J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) Stock Jumps 7% as Intermodal Drives 89% of Operating-Income Growth
J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares jumped 6.6% on Thursday. Intermodal supplied almost 89% of the year-on-year group operating-income increase.
Walmart’s AI bet pays off with $706 million boost from small margin gain
NEW YORK, July 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. EDT – Walmart Inc. said a 0.1-point increase in margins tied to artificial intelligence added $706 million. The retailer has pushed hard on AI this year.
Abbott tops earnings estimates, raises outlook as second-half sales ramps up
Abbott Laboratories bumped up its 2026 earnings outlook on Thursday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results, thanks mostly to cancer tests and heart devices. Shares jumped almost 4% in early trading. The company left its revenue forecast steady, but now has to deliver second-half growth between about 8.6% and 10.5% to hit its target after putting up 4.3% growth in the first half.
Bitcoin slips under $65,000 while ETF flows remain weak
Bitcoin dropped to $63,940 on Thursday, giving up gains after briefly topping $65,000 on Wednesday. Two days of inflows into U.S. spot ETFs weren’t enough to keep the rally intact.
Papa Murphy’s Shuts Most Company Stores as It Reworks Margins
MTY Food Group Inc. plans to shut down 45 to 50 Papa Murphy’s locations, a move that would leave it with almost no direct company-run sites if the year-end store count stays about the same. The cuts signal MTY is stepping back from running Papa Murphy’s outlets itself, not just trimming its store network.
DCC (LON:DCC) £67.97 Bid Leaves New Buyers With a 4.4% Maximum Spread
DCC plc received a takeover proposal worth up to £67.9722 a share, but an investor buying the stock now would be eligible for no more than £66.50. The difference is DCC’s 147.22-pence final dividend, which is awaiting shareholder approval but stopped trading with the shares on May 28. At 6,370 pence, the maximum gross deal spread, the gap between the market price and offer value, is therefore about 4.4% for a new buyer, against 6.7% on the published package.
BHP Group (ASX:BHP) says copper must stay near $6.50 to balance 2027 volume loss
BHP will rely on copper sticking near June quarter prices as it faces a 12% drop in output for fiscal 2027. Using Thursday’s production forecast, BHP needs an average copper price near US$6.50 a pound, a touch below the US$6.53 a pound it said it got in the fourth quarter.
Woodside’s Oil Rally Upside Shifts After Gas Mix and Hedges
Woodside Energy Group Ltd goes into Thursday’s ASX session with some help from higher crude prices. But its most recent update on production and hedging shows it may not see a big short-term gain. First-quarter numbers suggest unhedged crude and condensate make up around 25% of total output.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) sets trading record as modeled risk drops 42%
Bank of America reported record Q2 sales and trading revenue of $7.1 billion. Average value-at-risk dropped 42% to $49 million, down from $84 million last year. The numbers point to stronger client activity and execution driving the earnings increase, rather than a larger market-risk stance.
Ford’s $30,000 EV Target Faces a China Scale Gap After Record Exports
Ford Motor Company’s planned low-cost electric pickup now carries a China-scale burden: Chinese automakers exported about 1.1 million vehicles in June, more than Ford sold in the United States during the entire first half. Comparing the fresh export data with Ford’s sales filing gives a hard measure of the gap behind Executive Chair Bill Ford’s latest warning.
SoFi’s 2026 Profit Target Puts 38% Margin in Focus for H2
SoFi Technologies, Inc. started Wednesday with some pressure on a break-even line deep in its 2026 outlook. To hit $1.6 billion in full-year adjusted EBITDA—a non-GAAP figure, excluding taxes, certain financing, and non-cash costs—the company would need that metric to reach about 37.7% of second-half revenue. That compares to 31.3% in the first quarter and an implied 30% for the second.
US mortgage rates can fall without a Fed cut, but bond math shows the limits
U.S. mortgage rates can fall without a Federal Reserve cut, but the bond-market route now open would need to deliver more than a routine quarter-point move to reverse the latest drop in homebuying demand. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s average 30-year contract rate reached 6.65% in the week ended July 10, the highest since August 2025, while purchase applications fell 7.3% to their lowest since February.
Glencore (LON:GLEN) counts on Congo for copper recovery as mining-code risk heats up
Glencore’s first-quarter copper jump was almost entirely driven by its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kamoto Copper Company and Mutanda delivered 27,400 tonnes out of the company’s 31,700-tonne year-on-year growth, or 86.4%, according to company data. That concentration puts Glencore’s production at risk if there’s a new dispute over mining laws in Kinshasa.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) up 15% but trails Stripe-Advent bid premium
PayPal Holdings jumped 14.7% before the bell Wednesday after a reported $53 billion-plus bid from Stripe and Advent International. Shares were up, but still traded at a sizable discount to the rumored offer price, showing investors doubt the takeover will go through as proposed.
Arbe Robotics (NASDAQ:ARBE) shares surge 27% on defense deal, market cap up $23M
Arbe Robotics Ltd. popped 27.0% Tuesday after saying a global defense integrator picked its radar for three projects. That move added about $22.8 million in market value before Arbe named any amount for the deal. Shares finished at 87.4 cents, trading their busiest day in months. The market moved fast to price in a big win.
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:GEHC) sheds $1.7 billion as HCA warning tests order-growth case
Shares of GE HealthCare Technologies slid 5.6% to $61.66 on Tuesday, wiping about $1.7 billion from its market value, after HCA Healthcare Inc. disclosed lower surgery volumes and a roughly $400 million hit from a weaker payer mix. The price action turned a hospital-operator warning into a test of GE HealthCare’s equipment order book.
AT&T (NYSE:T) 12% free-cash-flow yield draws fire as Starlink tests pricing
AT&T Inc. closed at $21.30 Tuesday. Shares are up 0.8% over two days, even as Bernstein cut its price target 17% on Starlink risks. The company has a market cap close to $150 billion. AT&T’s latest outlook calls for at least $18 billion in free cash flow in 2026, which works out to about a 12% free-cash-flow yield and covers the current dividend around 2.3 times. Most of that is from the discount.
US stocks: A 922-point Dow tug-of-war masks broader Wall Street gains
An intraday 922-point two-stock tug-of-war inside the Dow masked a firmer U.S. close on Tuesday. Goldman added an estimated 477 points while IBM subtracted 445, yet preliminary data put the Dow’s net gain at only 28.92 points. The headline index barely moved; its largest drivers did.
Dow trades flat as two giants sway index by 922 points
Dow Jones Industrial Average barely moved at the close on Tuesday, but what looked like a quiet session masked a 922-point swing between two big names. Goldman Sachs Group added as much as 477 points while International Business Machines cut 445 points from the total. By the bell, the Dow ticked up just 28.92 points, according to early numbers. The surface didn’t tell the whole story.
Illinois Lottery Sales Hold Steady in May but Income Falls 26%, Eyes on $124M June Target
Illinois Lottery faced a big jump in June, needing about $123.8 million in operating income to hit its fiscal 2026 plan. That’s more than double what it made in May. A spike in prize costs hit the bottom line despite steady sales. The June financials aren’t out yet. The problem is on the payout side, not revenue.