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Monday, August 17, 2026 · 11 stories

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Serve Robotics (SERV) Enters D.C. and San Jose, Signs Grubhub After Uber Exits Stake
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Serve Robotics (SERV) Enters D.C. and San Jose, Signs Grubhub After Uber Exits Stake

Serve Robotics (SERV) files 8-K announcing DoorDash expansion to D.C. and San Jose and a new Grubhub deal, days after Uber sold its entire stake. SERV +7% premarket.

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    Groq Raises $350M at $3.5B Valuation as Nvidia Backs Former Rival Turned Neocloud

    Groq raised $350M at $3.5B—down 49% from peak—after Nvidia's $20B IP deal. Now pivoting to neocloud, Groq has raised ~$1B in 2026 and targets 200+ MW capacity by end-2027.

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    Kalshi Puts Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal at 74%. WBD's Stock Prices the Other 26% at About $15.59

    Prediction-market traders put a 22% chance on Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros. Discovery takeover failing, with WBD's market price implying a $15.59 break.

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    Roper (ROP) Q2 2026: GAAP EPS $11.62 on $835M Indicor Gain, Core Pretax Up 0.9%

    Roper Technologies reported net earnings of $1,168.5 million in the second quarter of 2026 against $378.3 million a year earlier, and diluted earnings per share

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    Nvidia Commits Up to $105 Billion to Finance OpenAI's Ohio AI Campus, Invests $1.5B Directly in SB Energy

    Nvidia commits up to $105B in financial backing for OpenAI's Ohio AI campus and invests $1.5B in developer SB Energy, down from July's reported $250B ceiling.

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    Walmart (WMT) Q2 FY2027 Earnings Preview: Three Watch Points for the August 20 Report

    Walmart Q2 FY2027 earnings on Aug 20. EPS $0.74 (+8.8% YoY), rev $186.9B. Watch: tariff refund reinvestment, H2 guidance update, and consumer health by income cohort.

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    Cadence (CDNS) Q2 2026: China Revenue Up 96%, RPO $8.1B

    Cadence's headline operating margin jumped to 28.4% from 19.0% a year ago, but almost the entire gain is the absence of one item — the $128.5 million export-con

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    Union Pacific (UNP) Fuel Surcharge Exceeds Diesel by $91M

    Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) collected about $91.1 million more in fuel surcharges than it spent on diesel last quarter. Across the first half of the year, it was the only large U.S. railroad to show a net surplus on that same measure, according to Surface Transportation Board filings.

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    ConocoPhillips Q2 2026: EPS Doubles to $3.23 on $104 Brent

    Almost all of ConocoPhillips' second-quarter earnings surge came from price rather than volume: realized prices rose 36% per barrel of oil equivalent while prod

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    Rockwell (ROK) Q3 FY26: Organic Sales +10%, Operating Leverage 3.0x, FY Guidance Raised to $13.15

    Rockwell Automation's recovery is led more by volume than by price, and that is the single most important thing in this filing — but the claim needs to be stated carefully, because it holds for the quarter more than for the year.

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    Alphabet Tops SpaceX Institutional Holders at $94B — But $80 Billion Stays Locked Until Late 2026

    A Reuters analysis finds Alphabet is SpaceX's largest institutional holder at $94.1B — but $80B is locked until ~Dec 9, 2026, with $14.1B frozen through Q3 2027.

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