--- title: "Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: OpenAI's Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic | Disney ..." type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296278697.md" description: "Dow Jones headlines cover diverse corporate developments: OpenAI reports tepid Q2 sales growth; Disney sues FCC over license review; Meta faces child safety trial in California; Apple adjusts App Store terms for EU antitrust compliance. KKR bids $9B for UGI, Goldman Sachs buys LCN Capital. Home Depot raises outlook on higher sales, while Toll Brothers and La-Z-Boy report declines. Klarna shares drop on lower guidance despite profit. Baidu's profits fall amid AI pivot. XTI Aerospace CEO resigns, and Costco expands into insurance products." datetime: "2026-08-18T23:27:41.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296278697.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296278697.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296278697.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: OpenAI's Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic | Disney ... OpenAI's Second-Quarter Sales Show Tepid Growth Compared With Anthropic The ChatGPT-maker's revenue disappointed some investors, although the company told them its growth accelerated in the third quarter. ---- Disney Sues FCC Over License Review, Says Government Trying to Quash Free Speech The agency has launched probes into DEI practices and equal-time rules in the wake of criticism of President Trump by ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and "The View." ---- Pivotal Child Safety Trial That Could Change Instagram Starts in California The case, brought by four state attorneys general, alleges that Meta violated state consumer protection laws and federal rules that protect children online. ---- Apple to Change Terms for App Developers to Appease EU's Antitrust Officials Apple seeks to end a yearslong antitrust dispute over how the tech company manages its devices and App Store that included a $579 million fine. ---- KKR Makes $9 Billion Takeover Bid for Natural-Gas and Electricity Distributor Pennsylvania-based UGI's shares are little changed over the past year. ---- Goldman Sachs to Buy Real-Estate Investment Firm for Up to $410 Million LCN Capital Partners specializes in sale-leaseback transactions and manages about $3 billion in assets. ---- Home Depot Posts Higher Sales, Backs Outlook Homeowners took on smaller, spring maintenance projects during the recent quarter despite continuing economic uncertainty, driving Home Depot's sales higher and giving the company confidence to back its full-year outlook. ---- Toll Brothers Records Lower Sales as Home Deliveries Decline The company's home sales declined to $2.65 billion as it delivered 2,662 homes in the quarter, down from 2,959 a year ago. ---- Klarna Shares Tumble on Lower Outlook, CFO Search The payments company tempered its outlook for the year, even as it swung to a profit and logged higher revenue in the second quarter. ---- Kalshi Readies Perpetual Futures Tied to Stock Indexes Traders on the platform will be able to take leveraged long or short positions on stock indexes. ---- La-Z-Boy Swings to First-Quarter Loss From Declining Sales The furniture maker's sales slid 3% to $475.7 million, missing analyst forecasts for a gain to $501 million. ---- Baidu's Profit, Revenue Continue to Fall as It Pivots to AI The Chinese internet titan has been pouring money into AI, autonomous driving and chip design even as its bread-and-butter advertising business has continued to shrink. ---- XTI Aerospace Chairman, CEO Resigns Amid Internal Review XTI Aerospace said Scott Pomeroy has resigned as chairman and chief executive amid an internal review of the executive and other related corporate-governance matters. ---- Costco Sells Vacations, Gas and, Soon, Medicare Plans In some markets, the retailer's insurance products will integrate pharmacy, vision and hearing benefits. 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