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August 17, 2026

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Toll Brothers' Home Deliveries Signal Luxury Housing Dip
Toll Brothers (TOL) reported a drop in quarterly home sales to $2.65 billion as delivered units fell nearly 10% year-over-year, raising fresh concerns about affordability headwinds in the high-end residential market.1 The delivery shortfall underscores a broader deceleration...
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JBS Eyes Full Control: Pilgrim's Pride Buyout Impact
JBS (JBSS3.SA), the world’s largest meatpacker, proposed Monday to acquire the roughly 18% of Pilgrim’s...
Cerebras Unveils Fastest AI Chatbot Processor
Cerebras Systems unveiled a next-generation server chip and rack system on Tuesday, positioning its dinner-plate-sized wafer-scale processors as the...
Synchrony Adopts AI for Seamless Checkout with ChatGPT
Copper Takes Top Spot, Boosting BHP Dividends
Apple's AI Boost: Nvidia Deal Could Drive Growth
Empire State Index Soars: Growth Signals for Industry
Alibaba Sells Lingxi, Boosts AI Strategy
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Amazon Bars Class Actions, Enforces Arbitration
Amazon (AMZN.O) reinstated binding arbitration for all U.S. customers on Friday and simultaneously banned class-action lawsuits, a policy shift that limits consumer legal recourse...
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Nvidia Rethinks OpenAI Deal, AI Spending in Question
Nvidia (NVDA) has scaled back a $250 billion guarantee tied to an OpenAI data center project, a retreat that signals potential friction in the AI buildout narrative underpinning...
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Musk's 82% Vote Control in $2 Trillion SpaceX
A regulatory filing disclosed Thursday that Elon Musk holds a 48.4% stake in Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX.O), worth more than $900 billion at current prices, cementing...
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California OKs Charter-Cox Cable Merger
Charter Communications (CHTR) secured California’s regulatory blessing for its $21.9 billion acquisition of Cox Communications on August 13, completing a nationwide approval...
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Nubank's $1B Profit: Margin Excellence Drives Surge
Nu Holdings (NU.N) posted its first-ever billion-dollar quarterly profit on Thursday, with shares jumping 9.5% after hours as a sharp improvement in risk-adjusted net interest...
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