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The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDefense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation, including the new capital, Chairman Trae Stephens said on Thursday.”As we continue working on building a company that has the capacity to scale into the largest problems for the national security community, we thought it was really important to shore up the balance sheet and make sure we have the ability to deploy capital into these manufacturing and production problem sets that we’re working on,” Stephens told…

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Despite a disappointing run so far this year, history shows Apple can regain momentum in the coming months. JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee pointed to the stock’s outperformance compared with the S & P 500 in all but one of the last seven years when looking at a timeframe beginning in June and ending in mid-September. That’s because investors typically grow excited into new iPhone releases. On average over the past seven years, Apple shares have rallied 18% in this time period. By comparison, the S & P 500 has risen less than 6%. That would be a welcome change for…

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President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Elon Musk has been criticizing his proposed tax bill because the Tesla CEO is “upset” about the elimination of EV credits in the package, and his pick to run NASA being nixed by the Trump administration.Trump spoke after days of Musk condemning the bill on social media. Musk on Tuesday call the bill a “disgusting abomination.”Musk last week left his temporary government post overseeing DOGE, the Trump administration’s effort to slash federal spending and employee headcounts. Musk also was the biggest financial backer of Trump’s 2024 campaign, spending more than $250 million on…

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Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, speaks on a panel titled Power, Purpose, and the New American Century at the Hill and Valley Forum at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesPalantir CEO Alex Karp said the artificial intelligence arms race between the U.S. and China will culminate in one country coming out on top.”My general bias on AI is it is dangerous,” Karp told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday. “There are positive and negative consequences, and either we win or China will win.”Karp has been a vocal advocate for…

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Stock traders monitor share prices during an intra-day trading session at a brokerage house in Mumbai on April 8, 2025. Asian and European markets battled on April 8 to recover from the previous day’s tariff-fuelled collapse. US President Donald Trump slapped a flat 26 percent tariff on imports from India last week, with New Delhi saying it was examining both “implications” and “opportunities” from the duty hikes. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) Indranil Mukherjee | Afp | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely,…

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(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh here — There will always be an agriculture cycle and companies in the agriculture space will always be, to some extent, beholden to it. In fact, companies in most sectors of the economy must contend with one cycle or another — commodities, interest rates, housing, capex, etc. But in the digital age, companies have found ways to annuitize their businesses and transcend this cyclicality. Converting traditional transaction-based business models into subscription or annually recurring revenue (ARR) business…

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 and Jalen Williams #8 of the Oklahoma City Thunder react on the bench against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the fourth quarter in Game Five of the Western Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Paycom Center on May 28, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Matthew Stockman | Getty ImagesNBA teams notched $1.62 billion in sponsorship revenue this season — an increase of 8% since last year, and 91% from $850 million five years ago, according to third-party data firm SponsorUnited.While the volume of deals was up just 2.5% since last year, the partnerships got bigger and…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesShares of Tesla slid about 5% Thursday as CEO Elon Musk continued his relentless pressure on Congress to “KILL” President Donald Trump’s spending bill.Musk in recent days has threatened to primary lawmakers who vote for the bill and called it a “disgusting abomination,” marking a significant shift in his comments about the administration.The fall in shares comes as the EV maker saw a 22% rally in May despite…

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Sentiment on Wall Street been strengthening steadily on Boeing shares, with the aerospace behemoth finally gaining some momentum. Sixty-nine percent of analysts surveyed by FactSet rate Boeing either buy or overweight. That’s up from 52% at the end of 2024. Consensus price targets call for about 2% upside from Wednesday’s close. The stock has been on a tear in 2025 as well, with a gain of nearly 20%, while the S & P 500 has ticked up 1.5%. JPMorgan, Wolfe Research and Bernstein are among the Wall Street shops that have raised price targets for Boeing stock over the past…

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