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A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31, 2025.Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesAlphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles.”The companies will explore how to leverage Waymo’s autonomous technology and Toyota’s vehicle expertise to enhance next-generation personally owned vehicles,” the two companies announced.The companies said they aim to use the partnership to more quickly develop driver assistance and autonomous vehicle technologies for personal vehicles. Toyota is the world’s largest automaker…

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To get more personalized investment strategies, join us for our next “Fast Money” Live event on Thursday, June 5, at the Nasdaq in Times Square.Over President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, the S&P 500 lost more than 7% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 11%.On a sector basis, consumer staples is the biggest gainer in that time period, up 5%. Consumer discretionary lost the most value, off 13%.We asked the “Fast Money” traders to share which market areas should see the most promise — and problems — over the next 100 days.No. 1: Karen FinermanMost promise: Big cap pharma. She’s…

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New technological advancements have allowed scientists to look at the entire human genome. But what are genomics, and why is it relevant?New technological advancements have allowed us to look at the entire human genome.  The genome is the complete set of genetic information encoded in the DNA. Human DNA has around three billion letters of code made up of a combination of just four letters: As, Ts, Cs and Gs. Their order allows us to find genes, which carry the information about someone’s traits. By analyzing DNA, we can learn about these traits and develop better medical treatments. The method that allows us to…

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Prime minister Mark Carney of Canada and his Liberal Party narrowly failed to win a majority of seats in Parliament in Monday’s election, and will need help from smaller parties to pass legislation and pursue a challenging agenda, including confronting President Trump’s economic and sovereignty threats.With final results coming in on Tuesday from nearly all districts a day after polls closed, the Liberals secured 169 seats in the 343-member Parliament, just three shy of a majority, according to Elections Canada, the independent body that manages the country’s elections. The Conservative Party won 144 seats.The result was still a resounding success…

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Shares of Starbucks fell in extended trading Tuesday after the coffee chain reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results. While the stock reaction is not ideal, new CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround plan showed enough signs of progress in the quarter to keep us invested. Revenue increased 2.3% year over year to $8.76 billion in the fiscal 2025 second quarter, missing the $8.82 billion expected by analysts, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 41 cents missed estimates of 49 cents, LSEG data showed. On an annual basis, adjusted EPS dropped 40%. Bottom line We’ve always said turnarounds are difficult. When we…

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We’re in the heart of earnings season here with some of the biggest tech names set to report this week. The biggest name set to report earnings this week — Apple — has a few factors working I believe justifies playing the stock on the upside. First we’ll hit the technicals and next we’ll look at the fundamentals. To start, let’s examine the decade-long weekly chart for AAPL . The purple dotted line is the 200-week moving average and it’s very obvious to see that it defended the bullish trend in 3 highlighted areas. In the latest volatility swoon (blue…

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Orange chocolate is off the menu at Annie Park’s ice cream shop.Cocoa prices were already high — and have nearly doubled amid tariff uncertainty, Park says — prompting her to make changes at Sarah’s Handmade Ice Cream, a Washington, D.C.-area chain she co-owns with her mother, Sarah.To avoid raising prices for customers, she’s cut the store’s orange chocolate flavor and is considering eliminating other cocoa-heavy flavors or reformulating recipes to use less cocoa powder.”We’re finding ways to be creative,” Park tells CNBC Make It. But when it comes to planning, “it’s day by day.”The Trump administration has imposed a sweeping…

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There is one thing President Donald Trump’s fans and foes can both agree on: A lot has happened over the past 100 days.The Republican president kicked off his nonconsecutive second term on Jan. 20 with a promise to usher in “the golden age of America.”He has wasted no time in implementing his version of that goal, largely by leaning more heavily on the use of executive orders than any other president in modern history.Among his biggest moves so far: unilaterally rolling out an unpredictable, market-churning tariff regime that threatens to upend decades of U.S. trade relationships and alliances with its longtime…

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