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Intel $INTC ( ▼ 2.33% ) jumped 4.37% in after-hours trading on Thursday after reporting strong financial earnings results thanks to demand for artificial intelligence.

Financials: Intel reported earnings of 42 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $16.1 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Revenue jumped 25%, its strongest revenue growth in more than 15 years.

Quote: “We delivered a strong second quarter, exceeding our financial guidance on robust demand and improved execution, including volume upside driven by higher factory yields and improved cycle times. AI-driven compute continues to strengthen, and to support expected growth this year and next across products and foundry, we are meaningfully increasing our investments in equipment, clean room space, and substrates.” - CFO Dave Zinsner.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Intel is finally structurally tied to the AI spend cycle (across CPU, accelerators, and foundry) rather than just riding a PC/server replacement cycle.

Final Thoughts: Intel’s results were so good that it also lifted the stocks of competitors in after-hours trading.

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Notable Earnings Today: Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), American Express (NYSE: AXP), Charter Comm (Nasdaq: CHTR), NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), Canadian National Rail (NYSE: CNI), Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW), SLB (NYSE: SLB), HCA (NYSE: HCA), Gentex (Nasdaq: GNTX), Central Pacific Financial (NYSE: CPF), First Hawaiian (Nasdaq: FHB), Flagstar Bank (NYSE: FLG), Sensient (NYSE: SXT) Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC).

Notable IPOs Today: Tarsier Pharma Ltd. (NYSE: TARX), Instinct Bio Technical Company Holdings Inc. Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: BIOT), Scribe Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: SCTX), Pelican Acquisition II Corporation Unit (Nasdaq: PLCIU), Market Technology Acquisition Corp Unit (Nasdaq: MTAKU), American Battery Materials Inc. (NYSE American: BLTH).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.

Notable Economic Events Today: Building Permits (8:00 a.m. ET), S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), S&P Global Services PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), S&P Global Composite PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), New Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET).

The price of Dogecoin $DOGE ( ▼ 3.55% ) fell nearly 5% on Thursday to around $0.069, its lowest price in 2026. It was also the weakest major cryptocurrency on Thursday.

Details: A bearish sentiment and geopolitical tensions weighed on speculative assets such as Dogecoin. Rising oil prices added to the macro pressure, feeding inflation concerns and tightening financial conditions, which is typically bad for crypto.

Final Thoughts: It is also the lowest price for Dogecoin since 2022. Dogecoin is down over 40% in 2026.

A weak financial outlook sank shares of Deckers Outdoor $DECK ( ▼ 6.09% ) by 3.91% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the footwear company posted mixed financial earnings results.

Financials: Deckers reported earnings of 94 cents per share in the past quarter, which were better than expected. Revenue was $1.02 billion, which was in-line.

Final Thoughts: The stock was already down nearly 10% this year.

Apple of Ford’s Eye: Ford's $30,000 EV Truck Will Be Its First Vehicle with Apple Maps (Car and Driver)

Going Backwards: Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse (TechCrunch)

New Data to Tip the Scales at the FDA: Lilly, with new data, to seek FDA approval of obesity drug retatrutide (BioPharma Dive)

Not the Best Song Choice: Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending (Wired)

Short Kings: Tesla Short Sellers Rake In $4 Billion as Shares Nosedive (Bloomberg)

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