GM renews China joint venture with SAIC for 20 years after restructuring
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GM renews China joint venture with SAIC for 20 years after restructuring

By Kalea Hall DETROIT, Aug 4 (Reuters) – General Motors said on Tuesday it had renewed its joint-venture agreement with China’s SAIC Motor for 20 years after a lengthy restructuring in the ‌Chinese market that included plant closures and the elimination of some models. The extended 50-50 joint venture ‌between the automakers will result in…

Devon Posts .9 Billion Q2 Profit After Coterra Merger
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Devon Posts $1.9 Billion Q2 Profit After Coterra Merger

Devon Energy reported net earnings of $1.9 billion, or $2.03 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2026, its first reporting period to include operations acquired through its merger with Coterra Energy. Core earnings, which exclude items the company says analysts typically remove from estimates, totaled $1.5 billion, or $1.57 per diluted share. The…

‘A serious mistake’: Moody’s Analytics economist says the Fed is putting the economy at risk with its silence
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‘A serious mistake’: Moody’s Analytics economist says the Fed is putting the economy at risk with its silence

Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh wants the central bank to say less about where the economy is headed. But one prominent economist argues that the approach could hurt the U.S. economy by leaving financial markets in the dark about the Fed’s next moves. Last week, Fed officials voted 9-3 to keep interest rates unchanged in…

Optimism of Reopening Strait of Hormuz Knocks Crude Prices Lower
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Optimism of Reopening Strait of Hormuz Knocks Crude Prices Lower

September WTI crude oil (CLU26) on Tuesday closed down -4.57 (-5.69%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) closed down -0.1145 (-3.86%). Crude oil and gasoline prices sold off sharply on Tuesday for a second day, with crude falling to a 3-week low and gasoline dropping to a 4.75-month nearest-futures low.  Growing hopes that the US and…

OpenAI pays .2 million in US probe over hiring foreign workers
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OpenAI pays $3.2 million in US probe over hiring foreign workers

By Daniel Wiessner Aug 4 (Reuters) – OpenAI and a subsidiary will pay $3.2 million to settle U.S. government claims that they favored foreign workers with temporary employment ‌visas and discriminated against U.S. job applicants in recruiting and hiring, the ‌U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The Justice Department in a release said that OpenAI…

US jury says Medtronic owes  million in first case to go to trial over Covidien’s hernia mesh
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US jury says Medtronic owes $88 million in first case to go to trial over Covidien’s hernia mesh

By Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth BOSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Medtronic must pay an Alabama man and his wife $88 million, a federal jury decided on Tuesday, in the first case to go to trial out of thousands facing ‌the company from people claiming they were injured by hernia-repair mesh implants made by one…

AST SpaceMobile vs. First Majestic Silver: Which Industrials Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
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AST SpaceMobile vs. First Majestic Silver: Which Industrials Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?

Choosing between AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) and First Majestic Silver Corp (NYSE:AG) presents a classic dilemma: Do you bet on a revolutionary satellite network or a steady producer of essential precious metals? AST SpaceMobile aims to eliminate communication dead zones by connecting standard smartphones directly to satellites. First Majestic Silver focuses on extracting value from…

SpaceX still looks really overvalued: AlphaSpace stat of the afternoon
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SpaceX still looks really overvalued: AlphaSpace stat of the afternoon

SpaceX (SPCX) stock still looks pricey after its post-IPO swoon, which could make analyzing its first earnings report later today that much tougher. AlphaSpace stat of the afternoon: 105.9 SpaceX stock trades on a forward enterprise value/EBITDA ratio of 105.9 times, per Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data. The outsized ratio reflects Wall Street optimism that SpaceX…

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