Carl Quintanilla, Leslie Picker and Michael Santoli led off the show with market reaction to Intel's better-than-expected Q2 results — with the AI boom fueling the company's fastest revenue growth in almost 15 years. The anchors also explored why software stocks were in rally mode, while memory chip shares slumped. Crude oil prices and the U.S.-Iran conflict: WTI and Brent on pace for a third consecutive week of gains. Also in focus: President Trump imposes new tariffs on dozens of countries and weighs in on the AI data center backlash; American Express and Verizon shares head in opposite directions on earnings news; Elon Musk's message to The Economist magazine on AI; Oracle's 10-year, $7 billion Pentagon contract; How low can SpaceX go?

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10AM Hour: Tariffs, Tech, and the Memory Trade, Intel Loses Post-Earnings Gains, Mortgage Rates at One Year High 7/24/26

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