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Rapid7 Q2 Earnings Beat As Cybersecurity Remains Hot

Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 (RPD) turned in better-than-expected earnings after the close Tuesday, its first financial report since its initial public offering last month. The company reported Q2 revenue of $25.8 million, up 44% from the year-earlier quarter and beating the consensus estimate of $23.6 million, as polled by Thomson Reuters. It lost 61 cents per share minus items, but consensus called for an 84-cent loss. Rapid7 stock, which rose 6.3%

These Consumer Stocks Got A Boost From Wall Street Upgrades

Wells Fargo downgraded several media stocks on Tuesday — including Walt Disney (DIS), CBS (CBS) and 21st Century Fox (FOXA) — citing the dismal earnings season within the group during the second quarter. The downgrade comes a couple of weeks after media stocks got slammed amid ongoing fears that competition from Netflix (NFLX) and other streaming services will lead to subscriber losses and lower cable ad revenue. Shares of Disney closed down 1.9%,

Nuance brings professional-grade speech recognition to mobile

Speech recognition software leader Nuance Communications (NUAN) on Tuesday introduced a new suite of dictation products for professionals that span PCs and mobile devices and are connected by the Internet cloud. Nuance says its latest Dragon-branded products will improve productivity and efficiency for lawyers, social workers and other professionals, especially when they’re out of the office. At a live webcast event on Tuesday, Peter Mahoney,