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Liverpool sells minority stake to Bezos-backed consortium in £1.65B deal

Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by investor Amit Bhatia and backed by Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos, the Mittal Family Trusts, EE Capital and K5 Sports. The deal values the Premier League club at around £5.5 billion, according to reports,

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Why SanDisk stock is surging 6% today, making 34% gains in this week

SanDisk SNDK shares extended their recent rally on Friday after fresh bullish calls from Wall Street added to optimism surrounding the company’s long-term artificial intelligence strategy. The stock climbed about 6% during Friday’s session, marking its fifth consecutive day of gains and taking its weekly advance to roughly 34%. The latest move follows the company’s

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Evening digest: US ramps up Iran pressure, gold gains on Fed hopes

The United States signaled plans to intensify economic pressure on Iran, including maintaining a naval blockade and imposing sweeping new sanctions, as tensions in the Middle East continued to escalate. Gold headed for a weekly gain after softer US inflation data strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged next month. Oil

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Intuitive Machines stock jumps 8% as Wall Street backs $1.8B backlog

Intuitive Machines Inc. LUNR shares rallied sharply on Friday after multiple Wall Street analysts shifted their focus from the company’s second-quarter earnings miss to its rapidly expanding order backlog, arguing that the long-term growth outlook remains intact. The stock climbed about 8.14% to $18.99 during Friday’s session after Stifel upgraded the lunar exploration company to

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Dow closes lower as Applied Materials leads semiconductor selloff

US stocks ended lower on Friday as investors locked in profits following a record-setting rally, while weaker-than-expected retail sales data and renewed pressure on semiconductor shares weighed on sentiment. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to close at 7,785.76 after setting fresh record highs earlier in the week. The Nasdaq Composite also declined 0.3% to 26,729.16,

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A $14.7M reason why Intuitive Machines stock is sinking today

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) shares opened in the red this morning as a $14.7 million charge made the space exploration company come in shy of Q2 estimates. While LUNR posted a 4x year-on-year increase in its quarterly revenue to a record $206.2 million, and significantly expanded its backlog as well, the number fell notably short of

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Why Micron stock is surging another 6% on Thursday

Micron Technology (MU) stock extended its rebound to a third straight session on Thursday, rising 6% to $966.01 after rising around 5% on Wednesday. The stock remains up more than 200% this year, although it is still down 20% from its late-June peak. Concerns over the sustainability of chip pricing contributed to the recent pullback,

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Do SMCI earnings make it a better pick than DELL?

Supermicro (SMCI) shares are extending gains as investors continue to cheer its Q4 earnings. Despite facing significant macro headwinds and a reputational hangover, the AI server specialist has mounted an aggressive recovery, currently up a remarkable 70% versus its recent low. The rally comes as the market digests SMCI’s staggering $60 billion in new AI

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Column: Are US stocks ignoring the warning signs in the economy?

The latest major updates on US inflation have just come out, bang in line with consensus expectations. First off, on Wednesday the Headline CPI (Consumer Price Index) for July fell to 3.4% from 3.5%, while Core CPI (which excludes food and energy) edged down to 2.5% year-on-year, from 2.6% previously. The US dollar sold off

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Netflix stock jumps 4% as Bill Ackman returns with a new stake

Netflix NFLX stock rose more than 4% on Thursday after billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed a new stake in the streaming giant, marking a return to the company more than four years after exiting its previous investment at a loss. In its second-quarter shareholder letter, Pershing Square revealed it had acquired

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