Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 11 AM ET: Moderna Shares Double on Success of mRNA Cancer Vaccine | Target ...
Moderna Shares Double on Success of mRNA Cancer Vaccine
The result from Merck-Moderna partnership validates years of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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Target Raises Fiscal-Year Forecast Again as Turnaround Gains Traction
On the heels of a positive quarter, the retailer now expects sales growth of about 5% this fiscal year.
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TJX Raises Guidance Despite Sales Slowdown at T.J. Maxx, Marshalls
The company's U.S. apparel business fell short of quarterly expectations, signaling a pullback among shoppers even as the discount retailer raised its full-year earnings.
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Lowe's Lowers Full-Year Targets as Homeowners Scale Back DIY Projects
Lowe's trimmed its full-year sales and profit targets, signaling that price-conscious homeowners are delaying major renovations and compounding back-half headwinds.
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Novo Nordisk Starts Testing Lower-Doses of Its Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills
The study will run into 2028, testing two low doses of Wegovy, and follows the company disclosing recently that uptake of the pill had been particularly strong for its lowest doses across self-paying patients.
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Estee Lauder to Double Down on Turnaround Efforts as Sales Climb
The company narrowed its fiscal fourth-quarter loss as sales rose on broad-based strength across geographies and categories.
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Amazon to Expand Drone Delivery Service to Nearly 500 Locales
The e-commerce giant to launch Prime Air in metro areas including Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Syracuse, N.Y., and Boise, Idaho.
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Analog Devices Profit, Revenue Up on Surging AI Data Center Demand
The semiconductor company reported higher profit and revenue in its third quarter driven by accelerating demand for data center hardware and industrial chips.
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The Key to Pharma M&A: Never Shopping Hungry
Pharmaceutical chiefs are always hunting for drugs to replace expiring blockbusters. But shopping hungry can lead to expensive mistakes.
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SK Hynix Plans More Than $28 Billion Share Buyback
The world's second-largest memory chip maker is accelerating its shareholder-return program via what it says would be South Korea's largest stock buyback.
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OpenAI's Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic
The ChatGPT-maker's revenue disappointed some investors, although the company told them its growth accelerated in the third quarter.
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Chinese Humanoid Robot Leader Soars in Market Debut Despite U.S. Ban
Unitree Robotics is the first humanoid maker to list in mainland China.
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Hong Kong's Exchange Operator Posts Record Quarter on Surging IPOs, Trading Activity
Booming trading and listing activity in Hong Kong propelled the city's exchange operator to another record quarter.
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Carlsberg Lifts Lower End of Guidance as Nonalcoholic Drinks Offset Beer Declines
Soft drinks and other beverages delivered 7.8% growth, driven by gains in multiple markets, while beer volumes declined slightly by 1%.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 19, 2026 11:15 ET (15:15 GMT)
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