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Fluor Corporation is executing a multi-year turnaround, shifting to reimbursable contracts and leveraging AI to improve project execution and margins. FLR's $27B backlog is nearly 4x its $7.3B market cap, with 85% now reimbursable, reducing legacy fixed-price risk and enhancing earnings visibility. Management's modernization, AI-driven project controls, and focus on high-demand sectors—nuclear, data centers, and defense—increase FLR's strategic positioning.

Workday presents an asymmetric risk/reward setup ahead of Q2 earnings, with M&A rumors suggesting a potential go-private deal at a 20-25% premium. A $230-$250 buyout price would value WDAY at $57-$61 billion, reflecting its $10 billion subscription revenue base and 28-30% free cash flow margins. Recent management changes and a series of AI-focused acquisitions point to strategic repositioning, making a go-private transaction with Silver Lake plausible.

Nvidia Corporation remains my top AI infrastructure pick, retaining a Strong Buy rating ahead of earnings. Consensus expects nearly 100% YoY revenue and EPS growth for Q2, with guidance and AI demand commentary as key watch items. NVDA's robust cash generation and low capex could result in over $500 billion cash by FY29, supporting enhanced shareholder returns.

APP's Shopify push could sharpen AXON with transaction data, expand merchant adoption and fuel an e-commerce growth flywheel in late 2026.

KE Holdings Inc. (BEKE) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Gold and silver are accelerating as U.S. debt, Treasury buybacks and hard-asset demand reshape markets, putting $5,000 gold and $100 silver increasingly in focus.

Elon Musk posted on X today that “Starlink now has 11k satellites in orbit”, quote-posting a SpaceX update about a Falcon 9 launching 29 Starlink satellites from Florida.

Tesla will voluntarily recall about 3 million of its vehicles in China to address doorhandle safety concerns and deficient driver monitoring systems. Eight other automakers in China also issued voluntary recalls to deal with doorhandle safety.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX) between February 19, 2025 and May 12, 2026, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 22, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline.

CLX's GOJO deal boosts fiscal 2027 sales, but inflation, acquisition costs and margin pressure could limit underlying growth.