Bloomberg AutoNation Inc shrugged off a sales decline to post record profit in the second quarter as US prices for new vehicles soar. The nation’s largest auto dealer chain said earnings were $6.48 a share during the period, up 34% from a year earlier and beating analyst estimates. Revenue fell 2% to $6.9 billion and just missed the consensus ...

Bloomberg US social-media giants were poised to see more than $76 billion wiped off their stock-market values on Friday after disappointing revenue from Snap Inc raised concerns about the outlook for online advertising. The Snapchat parent plummeted as much as 30% in premarket trading. Meanwhile, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc falls 4.8%, Google owner Alphabet Inc declined 2.8%, Twitter Inc ...

  Bloomberg US equity futures slipped in choppy trading as investors await the next batch of second-quarter earnings for clues on how well companies are coping with surging prices. Bonds extended an advance. Nasdaq 100 contracts fall 0.4%, while those on the S&P 500 ticked lower. The Stoxx 600 Index added 0.5%, poised for a weekly advance as investors shrugged ...