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CrowdStrike sinks after-hours following the release of its second-quarter earnings

Shares of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike fell by more than 6% after-hours, following the release of the company’s second-quarter earnings report.

CrowdStrike posted earnings of $0.93 per share, better than the $0.83 earnings per share analysts expected. Its quarterly revenue grew 21% year over year to $1.17 billion, better than the $1.15 billion consensus from analysts polled by FactSet. Annual recurring revenue climbed 20% to $4.66 billion.

The company’s third-quarter revenue guidance — between $1.21 billion and $1.22 billion — came in slightly below Wall Street estimates.

The second quarter marked the one-year anniversary of CrowdStrike’s massive IT outage last July that caused thousands of flight cancellations globally. Costs related to the outage have reached more than $75 million on the year.

CrowdStrike on Wednesday afternoon also announced plans to acquire Onum, a company that specializes in data management.

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The Tesla directors who just proposed giving Elon Musk a trillion dollars say it’s “critical” he stay out of politics

Even still, the company doesn’t appear to be putting up hard guardrails for Musk’s political ambitions.

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Tesla jumped more than 2% premarket on Friday after the company proposed an unprecedented roughly $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk, according to proxy filings.

To receive the massive payout, Musk will have to increase the company’s market cap to $8.5 trillion from the approximately $1 trillion it is today over the next 10 years.

The pay package also requires that Musk expand Tesla’s product offerings to include 1 million Robotaxis in commercial operation and the “delivery of 1 million AI Bots.” Currently the company has about 30 autonomous robotaxis in its invite-only Austin ride-hailing service, though this week the company expanded the waitlist for the service to everyone. Tesla's Optimus robots are still under development.

Musk would also have to take part in his own succession planning and develop a framework for who’s to follow him.

Investors have historically tied the fate of Tesla with Musk, so holding on to him for an extended period of time and having his blessing for the succession plan is typically seen as good news for the stock.

“We believe that Elon’s singular vision is vital to navigating this critical inflection point,” the filing reads. “Simply put, retaining and incentivizing Elon is fundamental to Tesla achieving these goals and becoming the most valuable company in history.”

A judge twice struck down Musk’s previous $56 billion compensation package. Last month the board approved a $30 billion interim pay package, saying that “retaining Elon is more important than ever.”

Shareholders will vote on the pay package at their annual meeting on November 6.

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Gap pops as the denim giant takes a big swing into beauty and accessories

The retailer is piloting beauty through shop-in-shops at Old Navy before rolling it out to Gap stores next year.

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