09:12 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were edging higher premarket Wednesday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP ) was up 0.3% recently and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) was advancing by 0.2%. Hasbro ( HAS ) shares were up more than 1% after the company reported higher Q2...

Shares of GE Vernova Inc. ( GEV ) rose Wednesday after the company posted better-than-expected second-quarter 2025 earnings and raised its full-year guidance. The energy transition company reported second-quarter earnings per share of $1.86, beating the consensus estimate of $1.69. Revenue came in at $9.11 billion, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations of $8.78 billion. That marks an 11% increase from a...

09:12 AM EDT, 07/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BlackSky Technology ( BKSY/WS ) said Wednesday that it has secured a contract from Latin American defence and intelligence customers to provide subscription-based Gen-3 and Gen-2 monitoring services. BlackSky ( BKSY/WS ) did not reveal financial details pertaining to the contract. The company said the monitoring services are intended for use against transnational...

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,...