Microsoft Rallies on Earnings as Meta Slides with AI in Focus | The Pulse 7/30/2026
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Strong growth at Microsoft has reassured investors that expensive bets on AI are starting to pay off. But Meta shares slid in premarket trading after the Facebook parent gave a revenue outlook that is seen as disappointing. Investors dumped 30-year Treasury bonds, sending the yield to a 19-year high after the Fed kept interest rates unchanged for a seventh consecutive month. Investors have wagered that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh was only delaying an inevitable rate hike. The US has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran in response to an attack on American forces in Jordan, escalating a conflict that’s now spreading across the Middle East. Today's guests: Katharine Neiss, PGIM Credit Deputy Head of Global Economics; Simon Hunt, Campari Group CEO; Dominik von Achten, Heidelberg Materials CEO -- "The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, w
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