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Here are some companies that are making headlines in intraday trading. Genuine Parts — Shares of the auto replacement parts company fell nearly 3% after management confirmed it was not in talks with competitors about a potential deal. Bloomberg News reported earlier this month, citing people familiar with the matter, that O’Reilly Automotive is interested in acquiring Genuine Parts’ auto parts business. O’Reilly stock is up nearly 4% in recent days. Equifax – The credit bureau’s stock price fell 7%. Equifax’s third-quarter guidance disappointed Wall Street, with adjusted earnings of $2.15 to $2.25 per share and revenue of $1.68 billion…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks through the Hart Senate Building after a meeting at the Capitol on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA.Evelyn HochsteinReuterOpenAI announced the appointment of longtime financial executives David Velez and Robin Vince to its nonprofit and for-profit boards of directors as the company moves toward an IPO. Mr. Vélez is the CEO of Nubank, Latin America’s largest digital bank, and Mr. Vince is the CEO of the financial services company BNY. OpenAI said in a statement Tuesday that the two companies offer the company “complementary perspectives on how technology can reshape industries and drive economic…
James Patten leaves U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey after his sentencing hearing on July 21, 2026.Dan Mangan | CNBCJames Patten, who played a key role in a brazen stock-price manipulation scheme that led to a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of $100 million and a loss-making small New Jersey deli, was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in prison.Patten, 67, asked Judge Christine O’Hern to impose a non-prison sentence during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey.But O’Hearn said Patten, a North Carolina resident, deserved to be sent back to prison for his role…
A Republican-led EEOC proposal to eliminate workforce diversity reporting heads to public comment amid harsh criticism.Published July 21, 2026July 21, 2026The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the main regulatory agency that enforces anti-discrimination laws in the United States, has proposed eliminating a decades-old requirement for U.S. employers to annually submit data on the racial and gender breakdown of their employees.In a 2-1 vote, the Republican majority advanced the proposal, which will now move into a 30-day public comment period before final approval. The commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the measure on August 11th.Recommended stories list of…
On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google’s “flagship model” and promises improved coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17% and being cheaper than its predecessor, 3.5 Flash. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the most cost-effective model in its class, and 3.5 Flash Cyber is a specialized model fine-tuned to find and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities at an affordable price. Google said the model is available only to governments and trusted partners as part of a limited access pilot program. Google says the focus…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 4, 2025 in New York City. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty ImagesMany investors remain obsessed with the so-called “Mag 7” and the tech-driven U.S. stock market. You may need to learn some history lessons to avoid being held back by the mistakes that sunk your portfolio in the early 2000s.Although there are differences in today’s market, the stage we are in is similar in some important ways to the period before the dot-com bubble burst. During the dot-com heyday, many market participants were overly…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on May 29, 2026 in Simi Valley, California.Caroline Breman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the Trump administration will investigate whether China’s artificial intelligence models were derived from U.S. models, saying the government does not support “intellectual property theft.”China’s open weight model is gaining traction against major products from US companies. OpenAI and humanraising concerns from technology executives and government officials about the sustainability of America’s lead in the AI race. Earlier this month, Chinese startup…
A London bus driver discovered a caged monkey hidden inside a laundry bag on board last week. The marmoset is believed to have been abandoned by its owner, and animal protection authorities are warning of further abandonment following recent changes to the UK’s primate captivity laws. The driver of bus number 302, who has not been identified, spotted the frightened animal on Friday morning near the end of the route from Mill Hill Broadway to Kensal Rise in northwest London. Britain’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said the mother tried to disembark the ship with…
Data centers are expected to use one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States by 2035, or four times as much as they do now, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. Due to the surge in AI computing, data center capacity will increase to nearly 200 gigawatts over the next decade, the report predicts. Roughly half of that capacity will be devoted to training and reasoning, and much of that will continue to be concentrated in the United States. By 2033, the country will host 64% of AI chips based on electricity demand. Based on previous projections, these…
A health care worker administers the Pfizer-BioNTech novel coronavirus vaccine to a student during a “Vax To School” campaign event at a high school in the Borough of Staten Island, New York, United States, on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.Gina Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAbout two-thirds of medical students who use prediction markets and betting sites believe these platforms will help them fund their education, according to a report from workforce infrastructure firm Clasp.The findings from 1,000 respondents came after the Trump administration expanded the list of graduate degrees eligible for increased borrowing limits. Health care programs such as nursing…