity To Jan. 1 And Prices It At $8 Billion

Aug 20, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Stripe Dates The Singularity To Jan. 1 And Prices It At $8 Billion

Stripe told investors on Wednesday that Jan. 1 marked the beginning of the singularity. The evidence offered was a large inflection in long-run trends, with a sharp rise in the rate of new firm creati...

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Silver Price Outlook: A Tenth of the Silver in Electronics Is Heading to One Buyer

Aug 20, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Silver Price Outlook: A Tenth of the Silver in Electronics Is Heading to One Buyer

World Silver Survey 2026 implies data centres could consume more than 42.3 million ounces of silver annually by 2027, strengthening the long-term demand outlook.

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Gold (XAUUSD), Silver, Platinum Forecasts – Gold Moves Away From Monthly Highs

Aug 20, 2026, 2:12 PM EDT - 6 hours ago

Gold (XAUUSD), Silver, Platinum Forecasts – Gold Moves Away From Monthly Highs

Gold traders take some profits off the table after the strong rally.

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ETF of the Week: Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF (FNDX)

Aug 20, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

ETF of the Week: Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF (FNDX)

On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi's Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF (FNDX) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. For more n...

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WGMI Bitcoin Mining ETF Expands Into AI Power Race

Aug 20, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

WGMI Bitcoin Mining ETF Expands Into AI Power Race

Bitcoin mining facilities were built to crunch numbers for cryptocurrency. Now they're some of the most sought-after real estate in the artificial intelligence boom.

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CrowdStrike stock falls as CTO leaves to launch AI fund

Aug 20, 2026, 2:02 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

CrowdStrike stock falls as CTO leaves to launch AI fund

CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares fell 4.8% after Axios reported that Chief Technology Officer Elia Zaitsev is leaving the cybersecurity company to launch an AI-focused cybersecurity venture fund. Zaitsev is ...

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Walmart Beat & Raise Not Enough for Wall Street & WMT Options Trade

Aug 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Walmart Beat & Raise Not Enough for Wall Street & WMT Options Trade

Sucharita Kodali says Walmart (WMT) "is on a strong trajectory" after it beat and raised in quarterly earnings. It still wasn't enough for Wall Street, causing a near-10% sell-off in shares.

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From PlayStation to Spider-Man: Inside Sony's Transformation

Aug 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

From PlayStation to Spider-Man: Inside Sony's Transformation

Watch as Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki explains how the company pivoted from hardware to become an entertainment powerhouse.

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Meta's new app, Pocket, lets you vibe code the memes of your dreams

Aug 20, 2026, 1:47 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Meta's new app, Pocket, lets you vibe code the memes of your dreams

Meta's new app, Pocket, is officially launching in the US. The app lets users create and share interactive content "you can play with.

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OpenAI's plan to go public: Here's what you need to know

Aug 20, 2026, 1:46 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

OpenAI's plan to go public: Here's what you need to know

CNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'The Exchange' to discuss OpenAI's IPO plans.

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Silver (XAG) Forecast: Silver Analysis Shows Dual Demand Separating It From Gold

Aug 20, 2026, 1:42 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Silver (XAG) Forecast: Silver Analysis Shows Dual Demand Separating It From Gold

Silver pushes toward $69 as Treasury buyback weakens yields and the dollar. A sixth annual supply deficit and industrial demand keep buyers in while gold fades.

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Walmart tariff refunds update: Will customers get reimbursed directly?

Aug 20, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Walmart tariff refunds update: Will customers get reimbursed directly?

Walmart has received almost $2.9 billion in federal tariff refunds.

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Moderna Stock Plunges 25%—Wiping Out $18 Billion After Historic Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough

Aug 20, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Moderna Stock Plunges 25%—Wiping Out $18 Billion After Historic Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough

$51.5 billion. That's Moderna's market valuation as of Thursday, marking a more than $18 billion decline from Wednesday's closing valuation of $69.6 billion.

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How Moderna's Historic Short Squeeze Upended the AI Chip Trade

Aug 20, 2026, 1:26 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

How Moderna's Historic Short Squeeze Upended the AI Chip Trade

Moderna stock surged following positive cancer-vaccine data, burning short sellers and spilling over into the semi sector.

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Deere earnings: Cramer says buy DE shares - just not today

Aug 20, 2026, 1:16 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Deere earnings: Cramer says buy DE shares - just not today

Deere (DE) shares are extended gains on Thursday morning after the agricultural machinery giant reported better-than-expected financials for its third quarter (Q3). DE saw its revenue climb 5% on a ye...

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Nvidia to ship AI chip for China by year-end, The Information reports

Aug 20, 2026, 1:09 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

Nvidia to ship AI chip for China by year-end, The Information reports

Nvidia plans to ​start shipping small ‌volumes of an AI ​chip designed ​for Chinese customers ⁠by the ​end of ​the year, The Information reported on ​Thursday, ​citing two employees.

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SpaceX Is Racking Up Wins in Washington

Aug 20, 2026, 1:09 PM EDT - 7 hours ago

SpaceX Is Racking Up Wins in Washington

The Elon Musk-led rocket and AI company is landing lucrative contracts and benefiting from the Trump administration's deregulatory push.

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Nvidia stock is wobbly ahead of earnings, but analysts still see up to 30% upside

Aug 20, 2026, 1:07 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Nvidia stock is wobbly ahead of earnings, but analysts still see up to 30% upside

Nvidia (NVDA) shares were down 0.3% at $216.74 in early Thursday trading, extending a period of relative underperformance. The stock has risen 17% this year through Wednesday's close, well behind the ...

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AWS Launches $500 Million Effort for Student Cloud Builders

Aug 20, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

AWS Launches $500 Million Effort for Student Cloud Builders

Amazon has launched an education program for college students centered around its cloud computing business. Student Rewards on AWS (Amazon Web Services) Builder Center, gives students access to earn A...

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Traders: It's Time to Examine These Nvidia ETFs

Aug 20, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Traders: It's Time to Examine These Nvidia ETFs

Traders aren't wrong in feeling as though second-quarter earnings season is over. However, there's at least one big report left to absorb.

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Gold's Renewed Momentum Puts New Shine on IAUI

Aug 20, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Gold's Renewed Momentum Puts New Shine on IAUI

There's new life in the gold market, and that momentum could represent a buying opportunity for bullion-enthused investors seeking income. The NEOS Gold High Income ETF (IAUI) is ready to meet the mom...

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Limit Municipal Bond Risks With This ETF

Aug 20, 2026, 1:04 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Limit Municipal Bond Risks With This ETF

Municipal bond ETFs such as the ALPS Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF (MNBD) are beloved by advisors and risk-averse investors for several reasons, such as steady income, tax benefits, and munis' reput...

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3 Overrated ETFs

Aug 20, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

3 Overrated ETFs

These ETFs are popular choices among investors, but there are better options.

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The Big 3: PH, DXCM, UNP

Aug 20, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

The Big 3: PH, DXCM, UNP

Dan Deming discusses why he sees sideways action in the stock market continuing through next week, noting anticipating for the Fed's Jackson Hole meeting. As for Thursday's Big 3, he sees an opportuni...

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Anthropic-Backed Ode Acquires Casper Studios to Expand Corporate AI Deployments

Aug 20, 2026, 12:58 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Anthropic-Backed Ode Acquires Casper Studios to Expand Corporate AI Deployments

Ode with Anthropic, an enterprise artificial intelligence transformation company launched by a partnership that includes Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and a consortium of global investors,...

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Chipotle and Yum! Look Like Bargains After Food-Safety Selloff

Aug 20, 2026, 12:50 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Chipotle and Yum! Look Like Bargains After Food-Safety Selloff

The two chains have been performing strongly, and the scares should have a temporary effect on sales.

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Apple has gotten too predictable. Can its next CEO bring back the element of surprise?

Aug 20, 2026, 12:48 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Apple has gotten too predictable. Can its next CEO bring back the element of surprise?

Big changes are coming to Apple in September, when Tim Cook will step down as CEO and will be replaced by hardware chief John Ternus.

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US Justice Department opposes immediate hearing in Disney ABC license lawsuit

Aug 20, 2026, 12:39 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

US Justice Department opposes immediate hearing in Disney ABC license lawsuit

The U.S. Justice Department urged a judge on Thursday not to ​schedule an urgent hearing on Disney's suit that seeks to block the ‌Federal Communications Commission early review of licenses for the en...

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Bitcoin surges above $70K as Trump backs Clarity Act, Treasury ramps up buybacks

Aug 20, 2026, 12:23 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Bitcoin surges above $70K as Trump backs Clarity Act, Treasury ramps up buybacks

Bitcoin jumped 4.6% to $72,475.25 – a roughly 12% gain over the past two days after the digital asset was trading near $63,000 earlier this week.

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Micron stock gains 2% today: here's why

Aug 20, 2026, 12:23 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Micron stock gains 2% today: here's why

Micron Technology MU shares rose 2% on Aug. 20 after the memory chipmaker announced plans to build a $10 billion artificial intelligence research laboratory in Boise, Idaho. The facility is expected t...

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Charter Closes Its $34.5B Cox Deal. Why the Stock Is Sinking.

Aug 20, 2026, 12:18 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Charter Closes Its $34.5B Cox Deal. Why the Stock Is Sinking.

Charter stock was dropping as it concludes its deal for Cox Communications, amid fears it could just add to its subscriber issues.

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Micron's $50 billion Boise buildout poised to reshape hometown

Aug 20, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT - 8 hours ago

Micron's $50 billion Boise buildout poised to reshape hometown

CNBC's Katie Tarasov joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Micron's impact on Boise, Idaho.

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Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Aug 20, 2026, 12:07 PM EDT - 9 hours ago

Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Meta's experimental vibe-coding gaming app, Pocket, is now rolling out to everyone in the U.S. The app, which arrived quietly last month in the test market of Brazil, allows people to generate small, ...

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Bessent's interventions amount to QE, and 'gold is the must-have asset' - ByteTree's Morris

Aug 20, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT - 9 hours ago

Bessent's interventions amount to QE, and 'gold is the must-have asset' - ByteTree's Morris

The U.S. government is effectively engaged in multiple major quantitative easing operations, and gold prices have moved higher as a result, with potential for plenty more gains ahead, according to Cha...

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Target vs. Lowe's: A Tale of 2 Retail Q2s

Aug 20, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT - 9 hours ago

Target vs. Lowe's: A Tale of 2 Retail Q2s

Wednesday, August 19 turned out to be a very interesting day for those who keep a close eye on earnings for major retailers. This is because both Lowe's and Target reported their Q2 2026 results, with...

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OpenAI and Anthropic Fuel California's Record-Setting Investment Surge

Aug 20, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT - 9 hours ago

OpenAI and Anthropic Fuel California's Record-Setting Investment Surge

California is reportedly seeing an historic wave of investment due to Silicon Valley's artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Companies there have taken in around $366 billion in venture capital this year...

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