Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) stock dropped 6.08% during Wednesday pre-market after a slight miss on its second-quarter earnings per share. Revenue Strength Driven By AI Momentum AMD posted Q2 revenue of $5.49 billion, exceeding consensus estimates of $5.44 billion. However, EPS came in at $0.58, slightly below the forecasted $0.60. The data center revenue stood at $3.2 billion,...

06:47 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Blackstone Secured Lending Fund ( BXSL ) reported Q2 earnings Wednesday of $0.68 per diluted share, down from $1.01 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.78. Total investment income for the quarter ended June 30 was $344.8 million, compared with $327.1 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $353.9 million. The company's...

06:46 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Carlyle Group ( CG ) reported Q2 after-tax distributable earnings Wednesday of $0.91 per share, up from $0.78 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.89. Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $1.57 billion, compared with $1.07 billion a year earlier. Segment revenue rose to $984 million from...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...