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CNBC Daily Open: Brent crude is back at $100 — and Trump renews tariffs

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Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers pushed Brent past $100 and Treasury yields to an 18-month high, while an AI spending jitters punished Tesla and Alphabet.

SAP Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

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SAP Bets $1B on AI Acquisitions to Lock In Enterprise DataSAP (NYSE:SAP) reported a strong second quarter for 2026, with management highlighting accelerating current cloud backlog growth, continued cloud revenue gains and rising customer interest in the company’s artificial intel

Reliance Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

3 Waste Stocks Turning AI Investments Into GrowthReliance (NYSE:RS) reported what executives described as another strong quarter, with record tons sold, sharply higher year-over-year sales and stronger profitability supported by favorable pricing, improving demand across several

RenaissanceRe Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

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A Quiet Outperformer With a Catastrophe CaveatRenaissanceRe (NYSE:RNR) reported what executives described as another strong quarter, with operating income of $548 million and an annualized operating return on equity of about 20% for the second quarter of 2026. President and Chie

RLI Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

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Palomar’s High-Risk Insurance Strategy Is Paying Off BigRLI (NYSE:RLI) reported another quarter of profitable underwriting and higher investment income, with management emphasizing disciplined growth, capital returns and selectivity in increasingly competitive specialty insurance

Ryder System Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

Defense Earnings Show Readiness Now and Modernization AheadRyder System (NYSE:R) reported its seventh consecutive quarter of comparable earnings-per-share growth, with management pointing to contractual revenue, strategic initiatives and improving used vehicle sales as the main c

Amazon cracks down on use of AI images by sellers after New York law

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A recently enacted New York law mandates that companies disclose when an ad includes a "synthetic performer" in place of a human actor.

National Bankshares (NKSH) Q2 Earnings Lag Estimates

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National Bankshares (NKSH) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -1.25% and +0.29%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Allianz to buy HSBC’s Singapore insurance unit for $2.09 billion

Allianz to acquire Singapore insurance business from HSBC

Hogs Close Mixed on Thursday, with Front Month Strength

Lean hog futures closed with gains of 30 to 70 cents across most front months, with other contracts down 15 to 12 cents higher. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $102.14 Thursday afternoon, up $1.06 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 56 cents higher...