Stock Market Live August 19: S&P 500 (VOO) Rally Still on Hold Pending Fed Talk — Negative

VOO   24/7 Wall Street — August 19, 2025

All's quiet on Wall Street today, with the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF down less than 0.1% as investors await Fed interest rate clues.

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Inside Nvidia's $4.3 billion stock portfolio — Positive

NVDA   Finbold — August 19, 2025

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) may be best known for its GPUs powering the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but its investment arm is also quietly shaping the future of computing, biotech, and autonomous driving.

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LAKEWOOD, Colo. , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers® will close its Austin – Arbor Walk location, at 10515 N.

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Labcorp Debuts First FDA-Cleared Blood Test for Alzheimer's, Stock Up — Positive

LH   Zacks Investment Research — August 19, 2025

LH launches the first FDA-cleared blood test for Alzheimer's, boosting access to early diagnosis and nudging its stock higher.

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Lumen Turbocharges Data Centers with Up To 400Gbps Connectivity to Fuel AI — Neutral

LUMN   Business Wire — August 19, 2025

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As enterprise business demand for AI acceleration and multi-cloud scale reaches historic highs, Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) is stepping up with major enhancements to data center and cloud connectivity across its U.S. network. This strategic expansion will enable Lumen to deliver blazing-fast, secure, cost-efficient infrastructure with up to 400Gbps Ethernet and IP Services at more than 70 third-party, cloud on-ramp ready data centers across 16 highly connected metro.

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SFL - Second Quarter 2025 Results Presentation — Neutral

SFL   GlobeNewsWire — August 19, 2025

Please find enclosed the presentation of the preliminary second quarter results to be held August 19, 2025, in the link below. Attachment SFL - Second Quarter 2025 Results Presentation

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- Capital raise puts the Company closer to unlocking additional capital-raising flexibility with the balance of its $150 million shelf

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3 ETFs Smart Retirees Have in Their Portfolios — Neutral

JEPQ  UTG  VGT   24/7 Wall Street — August 19, 2025

If you're a retiree or if you're planning to be one, it's very worthwhile to have exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in your portfolio.

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Legacy media and entertainment companies witnessed a big spike in their “Growth” scores over the past week alone, hinting at a potential turnaround in the sector.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the sale of TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. for $22.00 per share in cash is fair to TEGNA shareholders. Halper Sadeh encourages TEGNA shareholders to click here to learn more about their legal rights and options or contact Daniel Sadeh or Zachary Halper at (212) 763-0060 or [email protected] or [email protected]. The investigation concerns whether TEGNA and its board.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chime® (Nasdaq: CHYM), a leading consumer financial technology company, today announced its 2025–2026 Chime Scholars Foundation® (CSF) cohort, awarding over $3 million in scholarships to 800 students across the country. Chime launched CSF in 2022 to ease financial burdens, boost graduation rates, and open doors to higher-paying career opportunities. The program is designed for ambitious students of all backgrounds, ages, and educational stages to pursue degrees,.

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Will Opendoor Stock's Rally Continue? — Positive

OPEN   Forbes — August 19, 2025

Opendoor Technologies stock (NASDAQ:OPEN), which operates a digital platform for buying and selling residential real estate along with title insurance and escrow services in the United States, has fared exceedingly well over the past week. The stock rose 19% in Monday's trading and remains up almost 60% over the past five trading sessions.

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SOUTHLAKE, Texas , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, announced the renewal of a long term partnership with oneworld, one of the world's largest global airline alliances, through PRISM™, Sabre's cloud-based corporate travel data and analytics platform. This renewal marks a significant milestone, reinforcing PRISM's status as the industry's global standard for airline corporate contract management and strengthening Sabre's position as a leading provider of insight-driven travel technology solutions.

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BOSTON, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid7, Inc. (NASDAQ: RPD), a leader in threat detection and exposure management, today announced the launch of Vector Command Advanced . The new offering adds to its continuous red teaming and exposure validation service to now help organizations meet compliance requirements with internal penetration and segmentation testing on top of validating the effectiveness of internal controls and lateral movement protections.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The rebirth of an icon – the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale – headlines a week of Alfa Romeo design, passion and performance across the Monterey Peninsula 33 Stradale featured at four premier venues, including Motorlux and The Quail Special Alfa Romeo brand event and panel discussion hosted at Hagerty House featured Cristiano Fiorio, head of Alfa Romeo global marketing and special projects, and Glynn Bloomquist, U.S. customer of the 33 Stradale Limited to just 33 units worldwide, Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is a bespoke celebration of Italian craftsmanship, performance and heritage …

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Latest Appian Platform Release Delivers Enterprise-Ready AI — Neutral

APPN   PRNewsWire — August 19, 2025

MCLEAN, Va. , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Appian (Nasdaq: APPN), the leading platform for AI process automation, today announced enhancements that help organizations work smarter with faster insights, greater scalability, and more secure AI access.

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Despite surging interest in emerging tech nology , most organizations lack the IT core to support innovation, risking ROI and security BLUE BELL, Pa. , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys (NYSE: UIS) has released a new global report examining how organizations are adapting IT strategies to support emerging technologies, such as generative AI (genAI), agentic AI, and quantum computing.

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Airline begins selling vacation packages through an in-house product that allows Customers to book a getaway with less stress DALLAS , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is creating more opportunities for Customers to book their vacations with the launch of their in-house packaged vacations product— Getaways by Southwest™ . These vacation packages, sold and serviced by Southwest®, offer signature flexibility and benefits that Customers want.

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SAN FRANCISCO & CHICAGO – HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced it has partnered with Samsara Inc. (NYSE: IOT), the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, to deliver HERE mapping and geolocation services within Samsara's Platform. The Samsara Platform helps to improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of physical operations.

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Finzly Announces Integration With Q2's Digital Banking Platform — Neutral

QTWO   PRNewsWire — August 19, 2025

Financial institutions can now deliver a cutting-edge payment experience to their account holders through Q2's Digital Banking Platform CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Finzly, a provider of modern payment infrastructure for financial institutions, today announced an integration with Q2's Digital Banking Platform, via the Q2 Partner Accelerator Program.

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