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finance decision
Sherwin-Williams Posts Higher Revenue, Net Income, and Diluted EPS on Both Quarterly and Year-to-Date Bases
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $12,456,200,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $11,620,200,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $1,378,300,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $1,258,600,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $5.58 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $5.00 per diluted share a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was -$1,016,400,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, down from -$442,800,000 a year earlier.
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Schwab posts higher revenue, net income, and diluted EPS versus prior-year quarter
SCHWAB CHARLES CORP filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenues was $6,482,000,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $5,599,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $2,479,000,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $1,909,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $1.37 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $0.99 per diluted share a year earlier. Accretion (Amortization) of Discounts and Premiums, Investments was -$174,000,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from -$178,000,000 a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was -$3,713,000,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from -$20,362,000,000 a year earlier.
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SBA Communications Quarterly Filing Shows Diverging Revenue Lines as Net Income Steps Down Despite Higher Operating Profit
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $47,289,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, down from $48,039,000 a year earlier. Revenues was $703,438,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $664,248,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $184,830,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, down from $220,732,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $342,848,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, up from $334,910,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $1.74 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2026, down from $2.04 per diluted share a year earlier.
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RTX Posts Higher Revenue, Operating Income, Net Income, and Diluted EPS on Both Quarter and Six-Month Views
RTX Corp filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $46,784,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $41,887,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $4,198,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $3,192,000,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $5,366,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $4,181,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $3.08 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $2.36 per diluted share a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was -$2,909,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, down from -$1,409,000,000 a year earlier.
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Republic Services Posts Higher Revenue, Operating Income, Net Income, and Diluted EPS Year-Over-Year on Both Windows in Interim Filing
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $8,544,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $8,244,000,000 a year earlier. Revenues was $9,776,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $9,473,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $1,091,536,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $1,044,902,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $1,731,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $1,665,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $3.54 per diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up from $3.33 per diluted share a year earlier.
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Ross Stores Posts Broad Profit-to-Profit Lift on Higher Revenue, Operating Income, Net Income, and Diluted EPS
ROSS STORES, INC. filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax was $6,010,476,000 for the three months ended May 2, 2026, up from $4,984,971,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $649,964,000 for the three months ended May 2, 2026, up from $479,249,000 a year earlier. Operating Income (Loss) was $804,026,000 for the three months ended May 2, 2026, up from $606,470,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $2.02 per diluted share for the three months ended May 2, 2026, up from $1.47 per diluted share a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was -$1,089,864,000 for the three months ended May 2, 2026, up from -$1,149,809,000 a year earlier.
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Raymond James Financial posts higher revenue and earnings year over year in interim filing
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC filed the periodic report summarised below from its SEC evidence. Revenues was $8,438,000,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2026, up from $7,880,000,000 a year earlier. Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent was $1,107,000,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2026, up from $1,095,000,000 a year earlier. Earnings Per Share, Diluted was $5.51 per diluted share for the six months ended March 31, 2026, up from $5.22 per diluted share a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities was $2,319,000,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2026, up from -$463,000,000 a year earlier. Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities was -$3,202,000,000 for the six months ended March 31, 2026, down from -$1,596,000,000 a year earlier.
games decision
Gamescom 2026 opens in Cologne with record exhibitor count and flagship reveals
Gamescom 2026 began on August 26 in Cologne, running through August 30 with both on-site and online programming, and a record number of exhibitors. Major platforms and publishers including Xbox, Sega and Nintendo are on the show floor, while Final Fantasy and The Witcher franchise entries took the spotlight at Europe's biggest video game show.
calculator decision
AMD rolls out Tokenomics Calculator as enterprise AI cost tools expand across genomics and personal finance
On August 27, 2026, AMD launched a Tokenomics Calculator that compares cloud-only, local and hybrid AI deployment costs for enterprise IT leaders, according to two independent reports. The same day saw new interactive tools for sequencing coverage budgeting and a marginal tax rate calculator for the current tax year, signalling a broader shift toward specialised cost-modelling calculators.
image decision
xAI ships Grok Imagine Image 2.0, surfaces in ComfyUI and tightens X deepfake policy
Grok Imagine Image 2.0, released on August 7, 2026, ranks third for text-to-image and second for single-image editing on its vendor's leaderboard, while ComfyUI has added native support for the model alongside temperature and top_p controls, and Grok on X is now blocking users from generating images of real people in revealing clothing.
