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Semiconductors

After Reclaiming ‘World’s Most Valuable Company’ Crown, Nvidia Gilds the Tiara

In the past month, Nvidia shares have surged 18.8%, more than the rest of the Magnificent Seven, including Microsoft.

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Finance

Dwindling IPOs Reward Investors With Return Bonanza

New data compiled by Bloomberg found that shares in companies to debut on US exchanges this year have climbed by a weighted average of 53%.

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Advisor Upside

Morningstar’s CEO Kunal Kapoor on Private Assets and ‘Extracting Gold’

Over the past eight years, Kapoor has helped the company expand its workforce to over 10,000 employees and boost its stock price more than threefold.

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Social Media

Bumble Swipes Left on a Third of Its Workforce

Bumble and Match both reported annual declines in revenue and the number of paying daters using their apps in 2025’s first quarter

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Advisor Upside

Succession Planning Vacuum Risks Alienating RIA Clients, Next-Gen Leaders

Just 6% of advisors nearing retirement have a fully documented succession plan, raising the risk that their businesses will lose clients and struggle to find leaders.

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Energy

Shell Dismisses BP Takeover Talks as Mere ‘Speculation’

A megamerger of this sort would vault Shell’s market cap closer to ExxonMobil’s $468 billion and likely beyond Chevron’s $248 billion.

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CIO Upside

Is Meta Chasing a Superintelligence Pipe Dream?

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The risks may be greater than the payoff.

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Economics

Jerome Powell is Finally Getting Specific

Simply put, Powell says he needs to wait and see June and July price data to know just how impactful and inflationary tariffs have been.

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Healthcare

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Treatment Wins First of Its Kind FDA Blessing to Treat Lung Cancer

Like many other major pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is facing a series of patent cliffs for key treatments in its portfoilio.

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Industries

Carnival Cruises Past Market Expectations in Boon for Shares

The choppy waters predicted for the cruise industry this year were based on the very real risks of trade wars and real wars.

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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

An ETF for the Buy Now, Pay Later Market

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The buy now, pay later business has a stigma that could hold back a proposed ETF focused on the market, one observer noted.

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