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Rivian Stock Dips Below $15: Should You Buy?
Excitement around electric vehicles (EVs) has waned, at least in the United States. Tesla has lost its growth profile and is struggling to ship more units to customers. Chinese brands are taking increasing share in markets outside the United States. One EV upstart stuck in the mud is Rivian Automoti...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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Skadden Foundation leader resigns following Trump deal
By David Thomas June 4 (Reuters) - The executive director of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's fellowship foundation said on Wednesday she resigned from her position, more than two months after the law firm agreed to provide President Donald Trump with $100 million in free legal service...Reuters
Wed, Jun 4
Cryptocurrencies
Epic Games doubles down on risky AI Characters in Fortnite
Epic Games is rolling out a way for Fortnite creators to build AI-powered non-player characters, following the success of its AI version of Darth Vader. Yet, a senior Epic executive warns that developers should be ready for a “learning curve” as they work with the new tools. Epic Games itself faced challenges while fine-tuning Vader’s […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 4
Stocks
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Sold Palantir and Amazon and Is Piling Into This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Instead
Back in 2022, billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller made a sizable bet on chipmaker Nvidia. The company has gone on to become one of the biggest winners of advancements in generative AI, for which its graphics processing units (GPUs) are well suited. Druckenmiller has also been an investor in Palantir T...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
Stocks
Why Heineken Stock Was so Frothy Today
In the middle of the current work week, investors were eager to take a few swigs of brewery stock Heineken (OTC: HEINY). They were most likely encouraged by the company's announcement of a potentially very high-profile co-marketing deal with an upcoming blockbuster Hollywood film, as they pushed the...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
Cryptocurrencies
Stablecoin issuer Circle raises $1.05 billion in upsized US IPO
By Pritam Biswas and Manya Saini June 4 (Reuters) - Circle Internet on Wednesday priced its upsized U.S. initial public offering at $31 apiece, raising $1.05 billion, adding fresh momentum to a growing pipeline of late-stage cryptocurrency firms eyeing public markets.Circle and its shareholders s...Reuters
Wed, Jun 4
Forex
GBP/USD sticks close to near-term highs as key labor data looms
GBP/USD caught a bid on Wednesday, paring the previous day’s losses and keeping price action on the high side of recent congestion. Bids remain pinned firmly above 1.3500 with key US Nonfarm Payrolls data looming ahead later in the week.
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Wed, Jun 4
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Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says
By Jasper Ward and Helen Coster WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that it believes Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on...Reuters
Wed, Jun 4
Stocks
4 Ways to Produce Passive Income in Retirement
Planning for retirement can be a challenge. The best you can do is estimate your financial needs, and then when you're finally in retirement and no longer earning a regular paycheck, you may realize you need more money than you thought you would. Extra income from nonjob sources can provide the fund...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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4 Top Dividend ETFs Yielding Over 4% to Buy for Easy Passive Income
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) make investing easy. These managed funds come with built-in diversification. Because of that, you can buy an ETF and sit back and let it do all the work. Many ETFs hold income-generating investments, making them ideal for those seeking passive income. Here are four top d...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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Can Netflix Stock Continue to Soar in 2025?
2025 has more or less been a wash for technology stocks. The Nasdaq 100 index, which tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq exchange, is up 3% year to date.Nevertheless, some technology stocks have proven resilient through the ups and downs of 2025. Shares of streaming and ente...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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Prediction: Buying Rivian Stock Today Could Set You Up for Life
There may never be another Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Shares of the company have increased in value by 27,000% since 2010. A small initial investment could have become hundreds of thousands of dollars over that time. Tesla's high-profile leader, Elon Musk, has pushed the company into many lucrative verti...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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THE GENERATION ESSENTIALS GROUP AND BLACK SPADE ACQUISITION II CO COMPLETE BUSINESS COMBINATION
- The Generation Essentials Group's Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants to Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE American on June 5, 2025, under Ticker Symbols "TGE" and "TGE WS", Respectively. NEW YORK and PARIS and SINGAPORE, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...PR Newswire
Wed, Jun 4
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Fired NTSB vice chair sues Trump over removal from office
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The fired vice chair of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying his removal from office was illegal and threatened the independent agency's safety mission.Alvin Brown, a Democrat who was ...Reuters
Wed, Jun 4
Stocks
Is Rocket Lab a High-Risk, High-Reward Opportunity?
Few stocks have captured the imagination like Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), a leader among a crop of young companies racing to turn the promise of the space economy into a reality.Rocket Lab went public in late 2020 as part of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, and its journey since the...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
Stocks
Nvidia Just Became the World's Most Valuable Company. Here's What May Happen Next.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) might be the company everyone's talking about thanks to its dominance in the high-growth area of artificial intelligence (AI), but it remained behind one other tech player, Microsoft, in terms of market value. Until this week. On June 3, Nvidia roared past the software giant to...The Motley Fool
Wed, Jun 4
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DOGE grapples with leadership vacuum post-Musk departure
By Bo Erickson, Tim Reid WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The Department of Government Efficiency, the brainchild of Elon Musk that upended Washington with its rapid-fire drive to slash thousands of federal jobs and cut costs, is effectively leaderless now that the billionaire and his deputy have s...Reuters
Wed, Jun 4
