The off-price retailer lifted its fiscal 2027 earnings and pretax-margin guidance after second-quarter sales reached $15.2 billion, while HomeGoods and international banners outpaced Marmaxx.

Lowe’s total sales rose to $26.0 billion, but comparable sales increased just 0.2% as stronger Pro, home services and online demand offset continued DIY pressure.

Comparable sales rose 3.8% and Target raised its full-year outlook, while the tariff refund accounted for $1.65 of second-quarter EPS.

The maximum size for 10-year to 20-year and 20-year to 30-year nominal coupon liquidity-support operations will rise from $2 billion to at least $4 billion, with a revised schedule still to come.

CSL may deploy Haemonetics’ NexSys PCS devices with Persona PLUS technology across part of its U.S. plasma network, but the non-exclusive agreement has no minimum purchase commitments and no quantified rollout yet.

The expanded deal covers more than 875,000 acres and calls for about 100 miles of new pipelines, 3 million barrels of storage and 60,000 barrels per day of added recycling capacity.

Cypherpunk acquired 4,902 Z15 Pro miners and U.S. hosting agreements in a $33.33 million equity deal with Winklevoss-linked entities, adding about 18% of current Zcash network hashrate.

FORT Robotics plans to merge with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp. in a SPAC deal that could add about $182 million of net cash to the robotics-safety company’s balance sheet.

Gasoline prices rose 25.7% from a year earlier, while several core inflation measures remained close to the Bank of Canada’s 2% target.

The BOJ kept its policy rate at 1% in July but said it plans to keep raising rates as underlying inflation approaches its target and price risks remain tilted upward.