Julie Morgan

Estee Lauder is demanding the defendants in its lawsuit be ordered to stop selling products that bear the company's trademarks, monetary damages, and compensation for legal fees.

It's that time to tell you about a few other articles that are trending.

OpenAI, Samsung, and SK Telecom will reportedly start setting up data centers in Korea next month.

Activist investor Ancora is set to oppose the Warner Bros.

deal with Netflix.

And XAI loses another co-founder.

Now for a check of the Catalyst watch.

FedEx will hold an Investor Day event to lay out multi-year strategy and financial targets.

Analysts note that the event has extra significance due to the upcoming separation of the freight business.

Alimentation CouchTard will issue its 2026 Business Strategy Update.

New York Fashion Week will kick off.

Ralph Lauren, PVH's Calvin Klein, Coach, and Michael Kors are some brands holding events.

The incoming Citigroup CFO will present at the Bank of America Securities Financial Services Conference.

And McDonald's will hold its earnings conference call post-market.

Analysts will be looking to see if any sales momentum is led by pricing or traffic gains.

Updates on menu innovation will also be closely watched.

Yum!

Brands is the restaurant stock that correlates the tightest to McDonald's, while supplier Lamb Weston trades in tandem with McDonald's 75% of the time after earnings.

On Wall Street, Dow, S&P and Nasdaq futures are in mixed territory.

Crude oil is up 1.3% at $64 a barrel.