Apple Spent $877 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Under Tim Cook. Each Dollar Now Goes Less Far.
Apple spent $877B on buybacks under Tim Cook, cutting diluted shares 43%. Q3 FY2026 returned $29.8B. At ~$235/share, $10B retires 0.29% vs ~2.4% in 2012–14.
AWS Grows 37% as Amazon Posts Record Q2 Revenue — Trailing Capex Pushes Free Cash Flow $7.6B Into the Red
Amazon Q2 2026: record Q2 $200.6B revenue (+20%), AWS +37%. TTM free cash flow fell to -$7.6B as total capex hit $173B (+64%). Key metrics for AMZN investors.
Salesforce (CRM) Q2 FY2027 Earnings Preview: Agentforce Billing Faces Its First Real Test on August 26
Salesforce Q2 FY2027 reports Aug. 26 after close. Consensus: $11.3B revenue, $3.27 EPS. CRM −35% YTD. Watch: Agentforce billing proof, margin hold, guidance raise.
Seven Years After Anadarko: Occidental (OXY) Cuts Debt 70% to $11.8B, Posts $3B Free Cash Flow Quarter
OXY posts adj. EPS $2.40 (+823% YoY) and $3B FCF in Q2 2026 as principal debt falls 70% from a ~$40B Anadarko-era peak to $11.8B, lowest since mid-2019.
AI Slows Wage Growth, Not Jobs: Apollo Study Finds 6.7pp Real Pay Gap and USD 28B Annual Shortfall
Apollo July 2026: AI-exposed jobs trailed peers 6.7pp in real wage growth since 2023, no significant employment decline. 5.8M workers missed ~USD 28B annually.
Phillip Securities Cuts Airbnb to Reduce. The Stock Has Set Two 52-Week Highs Since.
Phillip Securities cut Airbnb to Reduce citing a 30.9x forward P/E above its historical reference. Two 52-week highs set since. Wedbush and Susquehanna target $200.
GM (NYSE: GM)–Unifor Deal: 4,600 Ontario Workers; Three Carried-Over Plants Down About 740
Unifor reached tentative agreements with General Motors (NYSE: GM) on Saturday covering more than 4,600 workers in Ontario. That is a bigger number than the union's last GM contract carried — but only because an idled fourth plant was folded into the master agreement this time.
Anthropic Eyes Record IPO to Rival SpaceX's $86 Billion Raise: What US Investors Need to Know
Anthropic preps for Nasdaq IPO matching SpaceX's $86.2B record (base $75B). Q2 2026 revenue $11.5B, 14.6x year-ago. S-1 due late August. Impact on AMZN, GOOG, AVGO.
SEC Charges Former BofA Banker and Friend in South Jersey Industries Insider Trading Scheme
SEC charged ex-BofA energy banker Jason Satsky and Gavin Wolfe with insider trading in South Jersey Industries; Wolfe allegedly netted $18.5M ahead of the company's $8.1 billi
Marvell's Google Warrant: $12.2B to Exercise, $120B in Revenue to Fully Vest
Marvell issued Google a warrant costing $12.2B to exercise; 97.7% vests incrementally as Marvell books $120B of custom-chip revenue from Google.
Uber Hit With $963 Million GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions — Europe's Second-Largest Data Penalty
Dutch regulators fined Uber €825M ($963M) for automating driver suspensions without human review — Europe's 2nd-largest GDPR penalty ever. Uber will appeal.
China Orders Tesla's Largest-Ever Recall: 2.98 Million Vehicles in Coordinated 11-Automaker Action
China's SAMR issued two Tesla recalls Aug 21: 2,975,910 for door escape safety and 2,740,642 for driver monitoring — remedied by labels plus OTA, effective Sep 25, 2026.