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Real wages in Italy: the freeze lasting 35 years
Updated 2 August 2026. Real wages in Italy have barely moved for more than three decades. Between 1990…
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Qualcomm earnings: auto and IoT offset mobile weakness
Updated July 30, 2026. Qualcomm earnings for fiscal 2026’s third quarter reveal an uneven transition: revenue fell 4%…
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Robinhood earnings hit a record as crypto revenue falls 38%
Updated July 30, 2026. Robinhood earnings for the second quarter of 2026 paired a company record with clear…
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SoFi earnings: revenue up 43% as crypto returns
Updated July 30, 2026. SoFi earnings for the second quarter of 2026 showed broad acceleration: GAAP revenue reached…
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Starbucks earnings: traffic and margins recover
Updated July 30, 2026. Starbucks earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 point to a return to…
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Free cash flow in tech companies: a practical guide
Free cash flow is one of the most useful ways to test whether a technology company turns reported…
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Meta earnings: strong ads meet record AI capex
Updated July 30, 2026. Meta earnings for the second quarter of 2026 exposed a sharp contrast: advertising activity…
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Microsoft earnings: cloud and AI lift revenue
Updated July 30, 2026. Microsoft earnings for the fiscal 2026 fourth quarter showed cloud and artificial intelligence growth…
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Fed rates held as three dissenters seek a hike
Updated July 30, 2026. Fed rates remain unchanged, but the vote reveals a less unified central bank. On…
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AI stock selloff: rotation shakes chips and Nasdaq
Updated July 29, 2026. The AI stock selloff spread from US semiconductors to South Korea on July 29,…