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X's product chief is stepping down to 'take a breather' after a year of running the app '24/7'
- Nikita Bier, X's head of product, is stepping down. - Bier said he'll continue working as an advisor for X. - Running the app has been a "24/7" job, Bier said, and it's time for "a breather." Nikita Bier, X's head of product, is stepping down from the role after a year at the job. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster," Bier wrote in an X post on Wednesday.
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FTSE 100 Live: UK Stock Futures Rise on Middle East Optimism
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Zurich Insurance Earnings Boosted by Global Data Center Demand
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Curaleaf Earnings + Call Notes
$340.1M Revs; est. $332.8M $169.9M GP; est. $161.6M 50% GM; est. 48.6% $4.2M OI; est. $5M $12.5M NI; est. ($42.3M) $0.05 EPS; est. ($0.16) Second quarter 2026 net revenue of $340 million Second quarter 2026 International revenue of $51 million Second quarter 2026 gross profit margin of 50% Second quarter net income of $12 million Second quarter adjusted EBITDA of $70 million “Our second quarter results reinforce that our ‘Built for Growth’ strategy, a disciplined framework focused on customer centricity, brand building, and operational excellence is gaining traction across the business.
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Uber($UBER) Q2 Earnings Report
Uber's second-quarter 2026 earnings demonstrate a company achieving significant scale and profitability, driven by record user engagement and a surging delivery segment. Gross Bookings: $58.02 billion in Q2 2026 vs. $46.76 billion in Q2 2025 (+24% YoY) Revenue: $14.19 billion in Q2 2026 vs. $12.65 billion in Q2 2025 (+12% YoY) GAAP Net Income: $2.39 billion* in Q2 2026 vs. $1.36 billion in Q2 2025 (+77% YoY) GAAP Diluted EPS: $1.17 in Q2 2026 vs. $0.63 in Q2 2025 (+85% YoY) Non-GAAP EPS: $0.81 in Q2 2026 vs. $0.60 in Q2 2025 (+35% YoY) Adjusted EBITDA: $2.82 billion in Q2 2026 vs.
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Why Are Stocks Not Crashing?
A few questions are on everyone’s mind— Will stocks ever crash? Will AI companies ever generate meaningful returns on their multibillion-dollar investments? Can someone short this market and make bank? Yes. No. No. Why? First, I do think this eventually unravels. Over the next year or two, we are likely to see meaningfully lower prices. This massive AI investment juggernaut will create value, but that value will accrue to a very small group of people. In my view, it will not turn into the kind of sizable windfall that today’s biggest AI spenders are expecting.
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LIONS ALERT. Iran And Oman Agree On Shipping Route/Control Through The Strait. The U.S. To Concede Authority Over Traffic. And Lift The Blockade.
Lions. Absent of the US, an agreement has been reached of control for the strait. This is what we have so far. Iran’s authority over traffic, Iranian inspections and security enforcement, Iranian transit or service fees. For America, it will lift the US blockade of Iranian ports. The much larger geopolitical stage is that this arrangement would give Iran …
On the markets — Kalshi traders have been actively repricing this story in the last day.
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Day Traders Hammered by Stock Market Slump Double Down in Taiwan
For Dorian Hsu, Taiwan’s stock boom had looked like a chance to get ahead. The 33-year-old office worker poured his savings into stocks and borrowed $62,000 through an unsecured loan to double down on leveraged bets tied to the benchmark index.