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📊 Intel beats on Q2 revenue, plans to cut 15% of workforce, cancels factory plans:

Intel reported its second quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, beating on revenue but missing on earnings per share (EPS) due to impairment charges.

The company said it is cutting its headcount by 15% and expects to have approximately 75,000 employees by the end of the year. Intel also offered an upbeat Q3 revenue forecast of between $12.6 billion and $13.6 billion. Wall Street was expecting $12.6 billion.

The chipmaker's stock fell almost 5% in premarket trading on Friday, having initially risen more than 2% soon after the report before turning negative. Yahoo Finance reports.

🎢 US stock futures largely steady after record run for S&P 500, Nasdaq:

Wall Street futures were largely unchanged on Friday, as investors caught their breath after record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq and looked for clarity on U.S. trade talks before the August 1 tariff deadline.

At 06:50 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 68 points, or 0.15%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 8.25 points, or 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 10.5 points, or 0.04%.

The blue-chip Dow fell 0.7% in Thursday's session, but remained close to its all-time high, last hit in December

All three major indexes were poised to cap the week on a high note, as fresh signs of progress emerged on deals between the United States and its trading partners including Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, which helped propel markets to new highs. MarketScreener reports.

🚚 First look: Ryder makes more money in second quarter, but revenue growth is minimal:

Ryder Systems made more money in the second quarter than in the corresponding three months from 2025, but revenue growth was slow.

The company announced its earnings Thursday morning. Earnings per share on a GAAP basis were up 11% from a year ago, rising to $3.15/share. Comparable non-GAAP earnings were $3.32, also up 11%.

Ryder, in its earnings release, attributed the increase to “higher contractual earnings and share repurchases.”
But total revenue barely budged, down slightly to $1.47 billion from $1.48 billion a year earlier. Operating revenue rose 1% to $1.29 billion.

After a few quarters of low used vehicle sales, sales rebounded to 6,200. While that was down from 6,000 a year ago, sequentially it was significantly higher than the prior three quarters, when the sales were 4,700, 4,700 and 5,100, respectively. Yahoo Finance reports.

✈️ American airlines stock tumbles as restored full-year earnings outlook disappoints:

American Airlines shares are falling in intraday trading Thursday after the carrier's restored earnings projection for 2025 lagged its earlier forecasts and Wall Street analyst estimates.

Shares in the Fort Worth, Texas-based air carrier fell almost 8% in intraday trading Thursday. They have lost more than 30% of their value so far this year.

Tariffs and economic uncertainty have weighed on American consumer appetite for domestic travel in recent months, affecting the outlook for airlines, although international travel has held up.

The company said Thursday it expects a 2025 adjusted per-share loss of as much as 20 cents or earnings per share (EPS) of as much as 80 cents, with the midpoint lagging the Visible Alpha analyst EPS forecast of 71 cents. Yahoo Finance reports.

🤖 Google signs $1.2 billion cloud services deal with ServiceNow:

Alphabet's Google has signed a deal worth $1.2 billion to provide cloud-computing services to ServiceNow (NOW) over five years, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the agreement.

ServiceNow declined to disclose the value of various individual contracts it has secured with cloud platforms, while Google declined to comment, according to the report.

The companies didn't immediately respond to MT Newswires' requests for comment. MarketScreener reports.

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The closing price of the top three market percent gainers trading near or above $3 on July 25.
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The stock appeared to be moving on no notable news.

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The company announced results of a newly expanded study demonstrating that its LENSai Immunogenicity Screening can reliably predict anti-drug antibody risk for therapeutic proteins before they enter animal studies or human trials. Benzinga reports.

*Estimate and Actual numbers represent Earnings Per Share in US Dollars


GNTX: Gentex
2Q 2025

Before Market Open
Estimate: 0.390
Actual: N/A

AON: Aon
2Q 2025

Before Market Open
Estimate: 3.410
Actual: 3.490

FLG: Flagstar Financial
2Q 2025

Before Market Open
Estimate: -0.120
Actual: -0.140

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