BEIJING, Aug 6 (Reuters) - ByteDance has expanded its offering of a software that can generate videos based on text prompts, joining a growing number of Chinese tech firms entering an emerging market also targeted by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Since Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed OpenAI unveiled in February its text-to-video model Sora, which is not open for public use yet,...

07:24 AM EDT, 08/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- IDEXX Laboratories ( IDXX ) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Tuesday of $3.02 per diluted share, up from $2.63 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $2.87. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $1 billion, up from $943.6 million a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $1 billion....

07:23 AM EDT, 08/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Builders FirstSource ( BLDR ) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Tuesday of $3.50 per diluted share, down from $3.89 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $3.08. Net sales for the quarter ended June 30 were $4.46 billion, compared with $4.53 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $4.48...

07:24 AM EDT, 08/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Heroux-Devtek ( HERXF ) on Tuesday said first-quarter earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share increased to $0.37 and $0.39 compared to $0.12 last year. Sales increased to $174 million, up 24% from $140.7 million a year ago for the quarter ended June 30. Operating income increased to $19.4 million, compared to...