Friday, October 23, 2026

Philip Morris: Taking the Fight to the U.S.

Philip Morris reported Q3 growth across heated tobacco, combustibles and e-vapor in Europe while gaining U.S. nicotine-pouch share.

Amazon’s Trainium Takes a Strike at the Training King

Amazon’s Trainium3 adds native PyTorch training support, targeting CUDA-trained researchers with standard APIs, eager mode and…

Alphabet: Gemini 4 Argon Is Coming For ChatGPT's Lunch

Alphabet's Gemini 4 Argon aims to undercut rival AI models using proprietary TPUs, while Android, Siri and Google Cloud distribution…

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Capital Wars

CoreWeave’s $35 billion to $39 billion 2026 spending plan relies on debt as unsecured yields reach 15%, making its GPU cloud expansion a…

Spotify 3Q’26: Built for the Background

Spotify's third-quarter results met or exceeded guidance, with 306 million Premium subscribers and €672 million operating income, while…

Big Tech Will Spend More on AI This Year Than Walmart Sells

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft plan nearly $800 billion of AI infrastructure spending, testing whether incremental returns can stay…

TSOH Weekly Roundup (10/23/2026)

TSOH Weekly Roundup covers Ally’s improving credit and capital returns, Pepsi’s weak beverage brands, and Match Group’s plan to revive…

Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) Stock Rating: HOLD After Q3 FY12/26 Earnings

Texas Instruments reported Q3 revenue of $6.06 billion, up 28%, with 47% operating margin and Q4 guidance above seasonal norms; Cestrian…

Tempus AI: Moderna's New Cancer Vaccine Partner Is The Pick Of The AI Biotech Bunch

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Putting bear cases to rest

Medpace authorized $1 billion of buybacks through 2028 after Q3 revenue rose 8.5% to $716 million; service revenue grew roughly 12% as…

Berkshire Hathaway’s 2024 Annual Report

Berkshire Hathaway ended 2024 with $318 billion of adjusted cash and $47.4 billion of operating earnings, led by insurance underwriting and…

Berkshire Hathaway’s Culture in 2050

Berkshire Hathaway’s post-Buffett culture will depend on Greg Abel and a shrinking family foundation’s voting control as Class A shares…

Staying the Course

Berkshire Hathaway ownership, rather than broad index funds, kept the investor committed through volatility, backed by trust in Buffett’s…

AngelAlign - Chinese clear aligners (6699 HK)

AngelAlign holds 3% of global clear aligners and sells about HK$10,000 below Invisalign in Hong Kong, alongside speculation that MBK could…

MNST Trading Below $53 Offers Nearly Risk-Free Return

Monster Beverage’s modified Dutch auction lets odd-lot holders buy 99 MNST shares below $53 and tender them at $53 to $60.

Some Thoughts on Roaring Kitty

Roaring Kitty’s GameStop resurgence revisits GME shareholder activism and the meme-stock trading episode, with references to Bed Bath &…

(C)riminally (V)alued (S)caled Healthcare Services

CVS Health fell 20% after cutting 2024 adjusted EPS guidance to $7, but its Aetna insurance and Caremark PBM businesses support a…

Summary of Q4 Restaurant Conference Calls

Restaurant operators reported improving traffic, accelerating unit growth and higher advertising spend, while wage inflation ran 4-5% and…

Highlights from Darden Restaurants' Q2 '23 Conference Call

Darden Restaurants posted 2.8% same-store sales growth as Olive Garden and LongHorn outperformed a softer casual-dining market, while…

Takeaways From McDonald's Investor Day

McDonald’s investor day framed digital loyalty scale, delivery and AI-driven offer personalization as drivers of incremental restaurant…