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Wall St futures edge higher ahead of this week's megacap earnings
Wall St futures edge higher ahead of this week's megacap earnings
Jul 20, 2026
July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Monday, following last week's chip-stocks-led pullback, as investors awaited a key slate of earnings that could test Wall Street's AI-driven rally, while caution prevailed due to escalating tensions in the Middle East. The second-quarter earnings season will pick up pace this week, with reports due from several major companies,...
TREASURIES-US Treasury yields tick higher; inflation outlook helps cool hike bets
TREASURIES-US Treasury yields tick higher; inflation outlook helps cool hike bets
Jul 20, 2026
July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury bond yields ticked higher on Monday, but were still headed for their sharpest week-on-week decline this month after softer-than-expected inflation readings last week prompted investors to scale back their bets on an imminent rate hike. The 2-year yield, which tracks near-term Federal Reserve policy expectations most closely, traded near 4.183%, slightly below its highest...
Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatter
Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatter
Jul 20, 2026
The crypto market is drifting lower, with bitcoin (BTC) losing 1% since midnight UTC while ether (ETH) is holding up marginally better, shedding 0.65% even as some other risk assets, like U.S. equity index futures, advance. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 indexes posted gains of 0.35% and 0.20%, respectively, expanding the divergence between crypto and stocks that...
US Equity Investors to Focus on Q2 Earnings, Iran War, Composite PMIs This Week as Chipmakers Hover Near Bear Market
US Equity Investors to Focus on Q2 Earnings, Iran War, Composite PMIs This Week as Chipmakers Hover Near Bear Market
Jul 20, 2026
05:47 AM EDT, 07/20/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US equity investors will focus on mega-cap Q2 earnings this week while keeping an eye on geopolitics and macroeconomic data after the recent soft inflation print. * US corporate earnings due include Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Tesla (TSLA), GE Vernova ( GEV ) , Intel ( INTC ) , and American Express ( AXP...
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Porsche trims outlook in 'storm' of US tariff woes and China slump
Porsche trims outlook in 'storm' of US tariff woes and China slump
Jul 30, 2025
* FY margin seen in lower 5-7% range * Outlook includes 15% US tariff, possible price adjustments * Negotiations planned for H2 on jobs cuts (Adds details on tariff response, restructuring from paragraph 7) By Rachel More BERLIN, July 30 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's embattled luxury brand Porsche cut its full-year profitability target on Wednesday after the EU's trade deal with...
Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
Aug 17, 2025
SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...
GSK in talks with Trump administration on U.S. drug pricing, CEO says
GSK in talks with Trump administration on U.S. drug pricing, CEO says
Jul 30, 2025
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK said on Wednesday it is in talks with the Trump administration about ways to lower U.S. drug costs, becoming the latest pharmaceutical company to acknowledge action under pressure from Washington to rein in prices. GSK CEO Emma Walmsley said on a call with journalists after the company posted second-quarter profits above analyst...
Madrigal signs up to $2 billion deal to develop CSPC Pharma's GLP-1 drug
Madrigal signs up to $2 billion deal to develop CSPC Pharma's GLP-1 drug
Jul 30, 2025
July 30 (Reuters) - Madrigal Pharmaceuticals ( MDGL ) said on Wednesday it has entered into an up to $2 billion global license agreement with CSPC Pharmaceutical ( CHJTF ) to develop an oral GLP-1 drug for a type of liver disease. The U.S. drugmaker said it plans to start development of the experimental drug, SYH2086, for a fatty liver...
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