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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) stock’s issuing company announced its Q2 2026 financial report on July 29. Q2 revenue was $60.8B (up 28% year over year); however, costs and expenses rose 55% year over year to $4.2026 billion, including $42.03B in legal litigation expenses and $1.18B in severance and employee-related costs. Q2 2026 Key Financial Metrics: Revenue, Profit, and Cash Flow Data Based on Meta’s July 29, 2026 financial report, the company’s main Q2 financial data are as follows: Q2

Three major Korean stocks received updated analyst coverage on the morning of July 30, with securities firms adjusting target prices based on second-quarter results. Hana Securities lowered Samsung C&T's target price from 650,000 won to 420,000 won while maintaining a Buy rating, citing reduced

South Korea's KOSPI stock index surged 4.37% to 5910.82 as of 10:39 AM on the 30th, driven by Samsung Electronics' 6% rally following the company's conference call. Samsung stated during the call that memory semiconductor supply shortages will intensify next year compared to current levels, with

Binance.US CEO Steve Gregory announced on July 30 at the Rare Evo blockchain conference that the company will submit an application for a designated contract market (DCM) license to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in August, entering the prediction market. Under CFTC official regulations, a DCM license authorizes licensed entities to legally trade futures or options contracts on any underlying commodities, indices, or instruments. DCM License Framework: CFTC Regulatory Autho

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) stock gained 7% in overnight trading late Wednesday after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter results and a first-quarter 2027 forecast that exceeded analyst expectations. The tech giant's fiscal Q4 revenue climbed 18% to $90 billion, beating the $87.7 billion

OpenAI executives emphasized the company's revenue growth trajectory during an internal employee meeting held on the 29th (local time), according to CNBC. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar disclosed that the company's annualized revenue for July surpassed the entire second quarter revenue,

Samsung Electronics stated during its Q2 2026 conference call on the 30th that it is not currently considering issuing American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), but views it as one option to examine from a mid-to-long-term shareholder value enhancement perspective. The statement came in response to

South Korea's National Pension Service and other pension funds net purchased 637.8 billion won in domestic stocks from July 1 to July 30 morning as the KOSPI index declined, according to Korea Exchange data released July 30. The buying occurred after NPS raised its domestic stock target ratio to 20.

SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI) shares fell about 8.9% after the company released its earnings report on July 29, closing at $15.25. SoFi kept its adjusted EBITDA guidance at $1.6 billion unchanged. Revenue for the technology platform (Galileo) business declined 23% year over year to about $85 million in Q2. The company attributed this to the loss of a large customer by the end of 2025. Q2 2026 Financial Highlights: EPS, Revenue, and Four Historical Records According to SoFi’s official earnings

On July 30, 2026 (Beijing time), Meta Platforms (META) released its second-quarter earnings report. Revenue was $60.8 billion, up 28% year over year, reaching a record high. But this “record-breaking” report failed to win over the market—the stock closed at $585.61 that day, down 1.31% in a single session. After the earnings release, the stock price briefly fell by more than 10% in after-hours trading. Source: Google Finance “Record revenue” and “a big drop in share pr

Samsung Electronics stated during its Q2 earnings conference call that HBM4 is projected to account for over 60% of the company's total high-bandwidth memory (HBM) sales in the second half, with third-quarter HBM4 revenue expected to triple compared to the previous quarter. The company attributed th

Seoul forex dealers forecast the USD-KRW exchange rate could fall below the 1,440 won level on dovish Fed signals and month-end corporate dollar selling. The US Federal Reserve held its policy rate at 3.50-3.75% overnight, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's dovish remarks triggered a sharp drop in USD-KRW

Samsung Electronics announced it is reviewing specific shareholder return measures including a special dividend during its Q2 earnings conference call on the 30th. The review comes as the company enters the final year of its current 3-year shareholder return policy. Management stated they are

Procter & Gamble (P&G) stocks closed 1.87% lower at $146.10 on the 29th (local time) on the New York exchange following the company's conservative guidance for the new fiscal year. CFO Andre Schulten stated

DeFi yield agreement Altura announced that the cash bank account holding the final round of payments from its stablecoin vault has been temporarily frozen by the bank, with the frozen amount exceeding £16.4 million. Previously, Altura had arranged the final step: after converting the cash into USDT via an over-the-counter (OTC) trade, it would distribute it to users; however, when the funds were being prepared to be transferred to the OTC partner, the account was frozen, and the bank is conducti

Baird Equity Research downgraded Caterpillar from Outperform to Neutral and slashed its target price from $1,200 to $900. The downgrade stems from spreading regulatory barriers against data center development across US states and localities, including New York's construction moratorium on

The Ethereum Foundation appointed Pascal Caversaccio, co-founder of crypto security response group SEAL 911, to its board on Wednesday. The appointment reflects the organization's deepening focus on privacy and security. Caversaccio, also known as "pcaversaccio," joined for an initial one-year

After Chinese humanoid robot company UBTECH (優必選) released its consumer humanoid robot UWORLD U1 series in Shenzhen on June 30, the company officially claimed that total omnichannel presales have cumulatively surpassed 13,361 units. Notably, on July 8, the JD.com platform showed 5,613 presales. And five days before the release, Sony announced that the robotic dog aibo ERS-1000 would stop sales in Japan once its domestic inventory was sold out. Pricing and specifications for the three U1 series m