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Prediction markets are fueling a high-stakes brawl between states and federal regulators

Sixteen states are in legal proceedings against prediction market platforms, while one state has moved to ban them.

Traders think this legacy tech stock is the ultimate quantum play

Options traders stormed into the stock, trading almost 200,000 contracts, on pace for 15 times the daily average of the past 30 days.

Crude Oil Slumps As Markets Turn Optimistic On U.S.-Iran Peace Talks

(RTTNews) - After surging early in the day, crude oil prices have tumbled over the course of the trading session on Thursday. With the downturn, crude oil is extending the losses from the two previous sessions, as investors watch the developments in U.S.-Iran peace talks.

Oura, smart ring maker, confidentially files for IPO

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Oura, the maker of the health and wellness tracking smart ring, has confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC.

SpaceX, OpenAI valuations would mean they leapfrog Berkshire Hathaway on first day of trading

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Traders on prediction market Polymarket think SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic on their first day of trading will surpass valuations of at least $1.4 trillion.

How Walmart's gas price warning shapes our retail outlook — plus, Honeywell's quantum connection

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Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Anthropic, Microsoft in talks for AI chip deal after $5 billion investment

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Microsoft has not made the Maia 200 chips available to customers, but it is used in the company's data centers, offering better efficiency than other silicon.

Rising Crude Oil Prices Support Ethanol and Sugar Prices

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) today is up +0.14 (+0.95%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +3.00 (+0.68%). Sugar prices are moving higher today as strength in crude oil prices spurred short covering in sugar futures. Crude oil (CLN26 ) jumped by more...

Has Nvidia Become Too Big? 3 Alternative AI Stocks

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As Nvidia exceeds a $5 trillion market cap investor may find more upside in shares of Innodata, Credo Technology Group and Qualcomm.

Meta settles first U.S. case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows

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The agreement fully resolves a lawsuit brought by a Kentucky school district following earlier settlements by co-defendants YouTube, Snap and TikTok.