
Amazon Pushes Drones Into 500 Cities as Its Full-Year Target Equals 80 Minutes of Ground Volume
Amazon's drone unit is aiming to fly about a million packages this year. That is roughly 80 minutes of work for the ground delivery network Amazon already runs

Apple Cuts EU App Store Commission to 26%, Scraps Per-Install Fee to Settle Digital Markets Act Dispute
Apple cut EU App Store commissions to 26% and scrapped its per-install fee, settling its Digital Markets Act dispute with the EU. New terms effective Oct. 1, 2026.

United Launch Alliance Triples Bond Sale to $1.5B After Vulcan Grounding Squeezes LMT-BA JV Cash
United Launch Alliance tripled its bond sale to $1.5B as Vulcan stays grounded. SpaceX wins DoD launches. Key implications for LMT and BA investors.

Disney's ABC Sues FCC Over 'Retaliatory Campaign' Against 8 Broadcast Licenses in First Amendment Case
Disney's ABC sued the FCC on Aug. 18 to halt early license renewal for eight stations, calling the order a 'retaliatory campaign' targeting content critical of Trump.
Salesforce, Microsoft Weigh Darwinbox Stakes at More Than 30 Times Revenue
The valuation reported for Darwinbox this week works out to more than 30 times the Hyderabad-based HR software maker's last disclosed annual revenue. When Sales

Home Depot Q2 FY2026 Earnings: Revenue Rises 5.7% to $47.9B, Best Comparable Sales Since 2022
Home Depot Q2 FY2026: $47.9B revenue (+5.7%), comp sales +1.7% — best since Q3 2022. Adj. EPS $4.92 beats $4.73 est. FY2026 guidance reaffirmed amid tariff uncertainty.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.