Apple Reports Strongest June Quarter Ever, Revenue Up 16% as Tariff Refunds Boost Profitability
Apple posted its strongest June quarter ever: revenue rose 16% to $109.4B and EPS climbed 29%, helped by tariff refunds that lifted margins.
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Apple posted its strongest June quarter ever: revenue rose 16% to $109.4B and EPS climbed 29%, helped by tariff refunds that lifted margins.
On-chain records show 500M USDT moved from a wallet labeled 'Tether Treasury' to one labeled 'Binance'—the latest in unexplained 500M transfers.
Samsung posted record Q2 revenue and operating profit, driven almost entirely by booming AI memory-chip sales (HBM4) while phones lagged.
Boeing reported higher Q2 revenue, positive operating and free cash flow and a record $715bn backlog, but still logged a GAAP loss as deliveries ramp.
Verizon reported record adjusted EBITDA and stronger subscriber growth, raising its 2026 outlook even as GAAP net income fell on restructuring and asset moves.
Deckers' Q1 sales topped $1 billion as HOKA and UGG gains offset rising expenses; the company raised fiscal 2027 EPS guidance and continued large buybacks.
RTX lifted 2026 sales, profit and free cash-flow guidance after reporting double-digit Q2 growth across aerospace and defense and a $289B backlog.
CFTC issued a final order ending routine Part 20 reporting for physical commodity swaps, citing improved swap data and removing duplicative daily filings.
The CFTC halted Kalshi’s emergency rule to void Michigan trades and ordered the federally regulated exchange to honor executed positions, citing market integrity.
USDA's July WASDE trims U.S. 2026/27 wheat to 1.536bn bushels — the smallest harvest since 1970/71 — and tightens global grain stocks.
Bank of England and FCA explain how oversight of UK stablecoin issuers would shift if one is deemed systemic, clarifying who regulates issuers as they scale.
The UK launched its first real-time consolidated tape for bonds on June 22, aggregating post-trade prices across venues to boost market transparency.
A federal court entered a CFTC consent order barring Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from trading and anti-fraud violations, ending the agency’s civil case.
Honeywell’s board approved a June 29 distribution to create Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) and rename the remainder Honeywell Technologies (HON).
DefiLlama data show roughly 70 exploits and about $746 million lost in Q2 so far, with April's two mega-attacks and infrastructure failures driving the tally.
SpaceX raised roughly $75 billion in the largest IPO on record, listing as SPCX on Nasdaq and closing about 20% above its $135 offering price.
SEC proposes rescinding Rule 611 and Rule 610(e) of Regulation NMS, opening a 60-day comment period as it reviews equity market-structure rules.
May’s rise in disclosed corporate bitcoin holdings was driven mainly by Strategy’s roughly 25,400 BTC purchases and SpaceX’s disclosure of 18,712 BTC.
Public blockchain records show a 500 million USDT transfer from a Binance-labeled wallet to Tether Treasury on June 2, part of a recurring pattern.
On June 6, Whale Alert recorded 1,349,999 SOL (about $84M) moved to an address it labels 'Coinbase Institutional', a transaction traders watch.