1000, Wilson Boulevard, Rosslyn, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, 22209, United StatesRTX
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RTX's release is datelined 'ARLINGTON, Va., July 23, 2026' and says its 'financial results conference call will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. ET' (11:30 UTC).[1]
RTX reported second-quarter 2026 sales of $24.7 billion, up 14%, adjusted earnings of $1.89 a share and a $289 billion backlog, and raised its 2026 outlook for sales, earnings and free cash flow.
250, Coromar Drive, Deckers Park, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California, 93117, United StatesDeckers Brands
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Deckers[1]' own press release page timestamps the release "July 23, 2026 4:05pm EDT" (20:05 UTC).
Deckers Brands' net sales rose 5.7% to $1.02 billion in its fiscal first quarter, topping $1 billion for the first time, as Hoka grew 7.7% to $703.5 million and UGG grew 4.9% to $278.0 million.
Lockheed Martin, Rockledge Drive, North Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, 20852, United StatesLockheed Martin
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Lockheed's release is datelined 'BETHESDA, Md., July 23, 2026' and says the company 'will webcast live the earnings results conference call ... on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET' (12:30 UTC).[1]
Lockheed Martin reported second-quarter 2026 sales of $20.1 billion, up 11%, and earnings of $7.94 a share, took its backlog to a record $230 billion on $65 billion of new orders including a $35 billion THAAD contract, and raised its 2026 outlook.
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Stated as firm: the GlobeNewswire[1] copy of Nestlé's ad hoc announcement is stamped "July 23, 2026 01:00 ET" (07:00 CEST in Vevey, 05:00 UTC), with the call at "09:30 CEST".
Nestlé's first-half organic growth reached 3.6% and volumes (RIG) improved to 1.8% in the second quarter, but net profit fell 31.4% to CHF 3.5 billion on restructuring and a CHF 1.3 billion write-down of businesses it is selling. It kept its 3% to 4% growth guidance for 2026.
Estimated: Unincorporated Logan County, about one mile west of Latham, Illinois 62543, United States (approximate: Latham village centre offset one mile west; no parcel address published)Hut 8
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Illinois Times[3] (28 Jul 2026): on 23 July 2026 Latham's village president polled trustees, concluded the plan would fail, and Hut 8[1] agreed to withdraw its village application; no energization date exists because the project is unapproved.
Hut 8 Corp. proposes the 500 MW Logan Prairie AI/cloud data center near Latham in Logan County, Illinois, at more than 5B USD; the Latham village vote was cancelled in July 2026 after trustees signalled it would fail, and county applications are stalled.
Apron Service Road, Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, 3045, AustraliaAirbus
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AeroCorner[3], citing Qantas and Airbus[4]: the aircraft "departed Toulouse at 7:33 local time on Thursday, July 23, and landed in Melbourne at 10:46 local time the next day. The flight lasted 19 hours and 12 minutes".
The A350-1000ULR test aircraft left Toulouse at 07:33 on 23 July 2026 and landed in Melbourne 19 hours 12 minutes later, the first Project Sunrise aircraft to reach Australia; the return flight took 24 hours 24 minutes.
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Nestlé's release is datelined "Vevey, Switzerland – July 23, 2026" and its half-year release says "On July 23, 2026, Nestlé and Platinum Equity[4] announced a plan to create Peranel"; Just Drinks[6] reports it was "issued alongside Nestlé's first-half results", and Platinum Equity's PR Newswire copy is stamped "Jul 23, 2026, 01:05 ET" (05:05 UTC), i.e. the 07:00 CEST results release.
Nestlé will put S.Pellegrino, Perrier, Acqua Panna, Nestlé Pure Life and its other waters and premium beverages into Peranel, a 50:50 joint venture with Platinum Equity valued at EUR 4.9 billion. Nestlé expects about EUR 3.0 billion in cash at closing, due in the first half of 2027.
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Berkshire's release is datelined SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., and OMAHA, Neb., July 24, 2026 and says the companies 'today announced the completion'.[1]
On 24 July 2026 Berkshire Hathaway completed its US$72.50-a-share cash purchase of Taylor Morrison, which will merge with Clayton Properties Group's 15 builders into a combined fourth-largest U.S. homebuilding operation.
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The earnings release is dated July 24, 2026 and the call was held at 9 a.m. ET that day; PV Tech[3] and TaiyangNews[2] both report the 24 July results.
On 24 July 2026 NextEra Energy reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of US$2.407 billion, or US$1.15 a share, against US$1.05 a year earlier, and kept its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook at US$3.92 to US$4.02.
1095 6th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY 10036, United StatesVerizon
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The release is dated July 24, 2026 and was published at 11:00 UTC (7:00 a.m. EDT); the 8-K exhibit was accepted at 11:00:31 UTC.[1]
Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phones and posted a record 40.1 percent adjusted EBITDA margin in the second quarter of 2026, raising full-year guidance for a second time and lifting its buyback target to $4.5 billion.
46-48 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, FranceSanofi
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Sanofi's[1] press release is datelined "Paris, July 24, 2026" and HCPLive[3] and BioSpace[4] carried it the same day.
On 24 July 2026 Sanofi announced it was discontinuing development of its OX40-ligand antibody amlitelimab in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and would not file it with regulators.
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United StatesUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
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Stated as fact, per boston.gov[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
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Comic-Con[1] International and Bleeding Cool[3] both give Friday 24 July 2026 as the ceremony night.
The 38th Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on 24 July 2026, gave DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter Best Limited Series and Best Penciller/Inker, and Absolute Batman Best Continuing Series; DC took 10 wins.
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Anthropic's[1][3] own announcement, dated the day the model became available.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5, a step-change improvement for the Opus tier for long-running agents, with gains in coding and professional work.
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The UK government's release says 'From today [24 July], whisky from the UK will now have zero tariffs', and a same-day release says the removal of US tariffs 'comes into force today (July 24)'.[1]
Scotch and other UK whisky entered the US tariff-free from 24 July 2026, ending the 10% duty imposed in April 2025 on a market worth about £1 billion a year to UK distillers.
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LAHSA's[1] data page is "Published July 24, 2026"; LAist[3] reported LAHSA was "scheduled to officially announce the results Friday afternoon" (24 July).
The 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count found 45,194 people homeless in the City of Los Angeles, up 3.4%, and about 73,000 countywide, up 1.2%, driven by a 7.9% rise in unsheltered homelessness in the city.
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Fiat UK press release published 24 July 2026 (page metadata 2026-07-24T12:01+01:00): 'FIAT has opened UK orders for the new 500 Hybrid, with production scheduled to begin later this month at its historic Mirafiori plant in Turin.'[1]
Fiat opened UK orders for the 1.0-litre, 65 hp 500 Hybrid on 24 July 2026 at GBP 18,995 on the road for the Icon hatchback, with production at Mirafiori and first deliveries from late summer.
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CnEVPost[1][4][5], dated 24 July 2026, cites "an announcement released by China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on Friday" covering X9s produced between August 8, 2023, and August 11, 2025.
China's market regulator SAMR announced on 24 July 2026 that XPeng will recall 33,473 X9 MPVs built from August 2023 to August 2025 for front air springs that can slowly leak, with the recall starting 28 August.
Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, South, Delhi, South Delhi, Delhi, 110070, IndiaMaruti Suzuki
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Autocar India[1][3][4][5] (24 Jul 2026): "Maruti Suzuki[2] has launched the 2026 Brezza at a starting price of Rs 7.40 lakh (ex-showroom) for the new direct-injection turbo-petrol version."
Maruti Suzuki launched the updated Brezza on 24 July 2026 with a new 110 hp 1.0-litre Boosterjet turbo-petrol from Rs 7.40 lakh ex-showroom, a 6-speed manual and ventilated front seats.
Target, 600, Broadway, University Village, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10012, United StatesTarget
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Target[1]: "Guests can shop the Rosie Assoulin x Target collection beginning July 25 in select Target stores, on Target.com and in the Target app."
Target's limited-time designer collaboration with New York designer Rosie Assoulin - dresses, sets, bags, sandals and her first home line, mostly under $50 - went on sale on 25 July 2026 with a launch event at Target SoHo.
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CnEVPost[1][3][4] reported on 25 July 2026 that Chery 'said on Saturday that its cumulative global sales had passed 20 million units', which is 25 July.
Chery Group said on 25 July 2026 that its cumulative global sales had passed 20 million vehicles, with the 20 millionth being a Fulwin A9 electric sedan launched the same day, and a third of owners outside China.
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Broadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The fourth and final cour of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, subtitled The Calamity, begins airing, bringing Tite Kubo's shinigami saga to its climactic battle between Ichigo Kurosaki's allies and Yhwach's Wandenreich.
Brown-Forman Corporation, 850, Dixie Highway, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 40210, United StatesBrown-Forman
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Brown-Forman's[1] statement is dated July 26, 2026 and says its board 'has concluded that Sazerac's proposal is not actionable'.
Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman said Sazerac's unsolicited offer, reported at $32 a share or about $15 billion, was 'not actionable' after the Brown family's majority holding said it did not fit their vision.
Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, 1 Johnson and Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933, United StatesJohnson & Johnson
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J&J's release is datelined "New Brunswick, N.J. - JULY 27, 2026 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ[1]) ... today announced", and the copy filed as Exhibit 99.1 to its 8-K is marked "FOR RELEASE AT 6:15PM ET", 22:15 UTC in EDT.
Johnson & Johnson announced a proposed resolution of its remaining ovarian talc litigation, about 76,000 claims, with a $5.5 billion commitment paid per claim - no more than $3 billion in 2027 and nothing more before 2028 - if at least 95% of claimants take part.
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On-sale date: FiiO started EA13 sales in mainland China, online and offline, at 10:00 Beijing time on 27 July 2026 (https://mychooz.com/en/news/new-fiio-ea13-144060). International stock followed in August; FiiO's own release page says only 'available now'.[1]
Two-channel Class A vacuum tube amplifier delivering 28 watts per channel.
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Stated as firm, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…ridge tolls. Construction of the bridge was completed in June 2026, inaugurated on July 24, 2026, an…"
A 853-metre cable-stayed span over the Detroit River, the longest in North America, carrying the busiest US-Canada trade corridor. Estimated date.
Estimated: Mount Holly, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States (town centroid, approximate)Century Aluminum
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The cited project source establishes 2026-07-27. Preserve the stated precision; a year, month or quarter anchor is not an announced exact opening day.
Century celebrated restored full production at Mt. Holly on July 27, 2026, following an approximately USD 50 million restart of idle capacity.
22, Avenue Montaigne, Quartier des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8e Arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France métropolitaine, 75008, FranceLVMH
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The release is issued under the title "Accelerating growth in the second quarter - Solid first-half results" and LVMH's[2] own financial calendar dates the 2026 first-half results to "July 27, 2026."
LVMH's first-half 2026 revenue was €38.6 billion, down 3% on a reported basis, as organic revenue rose 2% and growth accelerated to 3% organically in the second quarter, with net profit steady at €5.7 billion.
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Broadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Shenman Entertainment’s Yi Zhan Cangqiong begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Gu An, a crippled young man who seizes the power of an ancient god at his lowest moment and turns it against the enemies who wronged him. The 26-episode ONA leans into a familiar but reliably popular power-fantasy setup — a written-off protagonist ascending to godlike strength to settle old scores.