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Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesA day after closing out a blockbuster three months on Wall Street, high-flying chip stocks suffered steep declines to open the third quarter. Memory maker Micron dropped 11%, wiping out $138 billion of market cap. Intel fell 9% and rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices dropped 7%. Those three stocks boomed in the second quarter, adding $2 trillion in combined value, as investors wagered that the artificial intelligence buildout would require an ever-increasing amount of memory as well as more central processors, rather than just the graphics processors made by Nvidia. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH),…

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Members representing a majority of the Senedd defended the Welsh government’s Nation of Sanctuary policy in a heated debate on Wednesday.Reform’s Welsh leader Dan Thomas told the Welsh Parliament that the scheme, aimed at helping asylum seekers and refugees integrate, “puts illegal arrivals ahead of the queue”.But politicians from Plaid Cymru, Labour, the Greens and the Welsh Lib Dems rejected the criticism. Plaid Deputy First Minister Sioned Williams accused Reform of being “historically illiterate”.Reform lost a vote calling for the policy to be scrapped – with 52 votes against, and 38 for.While the debate was passionate on both sides, it…

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If you’re one of the 85% of Americans expected to drive to Independence Day celebrations this year, there’s a new gas discount that can help you save significantly. Amazon Prime members can save 50 cents per gallon on one fuel purchase from July 2 to July 5 at more than 7,500 bp, Amoco and participating ampm and Thorntons locations. This discount is 5X higher than the regular 10-cent discount Amazon offers Prime members.While the national gas price average has fallen for the fifth straight week, the current average of $3.85 per gallon is still about 67 cents higher than a year…

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“They’re making great progress,” Isaacman said of Blue Origin. “So plan A is very much still to launch the Mk. 1 on New Glenn. They are very committed to getting back in the business of launching New Glenn before the end of the year. And Plan A is looking a lot better today than it was weeks ago, just based on the progress that the Blue Origin team is making.” NASA considering its options However, he added that prudence demands that NASA should also study alternative launch vehicles for the Endurance mission as well as Blue Origin’s lander for Artemis…

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions.Medicare has officially started covering obesity drugs for the first time through a temporary government program – and companies like Walmart and CVS Health are playing an important role for patients. The huge shift in Medicare policy is going to open up access to millions of older Americans who previously couldn’t afford blockbuster GLP-1s from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to treat obesity. But many seniors may not know about this new coverage or…

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Investing.com — Guggenheim Securities has highlighted its top pick in the pharmaceutical sector, with ABIVAX emerging as the firm’s leading recommendation amid improving sentiment around the company’s ulcerative colitis treatment candidate. The brokerage’s latest sector analysis focuses on companies positioned for near-term catalysts and valuation recovery following recent market volatility in the biotech space. 1. ABIVAX – Guggenheim reiterated its Buy rating and $175 price target on the stock, maintaining it as its “Best Idea” in the pharmaceutical sector. The firm expects ABIVAX shares to rebound sharply as investor concerns over the safety profile of obefazimod, the company’s lead ulcerative…

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Meta Platforms on Wednesday gave investors what they needed to gain renewed confidence in the company’s mounting artificial intelligence spending — and its stock. Meta is preparing to launch a cloud infrastructure business that would sell excess AI computing power and AI models to outside customers, Jim Cramer confirmed Wednesday, throwing its ring in the competitive cloud market with hyperscaler titans like Amazon Web Services, Alphabet’s Google Cloud and Microsoft’s Azure. Bloomberg News first reported on Meta’s plans. Shares of the Facebook and Instagram parent soared more than 9% Wednesday to $617 per share, among the biggest gainers in the…

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It says this will be delivered through plans, among other things, to automate 20% of the MoD’s human resources and finance departments by 2028 and by cutting spending on consultants.It also expects savings from accelerating the use of Artificial Intelligence, with around £50m a year of “digital” efficiencies.The biggest efficiency savings – around £1bn a year – are supposed to come from reforms of “acquisition”, which means buying new defence equipment.Defence procurement has historically been a source of major budget overruns for the MoD.Public finance experts warned that it cannot be guaranteed that these savings will be delivered.Carl Emmerson, a…

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