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Tesla’s California sales tumbled 21% — and it’s bad news for the EV boom

Tesla’s sales in California fell for the seventh-straight quarter, dragging down the state’s EV market — and raising questions ahead of earnings

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Elon Musk asks if you want burgers and fries with your Tesla

Elon Musk’s latest project is part roadside attraction, part Supercharger hub, and part content machine. Fries are optional.

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Wall Street braces for Tesla's worst quarter in years — and a familiar distraction

Margins are shrinking, sales are sliding, and Q2 could be Tesla’s worst in years. But Elon Musk is still pitching a high-tech future

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Trump Media buys $2 billion in Bitcoin — and the stock jumps 7%

Truth Social's parent company now has roughly two-thirds of its liquid assets in crypto, leaning into a strategy that echoes other Bitcoin...

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Amazon said it wouldn't raise prices because of tariffs. Then it hiked them on hundreds of products

The collision of stealth inflation and revived U.S. tariffs is starting to show up in consumers' shopping carts

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Elon Musk's Neuralink called itself a 'small disadvantaged business.' Then it was worth $9 billion

Musk’s brain-chip startup used a label that could help it unlock federal perks, raising questions about optics and ownership

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Netflix had a strong quarter. That’s the problem

As the company posted strong second quarter earnings, some analysts warn that Netflix's growth is increasingly dependent on higher prices and ad...

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Netflix stock slips despite the streamer beating Wall Street expectations

Concerns have flared among Republicans that Trump could set off a bond-market meltdown if he tries installing an acolyte before Powell's term ends

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Netflix’s growth engine is changing. Earnings will show if it still works

Netflix stock is priced like a must-watch blockbuster — and investors are demanding a sequel to the first quarter’s massive numbers

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Chipmaking giant ASML says it can't be certain of growth in 2026

The chipmaking powerhouse posted €2.3 billion in profit — and then warned that trade tensions could freeze demand in 2026.

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Nvidia just re-entered China. CEO Jensen Huang is already talking upgrades

Fresh off Nvidia regaining limited market access, CEO Jensen Huang is pushing for deeper ties into China — and more powerful AI chip exports

16.07.2025 1

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Trump to announce $90 billion in new AI and energy investments

At a Carnegie Mellon summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Trump is expected to unveil a number of massive deals in AI and energy projects

15.07.2025 2

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Inflation speeds up as tariffs start to leave a mark on the economy

The latest inflation data complicates the Fed’s path to interest rate cuts. And now Trump is threatening a broader tariff escalation

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Nvidia is back in China — and the stock pops 5%

Nvidia says the U.S. will let the company sell H20 AI chips in China, days after CEO Jensen Huang met with Trump and as he visits Beijing

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Nvidia’s CEO says AI won’t take your job — but it will change it

As AI transforms industries, Jensen Huang says success won’t come from resisting change but from mastering it faster than everyone else

14.07.2025 2

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Elon Musk's other companies could soon pour billions into his AI startup

SpaceX, the rocket company Musk founded and controls, is reportedly investing $2 billion into xAI, his AI startup best known for the chatbot Grok

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth just passed Warren Buffett’s

As the AI boom fuels Nvidia’s surge, its CEO has been vaulted into the billionaire stratosphere. He's added about $28 billion to his fortune this year

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Jamie Dimon to Europe: 'You're losing'

The JPMorgan Chase CEO says Europe’s growth model is broken — and that without bold reforms, the continent risks falling even further behind

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Goldman Sachs just hired its first AI coder

Goldman is the first major bank to try out Cognition's agentic AI coder, Devin, signaling a seismic shift in how finance works alongside software

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Your next K-pop album might cost 25% more, thanks to Trump’s latest tariffs

The U.S. is slapping a 25% tariff on all South Korean goods — and for K-pop fans, that means pricier albums, photocards, and merch

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Under fire, Tesla finally schedules its annual shareholder meeting

After investor pressure and looming Texas legal deadlines, Tesla announced that its annual shareholder meeting will take place on November 6

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Brazil's president fires back at Trump over 50% tariffs

With the BRICS summit days away, a 50% tariff hike pushes Brazil and the U.S. toward a trade war — with beef, soy, and sovereignty on the line

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang plans Beijing trip amid AI-chip tensions

Huang will reportedly meet with senior Chinese officials ahead of a chip launch designed to navigate U.S. export restrictions

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Nvidia just became the first company to hit a $4 trillion market cap

Wall Street’s favorite bet just crossed a record valuation, driven by its dominance of AI infrastructure as competitors race to catch up

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Stocks shrug off tariffs drama with earnings on deck

With the S&P dipping less than 0.02% and Nasdaq in the green, Wall Street is instead focused on Q2 earnings, Fed minutes, and global deflation.

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Tesla board must rein in Musk’s ’soap opera,' an investor says

With Tesla’s future tied to AI and autonomy, analysts say the company can’t afford a distracted CEO — and the board can’t afford to stay silent

08.07.2025 2

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China warns Trump on tariff plans, targets supply chain alliances

Beijing is sending a message ahead of a new tariff deadline: Trade pressure won’t just backfire — it might drag other countries into the crossfire

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Tesla stock gets a downgrade as Elon Musk gets even more political

William Blair cut Tesla’s rating, citing lost EV tax credits, shrinking regulatory revenue, and investor fatigue with Elon Musk’s political detours

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Trump says Musk went 'off the rails.' A Tesla bull sees 'exhaustion' for investors

As Tesla struggles with a cratering stock, Musk’s foray into third-party politics is deepening the rift with Trump and unsettling investors

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Trump says Fed Chair Jerome Powell should 'resign immediately'

The president escalated his feud with the Federal Reserve chair — again — just as the June jobs report diminished the case for an interest rate cut

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AI and drones are taking over July 4th fireworks

Synchronized drones and AR-based apps are giving July 4th a software update — with less boom, more bandwidth, and a whole lot of algorithmic awe

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Tesla isn't selling as many cars. That might not matter

Tesla just posted its sharpest delivery drop on record. But investors largely shrugged, betting on the company's long-term AI and robotaxi potential

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The private sector lost a brutal number of jobs last month

ADP's private payroll numbers were well below economists' expectations in June and marked the worst showing in more than two years

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Tesla stock sinks 6% as Trump says he'll 'take a look' at deporting Elon Musk

After Musk reignited his opposition to Trump's tax bill, the bromance between the two appears over, and Tesla investors are paying the price

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Tesla’s core business is in reverse. Its stock is driving autonomously

Tesla's auto business is sputtering, with more firms seeing cooling demand — but investors see robotaxis and AI as the company's real growth engine

30.06.2025 2

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'Someone has broken into our home and stolen something': An OpenAI exec on Meta's poaching spree

Fresh defections to Mark Zuckerberg’s “superintelligence lab” at Meta spark an urgent compensation overhaul at OpenAI

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A tale of 2 stock markets

Chipmakers and AI infrastructure plays are soaring. But consumer stocks, retail giants, industrials, and pretty much all the other sectors are lagging

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Plus: The elements of a deal.

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Microsoft is about to kill its Blue Screen of Death

After four decades, the infamous error message is getting a reboot — literally — in the next Windows update coming later this summer

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Nvidia vs. Microsoft: Who will hit a $4 trillion market cap first?

The market’s two most powerful AI players are locked in a trillion-dollar tug-of-war. The next finish line may already be in sight

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Plus: The injectable era.

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The S&P 500 closes at a record high as trade hopes and soft inflation fuel a summer rally

Easing geopolitical tensions, positive trade headlines, soft inflation data, dovish signals from the Fed, and strong tech earnings are driving stocks...

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Plus: The housing hangover.

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Amazon is speeding up delivery for thousands of small towns

With a $4 billion investment, the company is pushing faster fulfillment into small-town America — reshaping competition for the final mile

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Jensen Huang starts selling Nvidia stock. He could unload more than $800 million in shares this year

The Nvidia CEO disclosed his first major sale of the year, offloading 100,000 shares between June 20 and 23 — and netting around $14.4 million

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Tesla's robotaxis hit the streets. The stakes are huge

After a brutal start to 2025, Tesla is turning to long-promised autonomy to revive growth, margins — and magic. But investors won't wait forever

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Plus: A crude awakening.

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Plus: The weighting game.

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Plus: The weighting game.

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Tesla finally launched its robotaxis — and the stock surges 9%. Here's what analysts are saying

Tesla finally turned the key on its decade-in-the-making robotaxi service this weekend, and Elon Musk’s autonomous dream got real

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