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Finance

Barnburner Figma IPO Offers Good Omen as Klarna Reconsiders Debut

The company’s shares soared 250% in their New York Stock Exchange debut, yielding a market capitalization of $47 billion.

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Big Tech

Big Tech Pulls Off a Very Big Earnings Week

The reports made one thing clear: Big Tech’s big AI bet is already paying off — which explains why they can’t help but double down.

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M&A

Palo Alto Networks Broadens Cybersecurity Consolidation With $25B Deal

With CyberArk, Palo Alto enters into the “identity security” market, now at an “inflection point” due to the rise of agentic AI.

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Banking

Evercore’s Purchase of Robey Warshaw May Birth Trans-Atlantic M&A Titan

The deal will help bolster Evercore’s presence in Europe, where it placed 13th by deal volume in PwC’s advisory rankings last year.

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Economics

Bottom Line Undercuts Hot Quarter for Top-Line US GDP

Economists anticipated a 2.5% rate, so the better-than-expected top line figure was obviously cause for celebration, right?

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Advisor Upside

Women Advisors Now Make Up 24% of Workforce. There’s a Long Way to Go

The industry is far from parity, but progress has been made over the past decade.

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CIO Upside

Demand for Cloud, Data and Cybersecurity Skills Outranks AI

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Employees can leverage AI more effectively when they possess the other skills

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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

Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

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On Tuesday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.3%, snapping a remarkable streak of six straight closing highs through Monday.

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