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Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo on Thursday said it had completed the cloud migration of its ‌core IT systems, joining a handful of European banks that have ‌managed to move away from legacy technology. Replacing existing core IT infrastructure, known as ​mainframes, with cloud technology poses a major challenge to traditional banks. Legacy systems, often comprising multiple software stacks accumulated over time due to mergers, put high-street banks at a disadvantage versus cloud-native, challenger banks.

American Express is expected to announce its second-quarter earnings in July, and Wall Street expects the company’s EPS to increase by a single-digit percentage.

The June jobs report delivered two surprises with the unemployment rate unexpectedly falling even as hiring tumbled. Following the data, S&P 500 futures strengthened, while the two-year Treasury yield, which is linked to the Fed interest-rate outlook, climbed as markets digested the implications for future rate hikes. Because the Federal Reserve has stopped providing forward guidance under new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, creating uncertainty about future policy moves, markets could be a bit volatile.

Investors in two of Blue Owl Capital’s flagship private-credit funds asked the firm to return $4.7 billion of their money in the second quarter, a drop from the previous quarter. Withdrawal requests amounted to $3.6 billion, or 19% of shares outstanding, in the firm’s largest private-credit fund. Blue Owl opted to cap redemptions in both funds at 5%, a built-in feature intended to prevent having to liquidate the fund’s hard-to-sell corporate loans to meet withdrawals.

Redemption requests declined from the previous quarter but remained elevated.

Honeywell International will release its second-quarter earnings later this month, and analysts anticipate a double-digit profit dip.

The Dow just closed out its best first half since 2021, up 8.7% year-to-date, yet Wednesday’s open felt like a nervous glance at the door. CNBC’s Dominic Chu kicked off July with mixed earnings, one big M&A shrug, and a jobs report that gave the bulls something to chew on. Chu flagged the labor data. ... The Dow Just Had Its Best First Half Since 2021, but This Jobs Number Is Flashing Yellow

CMA CGM expands North American logistics while FedEx sharpens focus on its core parcel business.

July 2 (Reuters) - European regulators have launched a series of antitrust, privacy and online safety investigations into major technology companies in recent years.

A. O. Smith will release its second-quarter earnings soon, and analysts anticipate a single-digit profit dip.

Dow Inc. will release its second-quarter earnings later this month, and analysts anticipate a robust triple-digit bottom-line growth.

Stock futures picked up steam after the unemployment rate dipped unexpectedly in June. Dow futures rose 0.4%. S&P 500 gained 0.4%. Nasdaq futures rose 0.6%. The U.S. economy added 57,000 nonfarm jobs in June.

West Pharmaceutical Services will release its second-quarter earnings soon, and analysts anticipate a double-digit bottom-line growth.

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McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) just paid its latest quarterly dividend of $1.86 per share on June 16, extending one of the most reliable income streams in the Dow. Yet the same company sending checks to shareholders is presiding over a franchisee system buckling under inflation, tariff disruption and the weakest consumer sentiment reading in years. Both stories ... Despite Franchisees Struggling, McDonald’s Dividend Keeps Rising

Nasdaq futures recovered from an earlier slide ahead of the June nonfarm payrolls report. Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were all up 0.2%. Earlier, Nasdaq futures were down 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were flat.

Investors are now awaiting Deckers Outdoor's fiscal first-quarter earnings, where analysts expect a modest drop in profit.

VeriSign is scheduled to announce its second-quarter results soon, with analysts anticipating a single-digit earnings rise.

Judges at the European Union's top court dismissed an appeal by Google over a landmark, 4.1 billion euro ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The case has been tangled up in courts since the European Commission announced the fine in 2018. “The appeal brought by Google and its parent company Alphabet against the judgment of the General Court is dismissed, thereby confirming the penalty imposed for Google Search’s abuse of a dominant position in the context of the Android operating system,” the Luxembourg-based judges wrote in their ruling.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found no crashes tied to the issues and that they posed only a low safety risk and were addressed in software updates.

US equity markets were mostly tracking in the green before the opening bell Thursday as traders awai

D.A. Davidson upgraded Palantir stock to buy from neutral on views that it's a better option for enterprises than OpenAI or Anthropic.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get ready to end the holiday-shortened trading week, with the country preparing to celebrate the 250th birthday of our democratic republic. The stock market will be closed on Friday for the federal holiday, kicking off a long weekend to jump-start the holiday fun. All of the ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Chevron, Dana, Honeywell Aerospace, Mobility Global, Ni Source, Palantir, SpaceX, and More

SpaceX stock has pulled back after its record-setting IPO. Anthropic, meanwhile, is increasingly facing government scrutiny for its ability to prevent its models from being used maliciously. "They're going to be the 300-pound gorillas in the room," Ross Carmel, a partner at capital markets law firm Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel, told Investor's Business Daily.

Finland's IQM Quantum Computers will start trading on Thursday as more quantum computing stocks go public via SPAC mergers.

This data center cooling name saw 121% profit growth in the first quarter. Its stock is in a cup-with-handle base.

SpaceX wants its satellite network to eventually serve cellphones in dense urban areas, but capacity and infrastructure hurdles remain.

Second-quarter Tesla deliveries should rise vs. Q1 and a year earlier, but will that matter to investors? Tesla stock is near an early buy point.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Thursday as investors awaited a closely watched U.S. employment report that could help shape expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate policy in the months ahead.

The Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) has turned into one of the best large-cap stories of 2026, trading near $218 with a 16% year-to-date gain and a 27% advance over the past year. That run rests on a narrow set of legs: a healthcare snapback led by UnitedHealth, a financial-sector grind led by JPMorgan, and energy ... VTV’s Next 12 Months Hinge on One Fed Inflation Signal: Here’s What to Watch