MetLife (MET) Q2 2026: Adjusted Earnings Up 15%, Adjusted EPS Up 20%, GAAP Up 1%
MetLife's underwriting and investment engines both improved in the second quarter, but almost none of that reached the GAAP bottom line. Adjusted earnings — the
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Baker Hughes (BKR) Q2 2026: $9.9B bond issuance funds Chart acquisition; H1 net income surges 44.6%
Baker Hughes H1 2026 net income rose 44.6% to $1.61 billion, boosted by a $697 million divestiture gain, while Q2 revenue fell 2.4% to $6.74 billion. The company issued $9.9 billion in bonds in March to fund the July 2026 Chart Industries acquisition, nearly tripling long-term debt to $15.5 billion. IET outperformed OFSE; H1 free cash flow was $1.21 billion.
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Verizon's August 8 Voice Outage Likely Crossed the FCC Filing Threshold — Here's the Math
Verizon's Aug. 8 voice outage ran roughly 4 hours across major U.S. cities, likely clearing the FCC's 900,000 user-minute reporting bar — the detail weekend coverage missed.
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Q2 2026: Growth Cools to 4.8% from 20.4% as Volatility Windfall Fades
Intercontinental Exchange closed the first half of 2026 with diluted EPS up 46.2% to $4.18, but almost none of that acceleration belongs to the second quarter.
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Intel (INTC) Q2 2026: Revenue +25.4%, Op Profit Turns Positive; $10.85B Net Loss on Escrow
Intel posted Q2 2026 revenue of $16.13 billion, up 25.4% year-over-year, swinging to operating income of $1.796 billion from a $3.176 billion operating loss in Q2 2025.
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Coca-Cola (KO) Q2 2026: EPS Beats Fifth Straight Quarter, Volume Hits 17-Year High, Guidance Raised
Coca-Cola Q2 2026: comparable EPS $0.97 (+11%) beats for fifth straight quarter; trademark volume +5%, strongest in 17 years; FY2026 guidance raised; stock +26% YTD.
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Home Depot (HD) Dividend Raise Slows to 1.3%, Payout Ratio Rises
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) lifted its quarterly dividend by 1.3% in February, the smallest annual increase in the dividend history the company publishes back to 2020
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