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Martin Marietta Completes $13.5 Billion Lhoist North America Combination

The aggregates producer said the deal expands its Specialties platform and makes it the nation’s leading limestone producer.
Deals · August 25, 2026

FDA Approves Bristol Myers Squibb's Zenbexus

The FDA cleared Zenbexus under NDA 221075 on Aug. 13, 2026.
FDA · August 24, 2026

Ubiquiti Revenues Hit Record $937.3 Million

The networking infrastructure provider announced a plan to pay quarterly dividends of at least $1.00 per share in fiscal 2027.
Earnings · August 22, 2026

Institutions Rotate Into Semis, Retail, and Industrials

Second-quarter 13F positioning added $92.5 million to semiconductors and $51.8 million to retail and consumer names, and trimmed software and cloud by $36.6 million.
Institutional Rotation · August 21, 2026

Ross Stores Raises Full Year Earnings Outlook To $8.77

The off-price retailer reported second quarter earnings per share of $2.66, which included a $0.60 benefit from tariff refunds.
Earnings · August 21, 2026

TJX Profit Margins Widen as Marmaxx Comp Growth Stalls

TJX Companies posted a 24% jump in diluted earnings to $1.36 a share in the second quarter, aided by a one-time $331 million tariff refund even as comparable sales growth slowed to 4% from 6% in the prior quarter.
Earnings · August 20, 2026

Target's Comparable Sales Growth Accelerates on Tariff-Refund Boosted Earnings

Target reported second-quarter earnings per share of $4.11, more than double the prior year, as a $994 million tariff refund and accelerating digital sales pushed the retailer to raise its full-year outlook.
Earnings · August 20, 2026

Deere Lifts Profit Outlook as Construction and Small-Farm Segments Offset Large-Ag Slump

The farm and construction equipment maker raised its full-year net income forecast to $4.75 billion to $5.00 billion after third-quarter earnings rose 7%.
Earnings · August 20, 2026

Corteva raises full-year guidance as seed sales offset crop protection pricing

The agricultural company projected full-year operating EBITDA between $4.1 billion and $4.3 billion in a July update.
Earnings · August 20, 2026

Keysight Orders Top $2 Billion Again as AI Test Demand Accelerates

The electronic-measurement company posted $1.85 billion in quarterly revenue, beating its own guidance by nearly $100 million.
Earnings · August 19, 2026

Home Depot Sales Accelerate as Average Ticket Gains Offset Traffic

Net sales rose 5.7% to $47.9 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2026.
Earnings · August 19, 2026

Rates Pinch Credit as Backlogs Signal Uneven Demand

Companies across 14 industries flagged rising borrowing costs and mixed demand signals in their latest disclosures.
Economy Survey · August 17, 2026

Sempra's Cameron Interstate Pipeline Locks In Steady Revenue on LNG Backbone

Cameron Interstate Pipeline held rates flat and construction quiet in 2024, leaning instead on a $410 million backlog of fixed-fee contracts tied to Sempra's Cameron LNG export venture.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 16, 2026

MPLX's Twelve FERC Carriers Show Ozark Rate Win, THPP Standoff

MPLX's oil-pipeline subsidiaries closed out 2024 with a court victory on Ozark's market-based rates and an unresolved tribal-land dispute still idling part of the Tesoro High Plains system.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 15, 2026

Dominion Energy Expands Gas and Wind Capacity Across Mid-Atlantic

The holding company is balancing a massive offshore wind build-out with new combined-cycle natural gas stations to meet regional demand.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 15, 2026

Media Earnings: Demand, Outlook Broadly Upbeat as Costs Diverge

Communications and media companies described a strong demand backdrop and confident guidance for the second quarter of 2026, even as cost management and hiring told a more uneven story.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Materials & Chemicals: Demand and Pricing Firm, Costs Squeeze

Materials and chemicals producers reported broad demand and pricing strength this quarter, but rising input costs ate into much of the gain.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Healthcare Earnings: Demand Surges, Costs Bite Back

Healthcare and pharma companies described broad-based patient and prescription demand alongside investment-heavy capex plans, even as input costs emerged as the one category tilting negative.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Financial Services Earnings: Demand Strong, Costs Bite Back

Financial services companies reported broad demand strength and expanding capex plans in 2026Q2, even as rising input costs and a softening insurance pricing cycle complicated the picture.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Energy Earnings: Demand Runs Hot, Capex Stays Disciplined

Across oilfield services, midstream and E&Ps, management teams described strengthening activity and firming prices while working costs down rather than opening the spending taps.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Banks Post Broad Loan Growth as Funding Costs Ease

Lenders described widespread loan and deposit growth alongside falling deposit costs, even as a chunk of the group flagged rising personnel and technology spending.
Industry Earnings Roundup · August 14, 2026

Lumentum Revenue Doubles Year-Over-Year as AI Demand Accelerates

The optical-components maker posted $1.006 billion in quarterly revenue, surpassing the high end of its own guidance, and projected another 24% sequential jump for the current quarter.
Earnings · August 11, 2026

Cardinal Health raises share buyback as annual earnings exceed guidance

The healthcare services company reported fiscal year non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $11.26, surpassing its previous guidance range of $10.70 to $10.80.
Earnings · August 11, 2026

Cost Inflation Outruns Relief Across 14 Industries

Of 126 companies reporting on the domestic economy this week, 42 across 11 industries pointed to pricing and cost pressure as the defining issue, from oilfield services to hardware to real estate.
Economy Survey · August 10, 2026

Simon Property Group Raises Full-Year Outlook on NOI Growth

The real estate investment trust increased its full-year Real Estate FFO per share guidance midpoint by $0.08.
Earnings · August 10, 2026

Ferguson Raises Outlook as U.S. Sales Accelerate

Reported earnings rose 6.9% to $3.43 a share as share count declined.
Earnings · August 10, 2026

Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium in $8 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal

The acquisition would create a vertically integrated space company spanning launch, satellite manufacturing, spectrum, and on-orbit communications services.
Deals · August 10, 2026

Truist Cuts Funding Costs as Full-Year Lending Expands

Deposit interest expense fell 10.2% to $7.05 billion in 2025, supporting higher net interest income.
Global Banks · August 9, 2026

Schwab's Funding Costs Fall, Driving Record Revenue and Margin

Charles Schwab's net interest margin expanded 62 basis points to 2.74% in 2025 as funding costs fell to 0.88%, powering record net revenues of $23,921 million.
Global Banks · August 9, 2026

Oneok Maintains Steady Footprint via Coronado Midstream Operations

The company reported a period of operational stability with no major rate adjustments or system extensions across its New Mexico and Texas transmission assets.
Utility Annual Reviews · August 9, 2026