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Cracker Barrel posted better-than-expected results and raised its full-year forecast
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Cracker Barrel posted better-than-expected results and raised its full-year forecast

The restaurant chain posted adjusted earnings of 29 cents a share, well ahead of analyst expectations for a loss…
5-star analyst revisits Nvidia stock on peculiar GPU demand situation
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5-star analyst revisits Nvidia stock on peculiar GPU demand situation

Nvidia (NVDA) has spent most of the AI boom dealing with "good" problems, chief among them that its most important chips remain very hard to get.  Accordin…
Amazon is borrowing $17.5 billion to help bankroll its massive AI buildout
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Amazon is borrowing $17.5 billion to help bankroll its massive AI buildout

The senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility, arranged through Citibank, matures three years after the funds are drawn…
OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs didn’t flinch at Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and now they’re paying up as their application numbers soar
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OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs didn’t flinch at Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and now they’re paying up as their application numbers soar

While frontier AI companies boost their number of foreign workers, other tech giants with much larger workforces are cutting back.…
Rivian stock sinks on R2 launch day despite historic first deliveries
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Rivian stock sinks on R2 launch day despite historic first deliveries

Rivian stock closed down 6.6% on Tuesday as the company began delivering its lower-priced R2 SUV and pulled forward an entry-level model…
Amazon's trucking expansion into partial-load shipping sends freight stocks lower
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Amazon's trucking expansion into partial-load shipping sends freight stocks lower

Old Dominion, Saia, and XPO each fell 5% or more after Amazon opened its less-than-truckload service to all U.S. businesses…
E.U. is ordering Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots — and Meta is appealing
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E.U. is ordering Meta to reopen WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots — and Meta is appealing

The European Commission says Meta's dominance in messaging gives it no right to block or charge competitors for WhatsApp API access…
Tenev says Robinhood won underwriter approval as crypto markets front-run mega IPOs
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Tenev says Robinhood won underwriter approval as crypto markets front-run mega IPOs

Robinhood’s new IPO underwriter role comes as SpaceX prepares a record-breaking public offering, with retail brokers and crypto-native derivatives platforms rac…
SK Hynix is targeting a U.S. stock market debut as early as August
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SK Hynix is targeting a U.S. stock market debut as early as August

The South Korean memory chipmaker filed confidentially for a U.S. listing in March and could raise as much as $14 billion…
Starbucks is weighing a stake sale or IPO of its Japanese business
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Starbucks is weighing a stake sale or IPO of its Japanese business

The coffee chain has held preliminary talks with investment banks on options for its Japan unit, which could be valued at up to $3.1 billion…
Fed's ugly internal spat over bank deregulation heats up
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Fed's ugly internal spat over bank deregulation heats up

Forget interest rates. The debate surrounding theFederal Reserve’s significant bank deregulation efforts is intensifying, with market analysts, consumer advocat…
Doctor GPT? AI Gets Healthcare Questions Right 76% of the Time
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Doctor GPT? AI Gets Healthcare Questions Right 76% of the Time

Dr. Amulya Yadav (Penn State University) joins host Jeffrey to discuss a new Penn State study testing large language models (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta LLaMA)…
Heard on the Street's Stock-Picking Series
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Heard on the Street's Stock-Picking Series

Check out the stocks Heard on the Street writers favor in their eighth annual stock-picking contest.…
The Extra Reward for Owning Stocks Over Bonds Has Disappeared
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The Extra Reward for Owning Stocks Over Bonds Has Disappeared

There is little sign of crimped demand for equities among individual investors, who remain bullish after two years of blockbuster gains.…
Swiss franc, Japanese yen Rise as DeepSeek News Boosts Safe Havens
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Swiss franc, Japanese yen Rise as DeepSeek News Boosts Safe Havens

The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks.…
DeepSeek Won't Sink U.S. AI Titans
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DeepSeek Won't Sink U.S. AI Titans

Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown.…
Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek
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Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek

U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down …
To sell Fannie and Freddie, Trump must answer a $7trn question
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To sell Fannie and Freddie, Trump must answer a $7trn question

Investor optimism means the duo are outperforming Nvidia…
Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?
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Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?

The Shanghai composite is defying gravity…
Why you should buy your employer’s shares
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Why you should buy your employer’s shares

Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice…
Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred
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Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred

Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange…
America’s bankers are riding high. Why are they so worried?
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America’s bankers are riding high. Why are they so worried?

Their latest earnings do not represent unalloyed good news…
India’s IPO boom is good news for its economy
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India’s IPO boom is good news for its economy

Stockmarkets appear to be fuelling investment…
Old folk are seized by stockmarket mania
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Old folk are seized by stockmarket mania

Investing in equities may make sense for individuals—but it could also exacerbate a crash…
Why investors are increasingly fatalistic
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Why investors are increasingly fatalistic

Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake…
Asia’s inexpensive AI stocks should worry American investors
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Asia’s inexpensive AI stocks should worry American investors

Tech mania looks very different in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan…
This Christmas, raise a glass to concentrated market returns
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This Christmas, raise a glass to concentrated market returns

A surprisingly large share of companies lag far behind their former greatness…
What “Pluribus” reveals about economics
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What “Pluribus” reveals about economics

A hit Apple TV show offers useful lessons…
AI is not the only threat menacing big tech
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AI is not the only threat menacing big tech

Are Meta and Google ads really recession-proof?…
Why war isn’t always good for defence stocks
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Why war isn’t always good for defence stocks

They win only if governments want just enough weapons—but not too many…