Chevron Barely Holds Gains as Brent Nears $94
Brent crude approached $94 in a fifth consecutive advance, but Chevron's stock held only a fractional gain of 0.03% while the Dow fell 1.26% on the day.
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AMD Slips as Google Widens Its $120 Billion Custom-Chip Bet
Marvell gained 2.89% while AMD fell 1.07% after Google deepened its custom-silicon relationship, adding a fresh competitor for AI inference work merchant chipmakers had counted on.
Chevron and Exxon Split on Electrons Versus Molecules
Both oil majors reported the same quarter and drew opposite conclusions about where energy profit comes from next. Their share prices on August 20 hint at which bet traders prefer.
Sports Fans Spend $2,000 a Year on Teams, Often on Credit
American sports fans lay out roughly $2,000 a year on tickets, gear and parlays — and as football season opens, a growing share are financing that habit with debt.
Exxaro Lifts Coal Output 11% as Currency Headwinds Bite
Exxaro's first-half 2026 call paired 11% coal production growth and a 12% lift in renewable output with currency pressure and a push into manganese. The stock slipped 1.53%.
Zip Lifts Cash Earnings 58% to $269M on US Volume Surge
Zip's FY26 results show cash earnings up 58% to $269 million and a 20% operating margin, with US transaction volume up 42.5% and FY27 cash EBITDA guided at $340 million.
Megaport Lifts Revenue 37% in FY26 as Shares Slide 22%
Megaport's FY26 revenue rose 37% on $1.3 billion of strategic contracts and a 72% jump in compute ARR, yet the US-quoted stock fell 22.48% to 9.93 at the latest close.
Cleanaway Lifts Underlying EBIT 14.2% Amid $3.13 Takeover Bid
Cleanaway's FY 2026 results pair 14.2% underlying EBIT growth and a 63.7% free cash flow jump with a recommended $3.13-a-share takeover proposal now framing the stock.
Fortescue’s Full-Year Profit Falls Despite Firm Iron Ore Prices
Fortescue's full-year earnings slipped even with iron ore prices holding up, as China's property downturn and talks with a state-backed centralised buyer squeezed the miner's margins.
Why Institutional Buying Is Signalling a Major Move Across Markets
When the largest pools of capital in the world start moving in the same direction, it rarely goes unnoticed for long. Institutional buying — the large-scale acquisition of assets by hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and asset managers — has been quietly intensifying across multiple sectors, and the signals embedded in that activity […]