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Key Points: Apple will release its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday, forecasting total revenue of $109.66 billion. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook plans to step down in September, handing the leadership role to John Ternus. Analysts expect iPhone sales to jump 21.64% to $56.97 billion despite a severe global memory chip shortage. Investors eagerly await news about upcoming artificial intelligence features and a smarter Siri...

Key Points: Smaller Italian banks raised 11.5 billion euros through cross-border digital deposit platforms by December 2025. The Bank of Italy warned that these quick-withdrawal accounts pose dangerous liquidity and money-laundering risks. Regulators fear a repeat of the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapse, where customers pulled funds with a single click. Just five smaller banking institutions account for 75 percent of this highly volatile online...

Key Points: Microsoft expects to report $81.39 billion in revenue and adjusted earnings of $4.06 per share. Analysts project the company will report $34.9 billion in capital expenditures to fund its growing data center operations. The tech giant recently secured a massive deal to provide 740,000 Copilot software licenses to Accenture. Investors want answers after the stock suffered its worst quarter since 2008 and key...

Key Points: A powerful group of Alphabet shareholders demands to know how the company oversees government surveillance and military contracts. Investors managing $1.15 trillion claim Alphabet removed crucial restrictions on weapon applications from its artificial intelligence principles in 2025. The tech giant recently secured a $1.2 billion cloud computing deal with Israel and expanded its Gemini AI work with the Pentagon. Alphabet rejected calls for...

Key Points: SpaceX told investors that no one can remove Elon Musk from his leadership roles without his direct consent. The company will use a dual-class share system, giving Musk super-voting Class B shares with 10 votes each. Corporate governance experts call this level of control highly unusual compared to other major technology companies. SpaceX incorporated in Texas after a Delaware judge previously voided a...

Key Points: European Union lawmakers failed to agree on delaying strict artificial intelligence rules until December 2027. The new regulations for high-risk artificial intelligence applications will take effect automatically this August, without a new deal. Germany wants looser rules for medical devices and heavy machinery to help major engineering companies like Siemens and Bosch. Negotiators paused the talks completely without setting a clear date to...