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Key Highlights Structural and geological field mapping campaign expected to commence late this month to define high priority rare earth elements (REE) and antimony target areas. Four priority areas to be mapped with two focusing on REE potential within the North Block of the Mojave Project and two targeting strike extensions from mineralization identified at the Desert Antimony Prospect.

DISTRIBUTED-WORK-MODEL/OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Block, Inc. (“Block”) (NYSE: XYZ) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes in two series (the “Notes”) in a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Reg.

- Delivered Revenue Growth of 4% and Earnings per Share Growth o f 7% - - Returned $600 Million to Shareholders via Dividends and Share Repurchases - - Increases Quarterly Dividend by 12% - KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (the "Company") today released financial results1 for its fiscal 2025 year ended June 30, 2025.

In its relatively brief life as a publicly traded company, Block (XYZ 1.67%) has gone through several transformations. It's been a near pure-play transaction processor, then a burgeoning financial services company, then a major institutional investor in cryptocurrency.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (the "Company”) today announced that Jeffrey J. Jones II has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire as President and CEO of H&R Block on December 31, 2025, and will remain on the Board until such time. He will continue as a Strategic Advisor at the Company through September 2026. He will be succeeded by Curtis Campbell, currently H&R Block's President of Global Consumer Tax and Chief Product Officer, starting January 1, 2026.

XOM starts production at Yellowtail with its largest FPSO, One Guyana, boosting Stabroek Block capacity to over 900,000 barrels a day.

Block delivered record operating income and raised guidance, but growth remains well below its historical pace and competition is fierce. Cash App and Square segments showed solid, but not spectacular, profit growth; Bitcoin revenue was flat, but trading activity helped margins. Valuation remains rich, especially compared to peers like PayPal, and I see limited evidence of a true growth re-acceleration.

XYZ tops Q2 earnings estimates and raises 2025 guidance, fueled by Square and Cash App growth, sending shares up more than 6%.

Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM announced on Friday that ExxonMobil Guyana has initiated production at the Yellowtail development in the offshore Stabroek block of Guyana.

Question: Why would you pay 2x revenues for Block stock (NYSE:XYZ) – when you can purchase Toast stock (NYSE:TOST), a cloud-based platform for restaurant management, at 5x? You wouldn't, particularly when three significant factors—growth, profitability, and financial standing—indicate that Toast has a more robust financial base and a brighter future.