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Healthcare

Omada Health Preps to Go Public as IPO Market Revives

While virtual care boomed during the pandemic, the sector more recently had an up-and-down couple of years as the world returned to normalcy.

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Economics

Waiting Game: Why Fed Isn’t Ready to Cut Rates (Yet)

The Fed was already walking a tightrope over a bottomless pit of stagflation before waves of tariffs came to rattle the line.

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Advisor Upside

Why Thrivent Wants to Hire Nearly 600 Advisors this Year

The move would increase its advisor workforce by 2%, outpacing the industry average growth rate of 0.3%.

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Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce Boosts Bet on Agentic AI With $8B Informatica Takeover

Salesforce’s offer beat out competitors including Cloud Software Group and Thoma Bravo, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Advisor Upside

ETFs Unfazed by Market Volatility

The vehicles have seen $427 billion in inflows, outpacing the roughly $301 billion from last year, per Morningstar.

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Industrials

Trump Administration Claims ‘Golden Share’ Rights in US Steel-Nippon Tieup

The so-called “golden share” in US Steel would grant the US federal government a de facto veto over key decisions.

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CIO Upside

Building a Strategy to ‘Coexist’ with AI

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“How does AI coexist and partner with humans?” says Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana.

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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

ETF Upside

American Century’s Head of ETF Solutions to Depart

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A portfolio manager on at least 11 of the company’s ETFs has been with the firm since it entered the space.

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