UPDATED AUGUST 5, 2026 · 959 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01WORLD

FCC moves to repeal 39% TV ownership cap, opening door for broader station consolidation

The rule that stops any single broadcaster from reaching more than 39 percent of U.S. TV households is headed for repeal. That rule, the National Television Ownership Rule, was set by Congress. The Federal Communications Commission's plan…

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02MACRO

Coca-Cola HBC AG publishes first-half financial results

A first-half report, the interim financial disclosure covering a company's opening six months of the fiscal year, is now in from Coca-Cola HBC AG. These releases mark a formal mid-year checkpoint for investors and analysts, arriving before…

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03TECH

AMD stock falls 8% in premarket despite beating expectations

Beating expectations didn't protect a chipmaker from a premarket selloff. "Beating expectations" means a company's reported results topped analysts' consensus forecasts, the pooled average of Wall Street predictions. Advanced Micro…

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04CRYPTO

IRS gets better at catching crypto tax errors. Here is what that means for investors.

The Internal Revenue Service is improving its ability to identify tax mistakes made by cryptocurrency investors, a shift that carries real consequences for anyone holding digital assets like bitcoin or ether. Cryptocurrency refers to any…

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05DEALS

Allegiant Travel completes Sun Country merger as Legacy Ridge rolls over its stake

A stock-for-stock merger, where a buyer pays with its own shares rather than cash, brought two budget carriers together in the second quarter of 2026. Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) was the acqu

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06DEALS

HRZN declares a 3-cent dividend with a November ex-date and December payment

A dividend, the term for a cash distribution a company sends directly to the people who own its shares, of USD 0.03 per share has been declared by HRZN. Three dates in the announcement esta

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07WORLD

China could match U.S. AI capability this year, Hugging Face CEO says

The company that runs the internet's largest public repository for artificial intelligence models is sounding an alarm about where the global AI race stands. Clément Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, said Chinese AI development…

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08EARNINGS

SpaceX falls 10% as AI spending rattles investor confidence

An AI spending surge, meaning the rapid increase in capital that companies are committing to artificial intelligence before those investments generate returns, pushed SpaceX down 10% and un

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09REGULATORY

Z Squared (ZSQR) agrees to buy Arkansas data center site for up to $25 million in preferred stock

A computing company agreed to buy a data center development site using stock as the only currency, with 80 percent of the price payable only if the site hits specific build-out targets. That arrangement, called milestone-based…

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