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Is Nike Pulling Off Its Comeback Plan?

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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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International Economics

Trump’s ‘Biggest Deal Ever’ With EU Prompts Yawn From Wall Street

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The deal sets 15% baseline tariffs on EU goods and commits the bloc to buy billions of dollars worth of US energy and defense products.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft SharePoint Attacks Show Weaknesses of On-Prem Storage vs. Cloud

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‘Given enough of an attack surface … it is going to be attacked’

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CIO Upside

White House Deregulation of AI Creates Fresh Pitfalls for Businesses

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‘Part of the challenge is that (the executive orders) fundamentally misunderstand how the technology works’

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Straightens Out AI Training Data

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Cloud computing and AI are massive parts of Google’s business.

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Policy & Power

Defense Earnings Highlight Peril, Payoff of Contracting

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A slew of quarterly reports last week showed, even with analysts flashing buy recommendations, the defense sector is a sensitive one.

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Electric Vehicles

‘Flying Car’ Industry Taxis Toward Takeoff

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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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Real Estate

US Housing Market Mired in the Mud

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While June typically marks the hottest point of the year for home sales, last month instead saw a decline as prices rose to a record high.

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ETF Upside

What Coca-Cola’s New Sugar-Cane Coke Means for a Sugar ETF

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The world’s leading beverage company plans to add a cane-sugar version of its namesake beverage in the US.

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ETF Upside

Why the SEC Keeps Putting Off Diversified Crypto ETFs

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The agency this week delayed approving Bitwise’s ETF conversion, a sign of hesitancy despite a crypto-friendly government.

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ETF Upside

Faith-Based Firm Led by Bob Doll Adds First ETFs

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Crossmark, which provides similar values-screening strategies in SMAs, is applying them to a pair of ETFs.

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Blockchain

Stablecoins Are Here to Stay. Who Stands to Gain From Them?

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Companies that have been waiting on the crypto sidelines are likely about to jump in the game following the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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Advisor Upside

Women Stand to Inherit Trillions of Dollars. They’re Still Underserved

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Targeted marketing and tailored communication can build loyalty.

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Industries

American, Delta Take Opposite Sides of AI Pricing Debate

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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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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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Big Tech

Google Search Weathers AI Storm — For Now

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The cannibalization of traditional search by AI chatbots is difficult to quantify, though by all accounts AI is already taking some nibbles.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft Patent Automates Cloud Error Fixes

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Cybersecurity has long been Microsoft’s bread and butter.

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CIO Upside

How to Avoid Hiring a North Korean Spy as a ‘Remote Employee’

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‘We advertised for a remote employee … several North Korean fake employees responded’

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CIO Upside

What Businesses Should Consider Before Using Off-the-Shelf AI

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‘The ability to scrape information … is way more advanced than people realize’

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Advisor Upside

Krispy Kreme’s Suddenly Irresistible. What to Do When Clients Crave Meme Stocks

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Advisors should have conversations about what these rallies are — and what they aren’t.

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Advisor Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

Walmart Patent Signals AI Transformation for Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

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Why AI Augmentation Tech Is More Than a ‘Cost-Cutting Tool’

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Why Access Controls May Be AI’s Biggest Security Vulnerability

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