Be in the know. 24 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. VF Corp Jumps After Earnings Beat as Turnaround Takes Hold (bloomberg)
  2. Vans parent VF Corp beats quarterly revenue estimates on improving demand (reuters)
  3. Generac beats quarterly estimates on robust sales of power backup equipment (reuters)
  4. An Overlooked Vulnerability That Could Cripple America’s Power Grid (zerohedge)
  5. Forget Big Tech—Why Industrial Stocks Are Booming This Year (morningstar)
  6. Etsy posts second-quarter revenue beat amid higher spending on AI, marketing (investing)
  7. Boeing Reports Strongest Revenue in 6 Years (nytimes)
  8. Boeing CEO: Trade deal orders are great improvements to our overall backlog (youtube)
  9. A costly headache: the world’s ageing offshore oil and gas infrastructure (ft)
  10. Trump Urges the U.K. to Drill More Oil, Criticizing Its Energy Policy (nytimes)
  11. Diageo names Deirdre Mahlan as interim CFO (reuters)
  12. Euro zone growth holds up better than feared in Q2 (reuters)
  13. China’s leaders vow support for economy, crackdown on disorderly competition (reuters)
  14. Alibaba’s finance chief voices confidence in China’s AI boom and consumer market (scmp)
  15. How China Is Girding for an AI Battle With the U.S. (wsj)
  16. Chinese Envoy Praises US for ‘Good Faith’ Trade Negotiations (bloomberg)
  17. Alibaba, Standard Chartered partner to accelerate AI adoption in banking sector (scmp)
  18. Toyota global output, sales hit record highs in January-June (reuters)
  19. M&A Is Back. These Stocks Could Be Targets. (barrons)
  20. US Housing Market’s Price Growth Slows for Fourth Straight Month (bloomberg)
  21. Fed Governors Could Break Ranks as Trump Intensifies Powell Pressure (wsj)
  22. Stockpicking hedge funds make comeback in market turbulence (ft)
  23. The Obesity Bubble Has Finally Burst. Novo Nordisk Shares Drop 21%. (barrons)
  24. Starbucks same-store sales fall again, but CEO Niccol says turnaround is ahead of schedule (cnbc)