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Aug

Stock Market News — August 26, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Nvidia's revenue doubled with strong Q3 guidance, while Salesforce (+12.8%) and CrowdStrike (+12.6%) crushed earnings on AI demand. Mega-deals—Nvidia acquiring Hugging Face for $13B+, Anthropic's $45B cloud compute commitment, and Meta's $18B children's lawsuit settlement—underscore accelerating AI
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Aug

Stock Market News — August 18, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

A global semiconductor selloff triggered a circuit-breaker halt on South Korea's KOSPI after a 5% plunge, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics tumbling 8.3% and 7.0% respectively. Rising bond yields near multi-decade highs compounded the pressure, dragging Nasdaq down over 1% for a third consecutiv
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