Month: July 2025
Ether and related stocks gain amid the latest crypto craze: Tokenization
A representation of cryptocurrency Ethereum is placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken on June 16, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Stocks tied to the price of ether, better known as ETH, were higher on Wednesday, reflecting renewed enthusiasm for the crypto asset amid a surge of interest in stablecoins and tokenization. BitMine […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Centene, Robinhood, Nike and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Robinhood — The brokerage stock climbed 7% as traders speculated that it could soon be added to the S & P 500. A spot in the index was opened by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, which officially closed on Wednesday. Tesla — Shares of […]
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Robinhood stock tops $100 to new record, roaring 30% since being snubbed from S&P 500
CANNES — Robinhood stock hit the $100 mark for the first time, capping off a week of fresh all-time highs and renewed investor confidence. Shares are now tracking their best performance since April, up more than 30% since the trading app was snubbed from the S&P 500. The milestone follows a major strategic swing in […]
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Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that it will lay off about 9,000 employees. The move will affect less than 4% of its global workforce across different teams, geographies and levels of experience, a […]
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AI virtual personality YouTubers, or ‘VTubers,’ are earning millions
One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes. But he isn’t a human — he’s a fully virtual personality powered by artificial intelligence. “I’m here to keep my millions of viewers worldwide entertained and coming back for more,” Bloo said in an interview […]
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Trump announces U.S. trade deal with Vietnam
A worker stitches apparels at a garment factory in Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen Province on July 2, 2025. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has struck a trade deal with Vietnam. Trump’s Truth Social post announcing that deal provided no additional information, but assured that more […]
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Elon Musk’s X is down for some users
The X logo appears on a phone, and the xAI logo is displayed on a laptop in Krakow, Poland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X was hit with an outage on Wednesday, leaving some users unable to load […]
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New Stellantis CEO taps Kuniskis to oversee American brands, brings back SRT division
Tim Kuniskis, head of NAFTA Passenger Car Brands for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, speaks during the reveal of the Fiat Chrysler 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon sports vehicle ahead of the 2017 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images New […]
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House Republicans race to pass Trump’s megabill amid GOP divisions
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters as he returns to his office after going to the House Rules Committee as it holds a hearing to consider the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republicans began their work on the legislation […]
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UK government borrowing costs spike amid tensions in ruling Labour party
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the phone to U.S. President Donald Trump at a car factory in the West Midlands, Britain, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Alberto Pezzali | Via Reuters U.K. government borrowing costs spiked on Wednesday, amid mounting signs of division within the governing Labour party. The yield on benchmark 10-year government […]
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