Gap stock falls as retailer misses sales expectations, driven by decline at Athleta

Gap posted mixed fiscal second quarter results, beating on earnings per share but missing on revenue after Athleta saw sales decline 11%.
Buy stock ‘compounders’ for the long-term and tune out any near-term noise, Trivariate Research says

The research firm highlighted nearly two dozen companies that are forecast to continue boosting gross margins in the quarters ahead.
Dell shares fall on soft third-quarter earnings outlook

Dell said it now plans to ship $20 billion of AI servers in its fiscal 2026, double what it sold last year.
Why the end of ‘de minimis’ can hurt consumers — especially lower-income ones

Consumers will have to start paying duties like tariffs on all online orders of less than $800 shipped directly to their doorstep.
Microsoft starts testing AI model that could escalate competition with OpenAI

Microsoft wants to depend more on its own internally built artificial intelligence models for Copilot, which is available in Bing and Windows 11.
This lithium stock is set for a sharp move higher after clearing a key level, according to the charts

Chart analyst David Keller looks at the technical backdrop for this name that’s broken above its 200-day moving average.
Nvidia’s top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker’s Q2 revenue

Nvidia’s top two customers making up 39% of its total revenue is renewing concern about the risk of the chipmakers clientele concentration.
Trump railroad regulator was fired by White House after Amtrak Acela event

“I was just as surprised as anyone,” the former board member, Robert Primus, said in an interview with CNBC’s Eamon Javers.
Nvidia headed to $200 a share, says Josh Brown

Investors should focus on Nvidia’s big boost in A.I. infrastructure spending, and not the “noise” around China, says Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown
Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Trump skirts mortgage fraud allegation

The document calls the fraud allegation “unsubstantiated and unproven” but does not go into detail about why that is the case.