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Evercore ISI raised its price target for Amazon.com (AMZN) to $355 from $315 on Friday while maintaining an Outperform rating, citing survey data showing agentic AI is driving incremental retail purchases on the platform. The stock rallied approximately 4.2% following the announcement, later

According to Evercore ISI, Amazon (AMZN) stock rallied 4.2% on Friday after the firm raised its price target to $355 from $315, implying 38.5% upside from Thursday's close. Evercore maintained an Outperform rating, citing survey evidence that agentic AI is driving additional shopping on Amazon's

Spot gold fell 3.0% intraday on August 28, trading at $4,461.52 per ounce.

HIVE Digital Technologies mined 1,004 Bitcoin in the three months ended June 30, 2026. This represented a 147% increase from the 406 BTC the company mined in the same period last year. The jump came from hashrate growth, with average operational hashrate climbing to 24.0 exahash per second, nearly t

According to a disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on August 28, President Donald Trump traded Coupang Inc. common shares twice in June 2026. The filing revealed Trump conducted a total of 1,051 stock transactions during the disclosure period, with Coupang appearing in at

Marvell Technology shares fell 6% on Friday despite reporting second-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations, as the chipmaker's raised fiscal 2028 outlook failed to meet elevated investor expectations. The company announced Thursday that it now expects fiscal 2028 revenue to grow

According to TheStreet, HIVE Digital Technologies mined 1,004 Bitcoin in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2026, up 147% from 406 BTC in the same period a year earlier. At Bitcoin's current price of approximately $77,480, the quarterly output was worth roughly $78 million. The surge was

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended recent currency interventions on Friday, arguing that yen market volatility could transmit to the United States and push up American interest rates. Bessent stated that yen market disorder may trigger forced liquidations, disrupting global markets and r

According to trade.xyz, the company and Hyperliquid jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, urging the establishment of a regulated U.S. market pathway for energy perpetual contracts and 24/7 trading. The companies noted that during recent crude oil market

According to CNBC, BlackBerry's stock price has doubled this year as investors reward the company's strategy to focus on critical software for cars and secure communications. The company's QNX operating system business, which powers embedded software for vehicles, is now embedded in 275 million cars

According to Wall Street Journal reporting on recent regulatory filings, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan's investment group holds 49% of WLTC Holdings, the parent company behind World Liberty Financial's proposed US trust bank. An entity affiliated with US President Donald Trump's family owns a f

Bitcoin gained $14,264, or 22.7%, in the week ending Aug. 23, closing at $77,387 in its largest weekly dollar gain on record. Galaxy Research identified Bitcoin's 50-week moving average near $82,470 as the next bottom-confirmation signal, based on a historical pattern where 11 of 13 bear markets sin

Apple raised the monthly subscription price for Apple TV to $14.99 on Friday, up from $12.99, while the annual plan increased to $119 from $99. The company also raised the individual Apple One bundle price to $21.95 from $19.95. The price adjustments follow significant content additions since Apple

At his Jackson Hole keynote, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh dedicated a section to artificial intelligence, calling the current moment a 'hinge point in history.' Warsh stated that annualized token sales at the two leading AI labs now exceed $100 billion, representing a more than 500% increase

On Friday, Aug 28, Federal Reserve overnight reverse repo (RRP) usage fell to $175 million with one counterparty, down from $456 million on the previous trading day.

According to Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at FOREX.com, gold has rallied 15% through August and currently trades around $4,601.60 per ounce on growing concerns over U.S. government debt. The U.S. Treasury's announcement to increase long-dated bond purchases to reduce borrowing costs has

According to Moneydj, in late August 2026, U.S. rare earth producers secured significant government backing. MP Materials received a $400 million convertible preferred stock investment from the U.S. Department of Defense, along with a 10-year price guarantee of $110 per kilogram for

According to CNBC, Affirm Holdings (AFRM) stock popped 7% on Friday after the buy now, pay later company reported strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. The company posted Q4 revenue of $1.17 billion, beating the $1.11 billion estimate, and guided first-quarter revenue to $1.19–$1.22 billion,

Gap (GAP) stocks surged 15% on Friday after the apparel retailer reported second-quarter earnings of $0.52 per share, exceeding Wall Street's $0.48 estimate, and raised its full-year profit forecast to $2.35 to $2.45 per share from $2.30 to $2.40 per share. The rally occurred despite Old Navy, Gap's

According to CNBC reporting, Meta Platforms and other major Big Tech firms faced significant pressure on their balance sheets in their June quarter as artificial intelligence infrastructure investments surged. Meta's free cash flow plummeted 91% year over year while capital expenditure jumped 88% to