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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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Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities analyst.Scott Mlyn | CNBCDan Ives, one of Wall Street’s most recognizable technology analysts, is leaving his longtime role at Wedbush Securities to launch a merchant bank aimed at combining research, advisory, capital raising and investing under one roof.Ives, who has spent the past eight years at Wedbush and more than 25 years covering technology stocks, said the new firm will seek to build what he described as a “modern merchant bank” focused on helping companies and investors capitalize on opportunities created by artificial intelligence and other structural shifts across the economy.”It’s been a phenomenal eight years…

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A view of a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid on display before the game between the Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays against the at Nationals Park on April 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. (G Fiume | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Second-quarter U.S. vehicle sales are turning into a tale of haves and have nots, as automakers that have hybrid models are outperforming those that don’t amid high gas prices and a decline in demand for all-electric vehicles. Global hybrid leader Toyota Motor on Wednesday reported a 1.1% increase in its second-quarter sales, led by a roughly 20% increase in sales of…

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Furthering this concern, Sony also announced today that it will close the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, with the US losing access in July 2027. Although the number of gamers relying on those stores is declining, it remains notable that Sony shied from committing to making previously purchased PlayStation 3 and PS Vita games downloadable for customers’ lifetime. “To ease the transition, players will still be able to download previously purchased content after the closing date for the foreseeable future,” Sony said. Both blog posts have comments decrying Sony’s announcements and their implications for ownership and long-term access…

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Avon and Somerset Police has not named the man at the centre of the investigation, which began in December 2024.It is being led by officers from Operation Bluestone, its dedicated rape and serious sexual assault investigation team.”As a result of our enquiries, a file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider a charging decision,” the force said.”We’ve updated the victims about this significant development, and we’ll continue to make sure they have access to any help or support they need.”We’d respectfully ask people not to speculate on the circumstances so the investigation can continue unhindered.”The Labour Party…

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FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a statement along with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the signing of a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has decided not to renew its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews of the treaty that President Donald Trump once called “the best agreement we’ve ever made.”The widely anticipated decision on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as…

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