Enterprise software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know. Oracle missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $16.06 billion, up 14.2% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a slight miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a miss of analysts’ billings estimates. Is Oracle a bu...
Enterprise software giant Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know. Oracle missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $16.06 billion, up 14.2% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a slight miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a miss of analysts’ billings estimates. Is Oracle a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting Oracle’s revenue to grow 19.8% year on year, improving from the 6.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Oracle has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. With Oracle being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for data and analytics software stocks. However, there has been positive investor sentiment in the segment, with share prices up 2.7% on average over the last month. Oracle is down 2.6% during the same time . When a company has more cash than it knows what to do with, buying back its own shares can make a lot of sense–as long as the price is right. Luckily, we’ve found one, a low-priced stock that is gushing free cash flow AND buying back shares. Click here to claim your Special Free Report on a fallen angel growth story that is already recovering from a setback.
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is maintaining its early strong losses in mid-market trading on Monday, extending the losses in the previous three sessions, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index is tumbling more than 3.5 percent to below the 8,600.00 level, with weakness across most sectors led by financial, mining and technology st...
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is maintaining its early strong losses in mid-market trading on Monday, extending the losses in the previous three sessions, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index is tumbling more than 3.5 percent to below the 8,600.00 level, with weakness across most sectors led by financial, mining and technology stocks amid concerns about the military conflict in the Middle-East. Energy stocks are the only bright spot amid spiking crude oil prices. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 316.90 points or 3.58 percent to 8,534.10, after hitting a low of 8,457.20 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 326.80 points or 3.60 percent to 8,758.30. Australian stocks closed significantly lower on Friday. Among the major miners, Mineral Resources is tumbling almost 6 percent, Rio Tinto is declining more than 5 percent, Fortescue is losing more than 3 percent and BHP Group is sliding more than 6 percent. Oil stocks are mostly higher. Beach energy is gaining almost 2 percent, Woodside Energy is adding almost 1 percent and Santos is advancing almost 3 percent, while Origin Energy is losing almost 2 percent. Among tech stocks, Afterpay owner Block and Xero are declining more than 5 percent each, while WiseTech Global is losing more than 4 percent, Appen is slipping more than 7 percent and Zip is tumbling almost 10 percent. Gold miners are lower. Northern Star Resources and Evolution Mining are losing more than 6 percent each, while Resolute Mining is slipping almost 8 percent, Newmont is down more than 3 percent and Genesis Minerals is declining more than 4 percent. Among the big four banks, Westpac and ANZ Banking are declining more than 4 percent each, while Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank are losing almost 4 percent each. In the currency market, the Aussie dollar is trading at $0.699 on Monday. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the...
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Baidu's chip arm Kunlunxin is advancing toward an IPO, targeting completion by year end. The listing is drawing attention because Kunlunxin may seek qualification for Southbound Trading of Stock Connects in 2026. Kunlunxin is reported to show strong growth mom...
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Baidu's chip arm Kunlunxin is advancing toward an IPO, targeting completion by year end. The listing is drawing attention because Kunlunxin may seek qualification for Southbound Trading of Stock Connects in 2026. Kunlunxin is reported to show strong growth momentum, highlighting Baidu's push further into AI chips. For you as an investor looking at NasdaqGS:BIDU, Kunlunxin sits at the intersection of AI computing and chip design, two areas that many large tech firms are prioritizing. By taking this unit public, Baidu is putting a clearer spotlight on its AI chip efforts, separate from its core search and cloud operations. If the IPO proceeds as planned and Kunlunxin later qualifies for Southbound Trading of Stock Connects in 2026, it could broaden the potential investor base for this part of Baidu's business. That scenario may influence how you view Baidu, not only as an internet platform company but also as an AI hardware player with its own listed entity. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Baidu by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Baidu. NasdaqGS:BIDU Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Mar 2026 📰 Beyond the headline: 2 risks and 1 thing going right for Baidu that every investor should see. Kunlunxin’s progress toward an IPO gives you a clearer view of one of Baidu’s key AI building blocks at a time when the group’s reported results are under pressure. In 2025, Baidu’s sales were CNY 129,079m compared to CNY 133,125m a year earlier, and net income was CNY 5,589m compared to CNY 23,760m. That step down in earnings, together with concerns from some analysts about softer legacy advertising and the impact of AI chatbots on traditional search, is part of the backdrop for why a separately listed chip arm matters. How This Fits Into The Baidu Na...
When Reagan (Wisely) Cut & Run From The Middle East After Marine Barracks Bombing Authored by Jim Bovard In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, "In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel." Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has invoked that attack numerous times. The 19...
When Reagan (Wisely) Cut & Run From The Middle East After Marine Barracks Bombing Authored by Jim Bovard In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, "In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel." Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has invoked that attack numerous times. The 1983 Beirut barracks attack is one of the most cited and least understood pretexts for the new war with Iran . That bombing was one of President Ronald Reagan's biggest foreign debacles . Lebanon had been wracked by a brutal civil war for seven years when, in June 1982, Israel invaded in order to crush the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). US troops were briefly deployed in August 1982 in Beirut to help secure a ceasefire to facilitate the withdrawal of the PLO forces to Tunisia. via Wikimedia US troops exited Beirut after the PLO withdrawal was largely completed. However, in mid-September 1982, the massacre of more than seven hundred Palestinian refugees threatened to plunge Lebanon into total chaos . Lebanese Christian Phalangist militia butchered residents of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. The militia was armed, aided, and fed by the Israeli Defense Force, which surrounded and blockaded the camps. The Lebanese government appealed to President Reagan to send American troops back to Beirut as a stabilizing factor, and Reagan quickly obliged. As fighting escalated between Christians, Muslims, Syrians, and Israelis in Lebanon, the original US peacekeeping mission became a farce . The US forces were training and equipping the Lebanese army, which was increasingly perceived as a pro-Christian, anti-Muslim force. (Most Lebanese were Muslim, though possibly a thin majority at that point.) On April 18, 1983 a delivery van pulled up to the front door of the US embassy in Beirut and detonated, collapsing the building and killing forty-six people (including sixteen Amer...
Chinese companies linked to open-source AI agent software OpenClaw advanced after Shenzhen authorities offered measures to support further development of tools using the technology. Shares of UCloud Technology Co. , QingCloud Technologies Corp. and Hangzhou Shunwang Technology Co. all jumped Monday by at least 9%, outperforming the mainland benchmark CSI 300 Index that fell as much as 2.4%. Shenzh...
Chinese companies linked to open-source AI agent software OpenClaw advanced after Shenzhen authorities offered measures to support further development of tools using the technology. Shares of UCloud Technology Co. , QingCloud Technologies Corp. and Hangzhou Shunwang Technology Co. all jumped Monday by at least 9%, outperforming the mainland benchmark CSI 300 Index that fell as much as 2.4%. Shenzhen’s Longgang district said Saturday it is seeking public feedback on a draft policy that encourages professional platforms to offer free OpenClaw deployment services and provides subsidies of up to 2 million yuan ($289,050) for application developments. China’s big tech firms have also adopted the tool, creating a buzz among Internet users. OpenClaw, developed by Peter Steinberger, lets users automate tasks such as email, calendar management, and travel check‑ins. It has quickly become a dominant theme in Chinese AI circles, with startups including Moonshot AI and MiniMax Group Inc. introducing tools to help users host or deploy OpenClaw in hopes of turning hype into adoption of their own models. Major cloud providers Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., and Baidu Inc. also have rolled out easy on‑ramp services for the software. Last week, Tencent offered free installation services for the AI agent on its cloud platform, according to a local media report. Meanwhile, regulators have adopted a more cautious tone . Last month, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned that some OpenClaw deployments pose significant security risks due to default or improper configurations, potentially exposing systems to cyberattacks and data leaks. “OpenClaw to me is a successful case of AI implementation in real life,” said Anna Wu , cross-asset investment strategist at Van Eck Associates in Sydney. “This could increase productivity and incentivize one-man firms, changing the workforce feel and shape. However, that’s a little far-fetched at the moment becau...