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Yum Brands saw its stock sink nearly 7% over the past five days after the CDC linked a cyclosporiasis outbreak — a parasitic stomach illness — to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. More than 1,600 people have been sickened across those five states, though no deaths have been reported. Taco Bell responded swiftly, removing the affected ingredients from its stores, while the FDA is now working with the lettuce ...
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The semiconductor sector took another hard hit on Friday, with the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) falling more than 4% in the session and extending a brutal July selloff that has now erased more than 8% from the ETF’s value. This marks the third weekly decline in four weeks for the SMH. The catalyst was a Chinese startup. Moonshot AI unveiled a new artificial intelligence model this week that the company claims performs on par with the leading offerings from OpenAI ...
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Netflix delivered a mixed second quarter that sent shares tumbling more than 7% on Friday — one of the streaming giant’s sharpest post-earnings drops this year. The company reported Q2 revenue of $12.56 billion, up 13% year over year, narrowly missing the $12.59 billion Wall Street had penciled in. Earnings per share came in at $0.80, a penny ahead of the $0.79 consensus, while net income reached $3.40 billion — up from $3.13 billion in the year-ago quarter. On the ...
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Remember when Friday night meant hitting the bars, ordering overpriced cocktails, and waking up Saturday with regret and a credit card bill? Yeah, Gen Z doesn't. They're too busy crushing it at 5 a.m. spin classes and sipping functional energy drinks that cost more than a beer but actually make them feel alive. This isn't just a vibe shift—it's a full-blown wallet shift, and the data proves it. Bank of America just dropped a report showing Gen Z has the highest ...
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The labor market may be sending a more positive signal than Wall Street expected. ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) delivered a blowout second-quarter earnings report on Thursday, sending shares surging 32.4% to $51.65 — a four-year high. The global staffing giant swung to a net income of $53.5 million in Q2 2026, reversing a net loss of $67.1 million in the same period last year. Revenue grew 7.5% year-over-year to $4.86 billion, up from $4.52 billion. Excluding one-time items — including the ...
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Eli Lilly is writing another major check — this time to gain a foothold in the fast-growing psychiatric drug space. The pharma giant announced it will acquire AtaiBeckley Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAI) for up to $3.8 billion, sending shares of ATAI surging 33.4% to $7.15 on Thursday. The deal structure offers AtaiBeckley shareholders $6.75 per share in cash upfront, plus up to $2.50 per share in contingent value rights (CVRs) tied to clinical and regulatory milestones — bringing the total potential ...
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PayPal just had its biggest single-day move in years — and the catalyst is a blockbuster $53 billion takeover bid. Shares of PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) surged 17.2% on Wednesday to close at $55.52, after Reuters reported that payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International are teaming up to acquire the fintech giant at $60.50 per share. That buyout price represents a 27.7% premium over PayPal's prior closing price of $47.37. If the deal closes, it would rank ...
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