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Moderna Is Still Stuck in Post-COVID Limbo

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Moderna walked a tightrope trying to convince shareholders it can both develop a new portfolio of drugs and keep costs down in the process.

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Prices in China to Fall into 2025 Amid Deflationary Sputters

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China will see middling returns into 2025 according to new data and a bank analyst report, which paints a grim future for its consumer sector.

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Amazon Patent Highlights Double-Edged Sword of Personalized AI

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A recent Amazon patent may seek to make Alexa smarter and more personalized — but it could have the opposite effect

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Patent Drop

Ford Patent May Bring In-Car Advertisements on Your Road Trip

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While this could create a lucrative new revenue stream for Ford, it also presents a privacy conundrum, one expert said.

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PayPal Patent Cuts Blockchain Energy Costs as it Ups Crypto Chops

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PayPal’s patent figures out when to use (and not use) blockchain for crypto transactions.

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Industrials

Boeing Dodges a Work Stoppage in Washington

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Boeing reached a tentative deal with the union representing its production workers in Washington state, likely dodging a strike.

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Investments

White House Readying US Sovereign Fund Proposal

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White House officials are drafting plans to start a sovereign wealth fund that could invest in national security interests.

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Politics

The Ever-Trickier Geopolitics of Being Elon Musk

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Elon Musk’s fight with Brazil has highlighted how his interlocking array of companies can put him in a difficult geopolitical spot.

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Markets

Can a Texas Stock Exchange Really Lock Horns with Wall Street?

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The Texas Stock Exchange is hoping to become the center of a new financial mecca in the Lone Star state when it launches next year.

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Autos

Tens of Thousands of Yellow Cabs in Jeopardy as NYC’s Biggest Taxi Insurer is Insolvent

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American Transit Insurance Company (ATIC) insures over 60% of 117,000 taxis and for-hire vehicles. And it’s insolvent.

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Media & Entertainment

UK Antitrust Watchdog Launches Probe into Ticketmaster

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Some fans found that while they were waiting to buy Oasis tickets, the prices had quietly crept up from £135 ($177) to £350 ($460).

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Energy

OPEC+ Wants to Prop Up Falling Oil Prices

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Days after Brent crude oil prices fell under $74 per barrel, the member nations of OPEC+ agreed to delay a production increase for two months.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Eyes Hydrogen for Data Centers as Energy Use Soars

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The tech could signal that Big Tech is looking for creative solutions to AI’s power demand.

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Patent Drop

Intel’s IP ‘Land Grab’ Highlights Lagging in Robotics, AI Market

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Intel is “playing catch-up” in robotics – and AI as a whole, one expert said.

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Patent Drop

Sony Patent Highlights how Game Industry Should (and Shouldn’t) Use AI

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Copyright issues make it difficult to substitute creative labor in game development, one expert said.

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Investments

Family Firm Growth Set to ‘Explode’ to $9.5 Trillion Under Control by 2030

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Deloitte estimates say private wealth management advisory firms will control $9.5 trillion by 2030, up 73% from the current $5.5 trillion.

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Energy

US Dithering on Hydrogen Gives Foreign Investment a Way In

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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed a deal with Exxon to buy a 35% share of a new hydrogen plant just outside Houston, Texas.

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Semiconductors

Intel’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse and Worse

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Intel’s contract chipmaking business suffered a major setback after it failed some major initial tests, sources said.

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FA Upside

Josh Brown Talks AI and ‘Perpetual Motion Machines’

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‘Downtown’ Josh Brown is largely bullish on investments in artificial technology and tackles the segment’s future in a new book out this week.

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FA Upside

FINRA Cases Hit Record Lows. Warren Wants Answers

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FINRA enforcement cases plummeted last year, sliding to the lowest level in the agency’s history, which caught the eye of Elizabeth Warren.

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FA Upside

Where Does Gen Z Turn for Financial Advice? It’s Not TikTok

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Parents and family members are Gen Z’s No. 1 source for financial advice, even topping social media influencers.

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