A court ruled Kalshi’s sports event contracts are gambling and not “swaps,” rejecting Kalshi’s argument that the contracts could fall under the CFTC’s exclusive swaps jurisdiction.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Virtu Financial shares rose 5% to $63.00 on August 20 after reports that it was considering selling its agency brokerage and technology division for an estimated $3.5 billion to $4.0 billion.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
GEK800 engine received U.S. Military Engine Type Designation F143-ZZ-100 and the U.S. Air Force awarded a contract tied to the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
GTA VI will add a six-star Wanted system (up from GTA V’s five-star cap) alongside a Criminal Profile mechanic that grades actions more unevenly and can be improved through “consistent actions,” de-escalation dialogue, and activities like feeding Leonida’s critters or throwing trash into a garbage can.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
Engadget
Ionis Pharmaceuticals reported Q2 2026 total revenue of $268 million (vs. $194.5 million expected) and an up-to-91% drop in acute pancreatitis events in 1-year Phase 3 extension data for olezarsen (TRYNGOLZA) after its June FDA approval for severe hypertriglyceridemia.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Project Helix is a “family of devices” rather than a single console device.
Aug 28, 2026 ·
The Verge
Gaotu Techedu’s Q2 revenue rose 20.2% year over year to RMB 1,670.1 million while its net loss narrowed to RMB 135.8 million from RMB 216.0 million, and operating cash inflow increased 46.3% to RMB 861.2 million.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Brinker International projected fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS of $12.60–$13.40 and revenues of $6.15B–$6.27B, topping Wall Street consensus EPS of $12.50 per share.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Building a Pi-based retro arcade cabinet typically costs about $270 before adding a display, storage, Pi power supply, cables, or decorative parts, based on a $129.99 bartop cabinet, $44.99 controls/wiring/USB encoder package, $29.99 speakers/amplifier, and a $65 Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB).
Aug 28, 2026 ·Engadget
John B. Sanfilippo & Sons posted record full-year net sales of $1.18 billion (+6.2%) but saw fourth-quarter diluted EPS fall 38.3% to $0.71, as gross profit dropped 9.5% to $44.1 million and gross margin fell to 15.7% from 18.1%.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
AppLovin shares have fallen 30%+ over about six weeks on 7 separate occasions since 2021, and dip-buyers saw a median 12-month return of -44% with a median worst further drawdown of -62% before any recovery.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Amdocs announced a multi-year managed services agreement to deliver its full-stack BSS/OSS systems to Telefonica Chile and Telefonica Moviles Chile, operated by Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), with AI-driven application management to streamline operations and speed digital feature rollouts.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Corn futures finished Friday with contracts settling 1 to 4 cents higher and held those gains into the close, with September up 28 ¼ cents on the week and December up 28 cents.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The 4% rule from 1994 is outdated because today’s cash-yield assumptions are lower (10-year Treasury yields about 4.64% and average 12-month CD rates about 1.71%), so the article points to an income-first approach using four ETFs—JEPQ, QQQI, SCHD, and PFFD—to generate retirement cash flow beyond a single static withdrawal rate.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Flock says 93 jurisdictions ended Flock contracts in August 2026, up from 90 in the Secure Justice count updated Aug. 28.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Ars Technica
NICE reported Q2 2026 revenue of $782.3 million (+8% YoY) and non-GAAP EPS of $2.70, helped by a 52% surge in AI and self-service ARR to $362 million, and reaffirmed full-year 2026 revenue guidance of $3.17B–$3.19B and EPS guidance of $11.06–$11.26.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Marvell Technology posted record Q2 net revenue of $2.739 billion (up 37% year over year) but the stock fell nearly 11% on Friday after the results.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Accuray’s fiscal Q4 net revenue fell 21% to $100.9 million and it posted a full-year operating loss of $26.4 million, while TCW converted $40 million of term debt to preferred equity and injected $15 million in cash via convertible preferred shares to relieve liquidity.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Commodity vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a three-month low as the Iran conflict continued disrupting the corridor, while VLCC tanker rates reportedly climbed as high as $650,000 per day and Qatar’s estimated LNG exports collapsed 96%.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The U.S. Department of Energy set a framework to finalize negotiations for a $1 billion Middletown Works optimization project, with Cleveland-Cliffs and the DOE sharing equally via a rescoped $500 million grant over four years while keeping steel production uninterrupted.
Aug 28, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
