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Harri Weber

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Temu and Shein are already getting pricier

Prices are already rising on Temu and Shein, as the U.S. gears up to end the “de minimis” exemption that let online shoppers dodge tariffs on...

26.04.2025 7

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Meta's antitrust trial heats up: Here's what we learned in week one

In week one of the Federal Trade Commission’s blockbuster monopoly trial against Meta (META), CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent around 10 hours on the stand...

18.04.2025 3

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What Meta stands to lose if the FTC wins

In a blockbuster antitrust trial that’s just getting underway, the Federal Trade Commission is making its case that Meta (META) abused its...

16.04.2025 10

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Meta faces 'one of the biggest antitrust cases' in decades. Here's what to watch

Meta’s (META) monopoly trial kicked off on Monday, throughout which the Federal Trade Commission will argue that the Facebook owner bought Instagram...

15.04.2025 9

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Michael Saylor's company was on a Bitcoin buying spree. Soon it might need to sell

Michael Saylor’s bluster about never selling your Bitcoin lost a little oomph this week, as the company he co-founded clarified that, actually,...

11.04.2025 2

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Tesla's Model S and X sales in China hit a trade war roadblock

As Beijing retaliated — again — against President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, Tesla (TSLA) quietly pulled options to buy new Model S and X...

11.04.2025 2

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Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as the rally subsides

Winning the White House was supposed to transform the crypto sector, but for much of this year, it hasn’t paid off for long-term holders of leading...

11.04.2025 30

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Here's what's up with Tesla's slippery stock price today

Tesla (TSLA) stock took another dive on Thursday as analysts chopped price targets for the electric-vehicle maker, citing the Trump administration’s...

10.04.2025 8

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Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and more Magnificent 7 stocks slide as the Nasdaq rally kicks into reverse

The roller-coaster week for global stock markets took another sharp turn Thursday, yanking Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), and other Big...

10.04.2025 3

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Trump admin instructs federal crypto cops to ignore 'unwitting' regulatory violations

President Donald Trump’s crypto-industry backers notched another win this week, as the administration instructed federal prosecutors to “no longer...

08.04.2025 3

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Tesla, Microsoft, and Meta follow Nvidia in Magnificent 7 stock rally

The trade-war selloff took a breather on Tuesday, buoying Big Tech firms including Nvidia (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Meta (META), and Microsoft (MSFT),...

08.04.2025 2

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Apple's plan for trade war damage control could run through India

Apple’s (AAPL) initial plan to take the edge off of President Donald Trump’s trade war includes sourcing more of its phones for the U.S. market...

08.04.2025 10

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Bitcoin falls below $78,000 as trade war chaos hits the crypto market

Donald Trump’s trade-war fallout has lobbed about $4,553, or 5.5%, off the price of Bitcoin so far, as markets swing aggressively and billionaires...

07.04.2025 3

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The Dow swings wildly and the S&P 500 touches bear market territory as trade war fallout continues

The S&P 500 touched bear market territory and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed as much as 1,700 points early Monday — before gaining more than...

07.04.2025 3

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Nike stock is rising amid a sea of red. Here's why

Nike’s stock climbed 4.5% on Friday — even as the broader market plunged — after President Donald Trump said he’d held trade discussions with...

04.04.2025 3

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Bitcoin, Ether, Ghibli meme coins, and more cryptocurrencies to watch this week

There’s no avoiding the shockwaves from tariffs news this week — not even if you’re an investor in alt currencies that were supposed to be...

31.03.2025 10

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Coinbase, MicroStrategy, and more crypto stocks popping today

Leading cryptocurrencies gained, with some of the biggest crypto stocks following suit as the broader market rose on Monday after reports that the...

24.03.2025 2

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Tether, Bitcoin, XRP, and more cryptocurrencies to watch this week

Stablecoins are getting some extra attention after President Donald Trump told a crypto conference Thursday that he’s called on congress to pass...

24.03.2025 3

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Boeing stock climbs 6% after Trump orders 'a lot' of fancy new fighter jets

Investors in the troubled aerospace giant Boeing (BA) received some good news on Friday when President Donald Trump awarded it a contract to build...

22.03.2025 4

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'Monster' stock inflows show investors aren't convinced Trump's trade war spells doom

A week of “monster” global stock inflows has Bank of America (BAC) strategists concluding that “no one really believes” the trade war...

21.03.2025 3

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Turns out people are using AI like a personal shopper

People are increasingly treating generative-AI chatbots like personal shopping assistants, Adobe (ADBE) said on Monday.Read more...

18.03.2025 3

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Another bank takes a knife to its S&P 500 forecast

RBC Capital Markets (RY) is the latest investment bank to take a knife to its S&P 500 forecast, cutting its year-end target for the index by 400...

17.03.2025 2

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Intel stock rockets 8% on talk of new chief's AI chip strategy

Intel’s (INTC) next chief executive isn’t formally due for work until Tuesday, but there’s already talk of an artificial intelligence-strategy...

17.03.2025 3

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Bitcoin, BNB, XRP, and more cryptocurrencies to watch this week

Even with friends in high places, crypto’s instability is showing as investors respond to President Donald Trump’s trade war and reports of deal...

17.03.2025 20

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Apple's next big iPhone software update may take inspiration from its least-popular product

In lieu of a chattier Siri, Apple (AAPL) is seemingly back to leaning on its design bonafides to push its next big software updates.Read more...

11.03.2025 6

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The S&P 500 could plunge 5%, Morgan Stanley warns

With post-election gains in the rear-view mirror, Morgan Stanley’s (MS) chief U.S. equity strategist is raising some concerns about the fate of the...

10.03.2025 4

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Amazon's buzzing delivery drones drove a town to fight back

Prime Air, Amazon’s (AMZN) drone program, is still struggling to get off the ground more than 11 years after Jeff Bezos first teased half-hour...

03.03.2025 2

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The next big robotaxi push is nearly here

Most Americans aren’t sold on driverless cars or robotaxis, but they’re coming anyways; Tesla (TSLA), Uber (UBER), and Lyft (LYFT) are betting on...

11.02.2025 30

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OpenAI may be trying to wean itself off Nvidia

Like the broader artificial intelligence sector, OpenAI relies on Nvidia’s (NVDA) costly training chips to build tools like ChatGPT, but that could...

10.02.2025 4

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How do tariffs even work, anyway?

If you thought you could breeze through the week without any need for a trade-policy explainer, think again.Read more...

04.02.2025 7

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