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Software stocks popped on Thursday after Snowflake said it plans to spend $6 billion on compute from Amazon and topped earnings estimates on artificial intelligence momentum.Shares of the software maker surged 37% and headed for its best day ever. The company is expanding its use of Amazon’s in-house chips for AI.Along with the announcement, Snowflake topped Wall Street’s fiscal first quarter adjusted earnings per share and revenue expectations.Finance chief Brian Robins told analysts on Wednesday that AI tools such as Cortex Code are driving a “step function change” in the company’s AI revenue potential.”AI is only transforming how we operate…
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That target gene is one that codes for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9). This enzyme plays a role in regulating LDL levels in the blood. Specifically, it promotes the destruction of LDL receptors on liver cells that would otherwise help clear LDL from circulation. Thus, people who have overactive versions of PCSK9 have fewer LDL receptors, and higher LDL levels in their blood. Those who have defective versions of PCSK9 have lower LDL levels. This has been known for years, making PCSK9 a well-established target. Multiple drugs already in use for treating high cholesterol work by hobbling PCSK9. With…
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Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty ImagesDrone stocks surged Thursday on a report the Trump administration is in talks to fund several companies including one in which Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder. The Pentagon has held months of discussions with a group of drone companies about potential funding deals, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. The deals could include equity stakes that give the federal government some ownership, the Journal reported.Shares of Unusual Machines surged nearly 50% after the Journal reported it is one of the companies in talks with the Pentagon. A deal would…
Passengers are seen at the international arrival gate of JFK International Airport in New York on June 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty ImagesGroups representing the largest U.S. airlines and hotel chains slammed the Trump administration’s potential halt of customs and immigration processing at “sanctuary city” airports, warning such a move could have “devastating” consequences on the industry.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in an interview on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Tuesday night that if “radical left Democrats” aren’t allowing the government to “enforce federal laws… we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities either.” The secretary’s…
The 220 Central Park South building, center, stands in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Just days after buying one of the most expensive residential properties in London, Citadel founder Ken Griffin set a U.S. record with the $238 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South.Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNew York City’s new tax on second homes will more than double property taxes owed by many wealthy luxury apartment owners, according to tax experts.State lawmakers on Wednesday passed the tax on nonprimary residences in order to help close the city’s budget gap. The so-called pied-a-terre tax…
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Israel-based web development company Wix is slashing roughly 20% of its workforce, CEO Avishai Abrahami announced in a post on X early Thursday morning, citing the “fast evolution of AI capabilities” and difficulties around currency exchange rates.”We have witnessed the most significant shift in how companies are built since the invention of modern programming languages in the 1970s. This is not just about adopting new tools – it is about rewiring how companies are built, how they think, how they manage and how they operate,” Abrahami wrote, saying that the company would move toward fewer layers of leadership to make…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2026.Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Treasury sanctioned Iran’s “Persian Gulf Strait Authority,” the agency launched this month as Tehran works to exert control of transit through the Strait of Hormuz.The action announced Wednesday is part of “Operation Economic Fury,” the Trump administration’s effort to squeeze Tehran’s finances that U.S. officials say has supplanted its military campaign dubbed “Operation Epic Fury.””Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) is a joke, and today Treasury has…