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Broad Market Swings: Tesla and Alphabet Decline as Several Earnings Winners Lift Other Names

Broad Market Swings: Tesla and Alphabet Decline as Several Earnings Winners Lift Other Names

Thursday’s session produced a mix of sharp declines among several mega-cap technology names and notable rallies across a range of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks driven largely by earnings results and forward guidance updates. Tesla and Alphabet were among the biggest falls in the largest-cap cohort, while companies such as Medpace, United Rental…

Cassidy Indicates Support to Move Forward With CDC Nominee Schwartz

Cassidy Indicates Support to Move Forward With CDC Nominee Schwartz

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy said he intends to vote to advance Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cassidy described confidence in Schwartz's abilities during the committee’s meeting and set an informal off-the-floor vote for 11:…

Anthropic Weighs Mandatory 10b5-1 Trading Plans for Employees Ahead of IPO

Anthropic Weighs Mandatory 10b5-1 Trading Plans for Employees Ahead of IPO

Anthropic is exploring a proposal to require rank-and-file employees to use 10b5-1 trading plans that would automate stock sales on predetermined schedules when the company lists publicly. Company officials and outside advisers are still discussing the idea, which aims to reduce insider-trading concerns, while the firm also considers how much exist…

Options Signal 7.3% Move for Coinbase Ahead of July 30 Results

Options Signal 7.3% Move for Coinbase Ahead of July 30 Results

Options market pricing indicates Coinbase Global Inc. Class A (NASDAQ:COIN) could experience a 7.3% share price swing when it reports earnings on July 30 after the close. The stock’s actual earnings-day moves have often diverged from the options-implied expectation in recent quarters, with larger-than-expected moves in five of the past eight report…

Google Introduces Selfie Video Option to Recover Locked Accounts

Google Introduces Selfie Video Option to Recover Locked Accounts

Google on Thursday unveiled a selfie video-based sign-in method for Google Accounts intended to help users regain access when they are locked out or cannot use their typical phone or computer. The system captures a guided multi-angle video during setup and compares a subsequent live selfie video at sign-in. Google says the video is encrypted at res…

Thermo Fisher Shares Jump on Q2 Beat, Guidance Raise and Buybacks

Thermo Fisher Shares Jump on Q2 Beat, Guidance Raise and Buybacks

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. shares climbed roughly 9.0% in morning trading after the company posted second-quarter revenue of $11.99 billion and adjusted EPS of $6.03, topping Wall Street forecasts and raising full-year guidance. Robust bioproduction and biopharma services results, together with $1.0 billion in buybacks, helped reverse recent los…

Agilent Shares Climb After EU Clears PD-L1 Diagnostic for Ovarian Cancer

Agilent Shares Climb After EU Clears PD-L1 Diagnostic for Ovarian Cancer

Agilent Technologies saw its stock rise in premarket trading after receiving European Union certification for its PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx companion diagnostic to identify PD-L1 expression in certain ovarian-related cancers, a clearance that links the test to potential treatment with Merck's KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab). The approval represents the eight…

Yelp Shares Jump on Reported OpenAI Licensing Deal

Yelp Shares Jump on Reported OpenAI Licensing Deal

Yelp shares rose sharply in pre-market trading after reports that the company will license its user-generated reviews, photos and business information to OpenAI, allowing ChatGPT to display Yelp content. Investors interpreted the move as a validation of Yelp's strategy to monetize its extensive local-data repository and positioned the stock higher …

Google introduces selfie video sign-in to verify accounts

Google introduces selfie video sign-in to verify accounts

On Thursday, July 23, Google launched a new sign-in option that lets eligible account holders record a short selfie video performing guided head movements. The saved video is used to authenticate later live sign-in attempts, and Google says the recording is stored only with the user’s consent and may be deleted at any time. The feature aims to stre…