HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #agenticAI--PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO), a leading provider of AI-powered SaaS pricing and selling solutions, today announced that it was named a winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Business or Competitive Intelligence Solution category in the 22nd annual International Business Awards®. This recognition highlighted PROS AI Agents as strong enhancements to the PROS Platform, deeply contextualized to align with each customer's business goals and industry-specific needs. By lev.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New York Life Group Benefit Solutions (NYL GBS) today announced it has been named a strategic Workday Wellness partner. Through this partnership, NYL GBS will integrate with Workday Wellness, empowering employers with AI-driven insights to help improve benefit offerings and streamline their benefits administration. Workday Wellness is an AI-powered solution that enhances employee benefits experiences by sharing a real-time view into the benefits and wellness offerings.

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Microsoft is extending its longtime partnership with the National Football League, integrating AI and cloud tools into assorted workflows from the sidelines to front offices to stadium operations.

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Microsoft AI to power game day and workday experiences for the league and its teams NEW YORK and REDMOND, Wash. , Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Football League and Microsoft Corp. announced today a multiyear strategic partnership extension, ushering in a new era of AI innovation across the league.

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helm.ai, a leading provider of autonomous driving AI software, today announced a multi-year joint development agreement with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Through this collaboration, the two companies will accelerate the development of Honda's next-generation self-driving capabilities, including its Navigate on Autopilot (NOA) platform. The partnership centers on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for production consumer cars, leveraging Helm.ai's full stac.

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Despite China's mixed macroeconomic backdrop and ongoing tariff implication uncertainties, Alibaba's stock has maintained a resilient upsurge this year. Looking ahead into its upcoming F1Q26 earnings update, which deviates from the historical timeline and has been scheduled for August 29, AI and core commerce resilience remain key focus areas. TTG and AIDC are likely to deliver strong performance on a relative basis to comparable local e-commerce peers, given the platforms' inherent alignment with goods favoured by trade-in purchase subsidies.

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Uniti named Top Military Friendly® Company in its Revenue Category — Neutral

UNIT   GlobeNewsWire — August 20, 2025

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uniti (NASDAQ: UNIT), a premier insurgent fiber provider dedicated to enabling mission-critical connectivity across the United States, has been named the #1 Military Friendly® Company for 2025 in the $1 billion-to-$5 billion annual revenue category by VIQTORY Media.

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Public Service Enterprise: Long-Term Earnings Outlook Remains Very Positive — Positive

PEG   Seeking Alpha — August 20, 2025

I maintain my strong buy rating on PEG, driven by surging data center demand and a robust 2Q25 earnings beat. PEG's large-load inquiry pipeline soared to 9.4 GW, with ~90% tied to data centers, underscoring a powerful multi-year growth runway. Higher PJM auction clearing prices and nuclear fleet optimization initiatives significantly boost PEG's earnings visibility and de-risk future cash flows.

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Estée Lauder Stock Falls as Quarterly Losses and Outlook Miss Expectations — Negative

EL   Investopedia — August 20, 2025

Estée Lauder (EL) shares are down 6% in premarket trading Wednesday after the cosmetics company posted a wider-than-forecast quarterly loss and a disappointing outlook for the upcoming year.

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Target Stock Sinks as Retailer Replaces CEO With Company Veteran — Negative

TGT   Investopedia — August 20, 2025

Target (TGT) shares sank 11% in premarket trading Wednesday as the struggling retailer replaced its CEO with a company veteran even as its business showed signs of improvement in the second quarter.

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CLS vs. JBL: Which Stock Has the Edge in AI-Fueled Demand Backdrop? — Positive

CLS  JBL   Zacks Investment Research — August 20, 2025

Celestica and Jabil vie for AI-driven growth, but the former's stronger momentum and growth outlook make it the favored pick.

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Copper margins climb as large-scale miners outpace smaller rivals — Positive

CPER  JJC   Proactive Investors — August 20, 2025

Copper may not be enjoying the spotlight like gold and silver, but producers of the red metal are posting some of their strongest profit margins in years, according to a new industry analysis. Profitability across the copper sector has improved significantly over the past decade, buoyed by stronger copper prices and more favourable processing economics, researchers at UK-based consultancy Project Blue said in a report last week.

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STAFFORD, Texas, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLSI) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on its Phase III clinical trial, FLAMINGO-01, which is evaluating GLSI-100, an immunotherapy to prevent breast cancer recurrences, today announced that Noble Capital Markets has initiated company-sponsored equity research coverage on the Company. The full report by Noble Capital Markets Research Analyst Robert LeBoyer is available here:

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HOUSTON, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: PNRG) today announced financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2025. While year-over-year revenue and earnings declined due to lower oil prices, the Company continued to generate solid cash flow, advance its Permian Basin development, and return capital to shareholders.

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. & ISTANBUL--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $NRGV--Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NRGV), a global leader in grid-scale energy storage solutions, and Astor Enerji (BIST: ASTOR), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality power transformers and high-voltage equipment, today announced the signing of a Global Strategic Agreement to strengthen global supply chains for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and accelerate the deployment of large-scale energy storage and grid infrastructure a.

image for news Energy Vault, Turkey's Astor Enerji Launch Global Strategic Partnership with BESS Deployments Totalling 2 GWh and 1 GW Transformer Procurement from Astor Enerji

Target lacks a near-term catalyst, says UBS' Michael Lasser — Negative

TGT   CNBC Television — August 20, 2025

Michael Lasser, UBS equity research analyst, joins 'Squawk Box' to break down Target's quarterly earnings results.

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Key Points in This Article: President Trump's 10% Intel stake uses CHIPS Act funds, potentially making the government its largest shareholder.

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Welcome to the Green Stock News brief for Wednesday August 20th. Here are today's top headlines: Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq: RGTI) has partnered with Montana State University to launch QCORE, a new research center focused on quantum and photonic systems integration.

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Natural Gas and Oil Forecast: — Neutral

BNO  DBO  GUSH  IEO  OIH  OIL  PXJ  UCO  USO  XOP   FXEmpire — August 20, 2025

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One analyst says a pullback in promotional deals raised prices, possibly due to “a desire to protect margins in a tariffed environment.”

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