Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 3 AM ET: Intel Shares Rise as Sales Surge 25% in Second Quarter | Inside ...

Early morning Dow Jones headlines at 3:00 a.m. ET on July 24, 2026 pointed to a mix of corporate momentum and shifting guidance across industries. Intel’s shares rose as sales surged 25% in the second quarter, while Volkswagen cut its sales and delivery forecast, expecting deliveries to fall and sales to be flat or decline 3% versus earlier guidance for flat to 3% growth. SAP also gained after reporting second-quarter earnings that beat expectations. In finance, HSBC agreed to sell its Singapore insurance business to Allianz for $2.1 billion, as part of a broader cost-cutting and Asia-focused overhaul. Chip competition also featured prominently, with AMD expanding rivalry with Nvidia into server central processing units rather than only GPUs. Other items included Stripe discussions to buy OpenRouter and Google disclosing $94.1 billion in SpaceX stock tied to a 6% stake.