Industries

Healthcare

Pfizer Pops Despite Looming Pharma Tariffs

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The tariff threat come just a few days after the White House sent letters to major drugmakers demanding slashed prices for US patients.

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Energy

Trump’s Moonshot Ignites Nuclear Stocks Rally

Russia and China have already announced plans for a joint-base small modular nuclear react on the moon by the mid-2030s.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla is Paying Up to Keep Elon Musk’s Eyes On the Road

During the company’s second-quarter earnings report last month, Musk admitted the company may be headed for “a few rough quarters.”

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir Rides Epic Hot Streak Into Earnings Report

The AI-powered, data-crunching defense tech company enters its earnings call Monday as the year’s hottest stocks on the S&P 500.

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Media & Entertainment

Can Summer Box Office Rebound Take Warner Bros. ‘Up, Up and Away’?

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Warner Bros. Discovery entered the year stuck in media conglomerate mud, with its eponymous film studio in especially bad shape.

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Artificial Intelligence

May AI Take Your Order, Please?

AI is moving into jobs in food services and retail traditionally best left to humans. Can the imperfect tech give customers what they want?

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Energy

Exxon and Chevron, Rivals Turned Frenemies, Face Profit Pressure-Cooker

Rather than jockeying for an advantage in their weakened state, the two longtime rivals are set to work together more and more.

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Industrials

Boeing Touts Turnaround Year as Embattled Aerospace Giant Cuts Costs

The company, mired in too many scandals and setbacks to print, lost nearly $12 billion when all was said and done in 2024.

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Healthcare

UnitedHealth Provides Painful 2025 Prognosis Amid Spiraling Treatment Costs

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Staffing shortages, rising prescription drug use, and costly new therapies have driven inflation in the medical sector.

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Consumer

Is Nike Pulling Off Its Comeback Plan?

In its fiscal year 2025 earnings call, the company said it projects new tariffs will saddle it with $1 billion in additional costs this year.

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Electric Vehicles

Can Tesla and Samsung Find Salvation in Each Other?

For Samsung, it’s a chance to finally carve out some foundry industry market share from rival chipmaker TSMC.

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Electric Vehicles

‘Flying Car’ Industry Taxis Toward Takeoff

A US-based startup, backed by Japan’s Toyota, and a freshly capitalized initiative in China could make flying cars a full reality next year.

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M&A

Watch Your Freight: Railroad Giants Talk $200 Billion Merger

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A merger between Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific would create a coast-to-coast rail operator, something that doesn’t exist in the US.

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Industries

American, Delta Take Opposite Sides of AI Pricing Debate

In its earnings call earlier this month, Delta said that around 3% of domestic tickets sold this year have been priced by the AI tech.

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Electric Vehicles

Crowded by EV Rivals, Tesla Preps For Critical Earnings Report

For what feels like the third or fourth time in a row, Tesla is gearing up for what may be the most important earnings call in its history.

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Industrials

Gates-Backed ‘Green Steel’ Startup Clears Key Milestone

Heavy industrials remain one of the most significant drivers of greenhouse gas emissions, and also one of the toughest to eliminate.

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