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[ad_1] Morgan Stanley is standing by its bullish stance on Nio , even after the Chinese electric carmaker’s massive rally over the past two months. Shares of Nio have surged in recent weeks and rallied further after the company unveiled its ES8 SUV on Aug. 21. The model, which clocks in at 308,800 yuan, or $43,000, under a battery subscription plan, is much more affordable than Nio’s premium SUVs, which typically come in between 338,000 yuan and 768,000 yuan. Deliveries for the new vehicle will begin in late September. NIO YTD mountain NIO YTD chart But despite Nio’s surge, Morgan…

[ad_1] Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that gives users finer control over editing photos, a step meant to catch up with OpenAI’s popular image tools and draw users from ChatGPT. The update, called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, rolls out starting Tuesday to all users in the Gemini app, as well as to developers via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI platforms. Gemini’s new AI image model is designed to make more precise edits to images — based on natural language requests from users — while preserving the consistency of faces,…

[ad_1] 2025-08-26T12:43:19Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Spotify is introducing in-app messaging for music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations. Users will need to accept an incoming message request first. The rollout is coming to mobile devices in “select markets.” Spotify is adding an in-app messaging feature to allow users to slide into DMs with their music…

[ad_1] AMD still has room to run even after already registering robust gains for 2025, according to Truist. The firm upgraded the chipmaker to buy from hold and raised its price target to $213 per share from $173. Truist’s forecast calls for more than 30% upside from Monday’s close. Analyst William Stein tied his rating change to a more “constructive view from the field.” He pointed to hyperscale customers more regularly turning to AMD’s technology as an alternative to Nvidia. AMD YTD mountain AMD stock in 2025. “Over the last month or so, contacts have increasingly noted that hyperscalers are…

[ad_1] Cemex will not run out of steam anytime soon, according to JPMorgan. The bank upgraded the Mexican building materials stock to overweight from neutral on Tuesday, and raised its price target to $10.50 per share from $8.10. The firm’s forecast implies about 18% upside from Monday’s close. Analyst Adrian Huerta pointed to the company’s cost-reduction efforts for his bullish stance. Shares have already surged more than 57% this year. CX YTD mountain Cemex stock in 2025. “We are witnessing significant and long-awaited transformational changes within the company. While such changes typically take longer to materialize, [CEO Jaime Muguiro’s] urgency…

[ad_1] Within 28 hours, AI startup Aurasell raised $30 million in seed funding to take on Salesforce and other legacy sales software companies.Aurasell, which is coming out of stealth and announced the seed funding on Tuesday, aims to automate sales and streamline the disparate tools — and more recently, the AI agents — built on top of customer relationship management (CRM) software like Salesforce. It includes sales tools for forecasting, prospecting, account population, and more.The company closed its seed round in June 2024 and started building last August, said Aurasell cofounder and CEO Jason Eubanks, who briefly worked as a…

[ad_1] Baird is getting more optimistic on VF Corp. The firm upgraded the Vans parent to outperform from neutral and raised its price target to $20 from $14. Baird’s forecast calls for more than 46% upside from Monday’s close. Analyst Jonathan Komp said he is becoming more confident in VF Corp’s turnaround over a six-to-12 month horizon, noting he expects the Vans brand to reach an inflection point in the second half of next year. “While we do not see current signs of a new skate shoe trend broadly emerging (low profile, retro running styles remain strong within lifestyle), our…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Shireen Eddleblute, who left a career in investment in 2024 to launch a children’s book series on financial literacy. Business Insider has verified her former employment. The story has been edited for length and clarity.I loved markets. I loved researching companies. I even got to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange — twice. My career in investment was an exciting part of my life.At the end of the day, though, I wanted to do more.So, I decided to become a children’s book author, writing stories about…

[ad_1] Not every Wall Street rookie gets a market like this. For one new macro analyst at Balyasny, his first year on the trading floor lined up with surging volatility — a backdrop that can be both daunting and unusually rewarding.That’s been the last 12 months for Francesco Catanzariti, an analyst on Balyasny Asset Management’s macro trading team.He started at the firm as an intern in 2023, an exclusive cohort that accepts about 0.5% of applicants. Only about half of that summer class received a full-time job offer, and Catanzariti made the cut. Now, at 24, he has finished his…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Uy, a 28-year-old founder of sales-training program SellingSara who is based in New York. Her identification and employment has been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I got recruited right out of college to work at a sales company called Pareto USA. I started on the recruitment team and seven months later I got promoted to the sales team. Then I took the traditional sales path from senior all the way to manager and then sales director five years later.COVID hit nine months…