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Lowe’s Q3 FY2025: Modest Growth, Digital Tailwinds, and a Firmer Full-Year Guide

Lowe’s Q3 FY2025 results showed modest sales growth and a return to positive comparable sales, driven by an 11.4% surge in digital sales. Adjusted EPS beat estimates, reflecting cost discipline. The company raised its full-year outlook, but remains cautious amid flat comps and selective consumer spending.
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JPMorgan Is Writing the Biggest Checks Again. Here’s the Twist for Private Credit.
JPMorgan is dominating corporate lending by securing major deals like the $8 billion Skechers acquisition and a $17.5 billion Warner Bros. Discovery commitment. This resurgence signals banks are reclaiming market share from private credit, intensifying competition and potentially compressing pricing for top-tier borrowers.
Target pares outlook after Q3 slump, leans on $5B store-and-digital push
Target's Q3 2025 saw a 2.7% drop in comparable sales and a 1.5% revenue decline, with profits narrowing amid cautious consumer demand. The company is investing $1 billion more in 2026 for store upgrades and digital growth, while digital sales and advertising revenue rose. Leadership changes and cost cuts aim to balance growth and efficiency.
A $1 Billion Bet Brings Three Mile Island Back—But Not the Reactor You Think
The DOE has approved a $1 billion loan to restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1, now renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, with Microsoft as its anchor customer for 20 years. This marks a significant return of nuclear power to Pennsylvania, driven by AI-driven data center demand and new federal policy support mechanisms.
Rising Load, Tight Margins: U.S. Winter Risks, TotalEnergies’ Flex Deal, and UK Bill Outlook
This article analyzes surging power demand in the US, driven by data centers and electrification, outpacing supply additions and intensifying winter reliability risks. It also covers a major flexible generation deal in Europe, affordability constraints on US utilities, and trends in UK energy prices, highlighting the urgent need for grid flexibility and smart policy responses.
Here’s the twist: Trump backs F‑35 sale to Saudi Arabia as MBS returns to Washington
The U.S. is set to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, marking a significant policy shift and signaling strengthened ties during MBS’s White House visit. The deal, linked to broader agreements in AI and nuclear energy, faces scrutiny over Israel’s qualitative military edge and technology safeguards. Economic and tech cooperation underscore the strategic reset.
Doug Manchester’s Six‑Day, $28 Million Villa Nafissa Deal, Explained
Villa Nafissa, a standout 39-acre estate in Rancho Santa Fe, sold for $28 million in one of San Diego’s priciest, fastest ultra-luxury home deals. Driven by a high-profile buyer’s decisiveness, the transaction closed in just six days—an exceptional pace for such marquee assets.

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