Yahoo Finance • 5 hours ago

Maryland tax court voids digital ad tax, orders refunds to Apple, Google and Peacock TV

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state tax court has struck down the state's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising and ordered state officials to repay the tax money already collected from big tech firms. The Maryland Tax Court s... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 hours ago

Stocks Close Lower on Worries About US Economy

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday fell by -0.17%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) fell by -0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) fell by -0.13%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.27%, and September E-mini Na... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 hours ago

Tudor Investment adds Oracle, Intuit, exits Applied Materials among Q2 moves

[Oracle Corporation] Mesut Dogan Tudor Investment Corp. added Oracle (ORCL [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ORCL]), Intuit (INTU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/INTU]), Boeing (BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) and exited position... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 hours ago

Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favorites in US quarterly 13F filings

By Suzanne McGee, Akash Sriram and Anirban Sen PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such as semiconductors, AI infrastructure and megacap technology compa... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 hours ago

Berkshire Boosted Alphabet, Delta Stakes in 2nd Quarter, Sold Bank of America

Berkshire’s Alphabet stake—consisting of the search giant’s voting and nonvoting shares—rose about 80% in the quarter to 106 million shares, reflecting a purchase directly from Alphabet in June and open-market buys, based on a 13-F report... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 hours ago

Berkshire ups Alphabet stake under Greg Abel, making it a top-3 holding

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B), under new CEO Greg Abel, increased its Alphabet position, making the Google parent its third-largest U.S.-listed equity holding by market value, behind Apple (AAPL) and American Express (AXP). According t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 hours ago

Berkshire Hathaway expands Alphabet stake and trims bank exposure in Q2

Investing.com -- Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKb) aggressively expanded its stake in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) during the second quarter, signaling a deepening conviction in the technology giant's strategic trajectory. According to the Oma... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 hours ago

Berkshire Hathaway boosts Alphabet to a top three holding, ups Delta and housing bets

Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in Alphabet in the second quarter, vaulting the Google parent into its three biggest stock holdings. The sprawling conglomerate also added to the size of its investments in Delta Air Lines and... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 hours ago

Databricks vs Snowflake: Analyst explains key differences in AI platforms

Clear Street Managing Director Owen Lau compares Databricks to Android as an open-source alternative to Snowflake, while outlining the margin pressures and ROI debates surrounding its serverless AI model following a $190 billion valuation.... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 9 hours ago

Apple Stock Stalls as Jefferies Cuts Target to $263.66

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the consumer-technology company behind the iPhone and Mac, traded approximately flat at $305.26 in Friday morning's regular session as investors continued assessing a Jefferie... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 9 hours ago

How Serious Are Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits for Meta (META) and Snap (SNAP)?

A federal appeals court removed another procedural obstacle facing more than 3,000 lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP), Alphabet, and TikTok of harming young users through allegedly addictive product... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 9 hours ago

KeyBanc Has Message For Apple Stock Investors

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is showing encouraging demand signals heading into its next iPhone cycle, but KeyBanc says investors should not mistake stronger spending for the start of another major growth... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 10 hours ago

Apple Makes Crucial Move in China AI Race

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is taking a major step toward fixing one of the iPhone's biggest competitive weaknesses in China, developing its own China-specific AI model with support from Alibaba (NYSE:BAB... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 hours ago

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. July 2026 Monthly Update

BOSTON, August 14, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Below is the July 2026 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG). Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. Ticker: ASG Monthly Update, July 2026 Investment Approach: Fund... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 hours ago

iPhone users now won't have to wait as long for $250M settlement

The wait for Apple customers to see payments from a class-action lawsuit involving iPhones 15 and 16 just got a few months shorter. On Thursday, Aug. 13, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted permission t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 12 hours ago

Apple Builds Custom AI Model for China With Alibaba

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple Inc. (AAPL, Financials), the iPhone maker, has developed its own large language model for China with support from Alibaba, marking a shift in how it plans to roll out artificial intelligence... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 hours ago

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

After trying and failing to delay the matter, Apple on Thursday submitted its proposal for the commissions it wants to charge on purchases made using external links inside apps on its iOS devices. In a new filing in the U.S. District Cour... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 hours ago

BofA reiterates Underperform on American Eagle as Aerie unlikely to offset struggles at parent

[American Eagle Outifitters 34th Street Manhattan] wdstock/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Comparable store sales for American Eagle (AEO [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AEO]) – down 2% during the first quarter [https://seekingalpha.co... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 15 hours ago

Apple in Focus as New Houston AI Manufacturing Hub Opens

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is adding a training hub to its growing Houston manufacturing footprint, giving small and midsize companies access to equipment and instruction focused on advanced production m... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 16 hours ago

Here’s Insiders Fund’s Thesis on Intel Corp. (INTC)

Alpha Wealth Funds, LLC, an investment management company, released its Q2 2026 letter for the "Insiders Fund". A copy of the letter is available to download here. The Fund lost 1.45% in June, while it was up 8.43% for the 2nd quarter and... Full story