U.S. equities were lower at midday, as inflation rose and investors pulled money out of the market ahead of the long Labor Day holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all fell.

Mesoblast Limited (NASDAQ:MESO ) Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 28, 2025 6:30 PM ET Company Participants Andrew Chaponnel - Interim Chief Finance Officer Marcelo Santoro - Chief Commercial Officer Silviu Itescu - Founder, CEO, MD, Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board & Executive Director Conference Call Participants Edward Andrew Tenthoff - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Elyse Miriam Shapiro - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division John Hester - Bell Potter Securities Limited, Research Division Michael Okunewitch - Maxim Group LLC, Research Division Olivia Simone Brayer - Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Research Division Operator Hello, and welcome to the Mesoblast …

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) today announced that the firm will release financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 (ended July 31, 2025) on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. A press release will be issued before the market opens on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, followed by a live webcast at 12:00 pm EDT. What: Korn Ferry to Report Q1 FY2026 Earnings Investor Live Webcast When: 12:00 pm EDT on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Where: Live audio webcast and accompanying.

Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.

Cal-Maine Foods' explosive revenue and profit growth in FY2025, driven by a surge in egg prices, has left the company in a far stronger financial position. Demand for eggs remains remarkably stable despite price volatility, making Cal-Maine Foods' business more resilient and a less risky investment. Government subsidies and bailouts provide a safety net for Cal-Maine Foods, further reducing downside risk even during periods of low egg prices.

First Solar has a 64 GW backlog and is the dominant leader at the confluence of U.S. manufacturing support, constraints on foreign-connected competitors, and autonomous technology increasing energy demands. Thematic macro investors with a tolerance for policy volatility can reap 100% gains in 12 months in a bull case. I definitively estimate a 40–50% return. Risks include long-term competition ramping, including advantages in novel crystalline silicon panels that counter the Levelized Cost of Energy advantage of First Solar's cadmium telluride at this stage.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the Magnificent Seven stocks that continues to outperform the NASDAQ in 2025. As of Aug. 27, MSFT stock is up 18.6% in 2025, outpacing the tech index, which has an 11.9% gain.

CoreWeave raises 2025 revenue outlook as $30.1B backlog and surging AI cloud adoption drive growth across key industries.

Shell plc (the ‘Company') announces that on 29 August, 2025 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation.

Duolingo Incs hares fell more than 7% to $299.18 in late-morning trading on Friday after Google revealed new artificial intelligence-powered live translation and language learning tools. The move is a potential threat to Duolingo's growth and user base in the space.

JNJ halts Imaavy's rheumatoid arthritis program after trial results showed no added benefit over existing therapy.

VST's integrated model, clean energy focus and strong ROE highlight its resilience and growth potential in the evolving U.S. power market.

Lotus Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:LOT ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 29, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Daxue Wang - Chief Financial Officer Michelle Ma - Corporate Participant Qingfeng Feng - CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Lotus Technology, Inc. First Half and Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 20, 2025, investors in James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) saw the price of their shares crash $9.79 (-34%) after the company reported its Q1 2026 financial results and revealed problems with its North America business, its largest reporting segment. The company's earnings disclosures have prompted national shareholders rights firm Hagens Berman to open an investigation into whether James Hardie may have misled investors about the sustainability of its business model, including its sales practices in North America.

Marvell Technology MRVL shares tumbled Friday after the chipmaker's upbeat second-quarter results were overshadowed by underwhelming third-quarter guidance, prompting Wall Street to trim price forecasts and deepening investor concerns over the near-term outlook.

MPLX is set to sell its Rockies gathering and processing assets for $1B to sharpen its focus on the core Marcellus and Permian basins.

AT&T teams up with Cisco to launch a single-vendor SASE solution, aiming to simplify enterprise security and strengthen its market edge.

Pre-market futures are improving following the release of major economic numbers this morning. A drawback in EU markets this morning (Germany reported a surge in unemployment and higher inflation) brought U.S. indexes lower, but they are fighting higher — though it's now become choppy — based on the Fed's preferred inflation metric.

SM offers stronger valuation and better ROE than CRGY, while CRGY beats SM in one-year price performance, despite shale sector headwinds.

Crescent Energy may benefit from a Fed rate cut, but falling oil prices and global tensions could temper gains.