Mastercard grew net income 18.56% (nearly 3x Visa’s 6.75%) and expanded adjusted operating margins to 61.1% while Visa’s net revenue was $11.63 billion and processed 72 billion transactions.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Sergey Brin urged Alphabet to double down on its proprietary Gemini as Google reshuffles leadership, and Gemini now processes 22 billion API tokens per minute with the Gemini App at 950 million monthly active users.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Smuggler’s Run’s May update required upgrading every one of its 224 graphics cards to new Nvidia Blackwell cards and updating the game to Unreal Engine 5, enabling new ride-mission/world choices.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
CNET
FedEx will permanently close five U.S. facilities in Missouri and California as part of its Network 2.0 overhaul, affecting 316 workers, with an additional review finding at least 762 workers affected across 16 FedEx locations or workforce actions in seven states so far in 2026.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia’s free cash flow rose from $3.8B in fiscal 2023 to $27.02B in fiscal 2024 (+609.6%), $60.85B in fiscal 2025 (+125.2%), and $96.67B in fiscal 2026 (+58.8%), and the company is using that cash to fund additional AI infrastructure bets.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust opened a new Home Depot (HD) position worth about $353 million in Q2 despite HD being down about 15% over the past year.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
BFG Supply, a wholesale lawn-and-garden supplier, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 in the coming weeks with a possible liquidation as it faces mounting financial pressure and restructures with legal advisor Goodwin and lender Ares Management.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
At least one analyst has a $515 price target for Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL), implying about 50% upside from the stock’s recent close of $343.54.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Responding to an employer’s first message on Fiverr an hour after receiving it was tied to a 46% drop in the chance of landing the gig, while waiting a full day cut chances by about 90%.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Humana is exiting Medicare Advantage plans in three states and 194 counties for next year, affecting about 500,000 members, after citing high costs and slimmer profit margins.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
ServiceNow’s NOW stock rebounded 57.4% from its $81.24 low, following a broader sell-off tied to concerns that AI-powered agents could disrupt enterprise software vendors.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
“Switched on Pop” cohosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding said the podcast is moving to video on Netflix after 12 years and nearly 500 episodes, with guests including Aaron Dessner, Trevor Horn, and Cypress Hill.
Aug 15, 2026 ·
The Verge
Kalshi said Nevada’s gaming regulator violated federal law after the regulator sought $120,000-a-day penalties over Kalshi’s alleged failure to comply with a geofencing order, according to Kalshi’s statement.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Lucasfilm released a first trailer for Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 ahead of its January 20, 2027 debut, showing Grand Admiral Thrawn threatening to return the galaxy to large-scale war after the Empire’s fall.
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Verge
Nvidia’s Spectrum-X Photonics CPO Ethernet switch is in full mass production for 200G-per-lane volume shipping and cuts optical loss from ~22 decibels to ~4 while delivering 5x lower network power and 64x better signal integrity.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Micron and SpaceX posted the fastest growth among trillion-dollar companies in their past quarters, with Micron up 346% year over year and SpaceX up 92%.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Berkshire Hathaway’s three core “forever” holdings named as favorites are Apple (about 22% of the portfolio as of Q1 2026), Coca-Cola, and Alphabet, each benefiting from a different durable advantage that keeps compounding over time.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marvel revealed the cast for its upcoming untitled X-Men film—set for a May 5, 2028 theatrical release—including Inde Navarrette as Rogue and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister.
Aug 15, 2026 ·The Verge
Nebius said Bloom Energy’s fuel-cell technology would let its planned 300-megawatt Vineland, New Jersey AI data center move forward with a “quieter, reliable, ultra-low-emission” power solution, and BE stock rose 12.3% on Aug. 12.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
About 26% of U.S. Gen Z investors say they treat sports betting as a “deliberate, ongoing component” of their wealth plans, versus 14% of millennials, 6% of Gen X, and 1% of baby boomers.
Aug 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
