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- TKO Group (TKO) shares advanced today after Paramount Skydance acquired the exclusive rights to show all events from the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the US over the next seven years, the companies announced Monday, a $7.7 billion deal designed to boost the Paramount+ streaming service. Paramount will offer the UFC’s 13 marquee events and 30 additional fight nights on its streaming service, while also showing select events on the CBS broadcast network, starting next year. UFC’s marquee events are typically numbered and feature title matches with top fighters, while fight nights usually involve up-and-comers or less prominent matchups. Paramount said it’s paying an average of $1.1 billion a year and will explore buying international rights in the future as they become available.

- Tilray Brands (TLRY) and other shares of cannabis-linked companies rallied on Monday after President Donald Trump said he was considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, giving the sector a much needed boost.

- Shares of chocolate makers Hershey (HSY) and Mondelez (MDLZ) are trading lower Monday as cocoa futures climbed the most since December amid dropping inventories and renewed concern about weaker West African crop forecasts in the coming season. Futures in New York surged as much as 11% on Monday before paring gains. US exchange cocoa stockpiles have been falling, while dry weather conditions in parts of the world’s top growing region are threatening the next cocoa season after the current mid-crop harvest has already been poorer than expected.

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- Intel (INTC) shares are trading higher Monday amid reports indicating CEO Lip-Bu Tan will meet with President Donald Trump. The meeting is expected to take place Monday at the White House. It comes four days after Trump called for Tan's resignation in a Truth Social post, describing him as "highly CONFLICTED" and alleging ties to Chinese semiconductor companies with connections to the country's military. The criticism followed a letter from Republican Senator Tom Cotton to Intel's board chairman seeking answers about Tan's business interests in China. Tan has said he has the full support of Intel's board and reached out to the White House to address what he described as "misinformation" about his record.
- Shares of cannabis-linked companies rallied on Monday after President Donald Trump said he was considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug — giving the sector a much needed boost. The stock of greenhouse production firm Village Farms International Inc. surged as much as 42% on Monday, its biggest intraday jump since June 2017. Tilray Brands Inc., (TLRY) Canopy Growth Corp., Aurora Cannabis Inc., SNDL Inc. and Cronos Group Inc. all climbed by double digits after the US president told reporters at the White House on Monday that he was looking at making the change over “the next few weeks.”

- Dole (DOLE) shares fall 5.8% after the produce company cut is annual adjusted Ebitda forecast. Additionally, on the conference call, it said that industry specific challenges and less favorable weather conditions in much of Central America, as well as strong market demand, put pressure on industry supply and sourcing costs.

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- Nvidia (NVDA) shares are down right now while Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares are gaining. Both chip companies have agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in an unusual deal that threatens to set a precedent for American companies doing business in the Asian nation. Meantime, President Donald Trump signaled on Monday that he’d be open to allowing Nvidia Corp. to sell a scaled-back version of its most advanced AI chip to China. Trump said he would consider a deal that would allow Nvidia to ship its Blackwell chips to China if the company could design it to be less advanced. “It’s possible I’d make a deal” on a “somewhat enhanced — in a negative way — Blackwell” processor, he said in a briefing with reporters. “In other words, take 30% to 50% off of it.”

- General Motors (GM) shares are rising after the company is seeking to lure back some former employees of its defunct Cruise autonomous-vehicle business as part of a renewed push to develop a new driverless car, according to people familiar with the matter. This time around, the project would be focused on autonomous cars for personal use, rather than a robotaxi service, these people said. The first step is development of hands-free, eyes-free driving with a human in the vehicle, with the ultimate goal being a car that can drive with no one at the wheel, they said.

- Shares of cannabis-linked companies rallied on Monday after President Donald Trump said he was considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug — giving the sector a much needed boost. The stock of greenhouse production firm Village Farms International Inc. surged as much as 42% on Monday, its biggest intraday jump since June 2017. Tilray Brands Inc., Canopy Growth Corp., Aurora Cannabis Inc., SNDL Inc. and Cronos Group Inc. all climbed by double digits.

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- Elf Beauty (ELF) rises after as Morgan Stanley upgraded to overweight from equal-weight, as the bank sees consensus as being “materially too low.”
- Coreweave (CRWV) rise ahead of earnings. The lockup period for CoreWeave stock tied to the company's initial public offering expires Thursday, earlier than usual.
- Circle Internet (CRCL) shares rise ahead of earnings. Results are due before market open on 8/12.

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- Nivida (NVDA) shares fall. Semiconductor analysts are mixed on the news that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in order to secure export licenses. While they see upside from the China market, they worry about the precedent.
- Micron (MU) shares rise. Micron Technology Inc. raised its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings outlook, citing “improved pricing” for a key product. - Tilray Brands (TLRY) rises. Stocks of cannabis producers are climbing Monday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

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- Coinbase (COIN) is pushing higher along with the broader crypto space. Cryptocurrency-exposed stocks rally in premarket trading Monday as Bitcoin extended gains to rise to within striking distance of an all-time high.
- Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are slipping this morning on news both companies agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in a deal to secure export licenses. The arrangement reflects President Trump’s effort to engineer a financial payout for America in return for concessions on trade, according to the text.
- Rumble (RUM) shares climbed in premarket trading on Monday as the online video network platform announces its intent to buy AI firm Northern Data. Meanwhile, shares in Northern Data AG sink as much as 29%. "Rumble has notified Northern Data of its interest in a potential all-stock exchange offer for 100% of the outstanding shares of Northern Data,” the company said in a statement on Sunday
- Monday.com (MNDY) posted better-than-expected financial results, but the shares are taking a dive in premarket trading due to Q3 guidance.

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- Coinbase (COIN) is pushing higher along with the broader crypto space. Cryptocurrency-exposed stocks rally in premarket trading Monday as Bitcoin extended gains to rise to within striking distance of an all-time high.
- Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are slipping this morning on news both companies agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from Chinese AI chip sales to the US government in a deal to secure export licenses. The arrangement reflects President Trump’s effort to engineer a financial payout for America in return for concessions on trade, according to the text.
- Albermarle (ALB) shares are higher as the lithium markets soar after Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. halted operations at a major mine in China, spurring speculation that Beijing might move to suspend other projects. The mine's closure had been under scrutiny amid speculation that authorities wouldn’t extend its license, and it accounts for some of global output, according to Bank of America Corp.

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- Shares in Danish company Orsted A/S dropped as much as 24% after it announced it will conduct a rights offering to raise as much as 60 billion Danish kroner ($9.4 billion).
-S4 Capital, the advertising agency founded by Martin Sorrell, is in talks to combine with private equity-owned MSQ Partners.
- European defense stocks are significantly underperforming on Monday morning, with markets looking to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker an agreement to end the war in Ukraine through a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.

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Walt Disney Co. disappointed Wall Street with a tepid full-year profit forecast, weighed down by its struggling movie and TV businesses.   

Earnings should increase 18% to $5.85 share in fiscal 2025, excluding some costs, the company said Wednesday. That outlook was less than some analysts had been expecting and put a damper on a mostly positive third-quarter report that showed strength in theme parks and streaming, two growth businesses.   

Disney expects to generate $1.3 billion of operating income from its direct-to-consumer streaming business in fiscal 2025, which ends in September, up from a previous forecast of $1 billion. Management also expects operating income from the parks business to increase 8% in the current fiscal year — at the top end of previous guidance.  

Revenue from Disney’s traditional TV networks, which include ABC and National Geographic, fell 15% in the quarter to $2.27 billion. Operating income tumbled 28% to $697 million due to a decline in viewers and lower advertising rates.   

The unit that includes the Disney film studios lost $21 million in the quarter, hurt by the disappointing theatrical performance of the Pixar film Elio and Thunderbolts* from Marvel Studios. The loss was likely due to write downs associated with those features, analysts at Barclays Research wrote in a note.   

For analysis, Paul Sweeney and Isabelle Lee speak with Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst Geetha Ranganathan.

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- Apple (AAPL) accounted for about a third of of the S&P 500’s weekly gain after announcing a further massive investment in US manufacturing, which should mitigate tariff costs over the longer term.

- Eli Lilly (LLY) had its worst week since 2008 after investors reacted to disappointing data on weight loss pill. The new weight-loss pill had lower weight loss and higher rates of nausea and vomiting than anticipated in a study, according to the company. BMO analyst Evan Seigerman said of Lilly's pill, "What this shows to me is that it's still a good drug, but it's bound by the limitations of being a GLP-1" drug. Lilly Chief Scientific Medical Officer Daniel Skovronsky said, "I know Wall Street has kind of focused on the exact numbers here and making cross-trial comparisons, but I don't think that carries over to the real world at all," in response to the study's results.

- Trade Desk (TTD) was down 39% today as analysts downgraded the stock amid growing fears that its advertising technology will be impacted by Amazon's offerings. The central concern for analysts is improvements Amazon has made to its demand-side platform, where advertisers buy ad space designed to reach relevant online audiences. According to Richard Greenfield, an analyst at Lightshed Partners, Trade Desk Chief Executive Officer Jeff Green's comments dismissing competition from Amazon "should scare any investor who owns Trade Desk stock or is thinking about investing in it".

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