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Artificial Intelligence

Meta’s Scoping Out a Superintelligence Lab

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As ChatGPT’s partial outage yesterday goes to show, AI companies are still struggling to scale up to artificial general intelligence.

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Consumer

Not Lovin’ It: McDonald’s Suffers Third Downgrade in as Many Trading Days

Could GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic and changing economic winds really take a bite out of the almighty Big Mac?

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ETF Upside

Schwab Keeps Industry’s ETF Fee Cuts Rolling

Vanguard reduced fees on 87 funds earlier this year, and Schwab just lowered costs on ETFs with $66 billion in total assets.

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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Formalizes Break-Up Plans

Like the rest of its pre-streaming Hollywood peers, Warner Bros. Discovery finds itself trapped between two eras.

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International Economics

Washington Trade Talks With Beijing Drive S&P 500 Toward Record High

The on-off dynamic of the US-China economic relationship so far this year would make the writing rooms of most soap operas blush.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Go Risk-On Heading Into 2H

It’s been a sweet-and-sour first half for the markets, but advisors expect the second half to be a whole lot tastier.

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Consumer

Consumer Goods Giants Slim Down to Spur Growth

Scale for scale’s sake appears to have become passé, with conglomerates jockeying for market share with a more focused brand identity.

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Advisor Upside

Morgan Stanley, American Funds Earn Top Rankings From Financial Advisors

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Fees and returns are important to advisors, but so are branding and customer service.

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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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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

CIO Upside

Amazon Ups Its AI Infrastructure Ante

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The cloud giant is continuing to build out its massive cloud footprint.

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ETF Upside

Asset Managers Aren’t Playing the Dual Share Class Waiting Game

One firm is converting a $12 billion mutual fund to an ETF, and it isn’t alone in doing so before the SEC approves dual share classes.

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Healthcare

Why Healthcare Gets Hit Hardest With Cyberattacks

Cyber-criminals often see healthcare firms’ shoddy protection as a “pot of gold.”

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ETF Upside

Trump’s Truth Social Files for Bitcoin ETF

The ETF, named after Truth Social, will be managed by Trump’s new fintech, Truth.fi.

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