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COP heads into Q2 earnings with higher oil prices lifting prospects, while volatility, unhedged output and operational disruptions pose risks.

Nvidia Corporation is aggressively leveraging its balance sheet to provide financial guarantees and equity stakes, locking AI labs and neoclouds into its ecosystem. NVDA's strategy supports the ramp of its Vera Rubin platform, aiming to secure market share against custom ASIC competition as AI compute shifts toward inference. Financial guarantees and revenue-sharing models facilitate AI data center buildouts but expose NVDA to potential cash outflows if AI demand slows or defaults rise.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde  with Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2025 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and is investigating Atkore Inc. (NYSE: ATKR ) related to its sale to Prysmian S.p.A.

Canadian Pacific beat Q2 earnings and revenue estimates as pricing, volume growth and network efficiency offset higher fuel costs.

Altria remains an attractive dividend payer, but its overreliance on declining smokable products tempers my previous bullish outlook. MO's Q2 and H1 results revealed flat real revenue growth and continued struggles to diversify meaningfully into e-vapor and oral tobacco. Despite failed diversification attempts, MO's strong cash generation and pricing power support a fair value estimate of $76 per share—12% upside.

"They're going to give some of that back to the public, and they better cut the retail price," President Donald Trump says when asked about the profits of ExxonMobil and Chevron during remarks with reporters at the White House. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?

Four U.S. regulators have reached separate agreements with UBS Financial Services in which the company will pay a total of $125 million to settle violations of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) rules.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde  with Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2025 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and is investigating Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPN ) related to its sale to Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Supernus shareholders are expected to receive 1.5401 common shares of Indivior for each share of Supernus.

Shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) are trading at $139.90 in Monday afternoon action, up 8% on a broad AI-cloud rally.

Three funds dominate the conversation when U.S. investors build a dividend sleeve for retirement: Schwab U.S.