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Finance

Can the Magnificent Seven Ride Again?

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After serving as the driving force for a blistering market rise, the so-called Magnificent Seven have taken an epic stumble in 2025.

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Consumer

Sliding LVMH Market Value Prompts Luxury Firm’s CEO to Urge US-EU Free Trade

Investor worries about a fresh batch of US tariffs have dragged LVMH shares in Paris down 23.6% so far this year.

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ETF Upside

New BlackRock ETF Takes Bite Out of S&P 500 Weightings

An iShares ETF caps individual holdings at 3%; it isn’t the first to skew allocations away from the largest companies.

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Healthcare

Eli Lilly Skyrockets After Promising Results for First Weight-Loss Pill

The company plans to seek regulatory approval for the revolutionary weight loss treatment by the end of the year.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia’s Situationship with Beijing Gets Even More Complicated

CEO Jensen Huang is said to have traveled to Beijing, where the Financial Times reported he met with DeepSeek’s founder.

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Makes Cloud Infrastructure Simpler

Patenting this kind of tech could benefit Google in more ways than one.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Industry Sweats a Recession-Spurred Pullback

The warnings come as the industry adapts to seismic shifts in technology — which means it may just have some new tricks up its sleeve.

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CIO Upside

What’s The Point of Chasing Superintelligence?

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“Putting ‘safe’ next to ‘superintelligence’ is kind of an oxymoron.”

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Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

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Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
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The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
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Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

Advisor Upside

Behind the Vanguard, Blackstone, Wellington Plan to Launch Private Investments

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The announcement follows the introduction of a public and private ETF from State Street and Apollo last month.

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