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Coca-Cola raised its full-year outlook after World Cup-driven demand lifted organic sales and earnings-per-share (EPS) guidance, Micron slid on renewed worries that China’s chip progress could blunt the artificial intelligence (AI) spending boom, and Corning plunged after third-quarter revenue guidance came up slightly short of estimates. Together these moves are a useful reminder that markets are rewarding steady proof of cash flows and punishing missed cyclical cues, which matters when you are rotating between branded consumer names, semiconductors, and industrial suppliers.