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[ad_1] Palo Alto Networks ‘ long-term prospects are improving and could be a catalyst for the stock, according to Bank of America. The firm upgraded the cybersecurity stock to buy from neutral on Tuesday, and reiterated its $215 per share price target. BofA’s forecast calls for more than 22% upside from Monday’s $176.17 close. Shares jumped 6% in premarket trading. PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks stock in 2025. Analyst Tal Liani said he expects the company’s free cash flow to “step up” from here, and added that the firm favors “technological and product leadership which should help to solidify…

[ad_1] Firecrawl’s co-founder and CEO Caleb Peffer knew the exact moment he found the investor to lead his Series A.  He was in a coffee meeting with Nexus Venture Partner’s Abhishek Sharma at the Blue Bottle in San Francisco’s South Park (a favorite VC haunt). While describing the future of the company, he was gesturing so animatedly that his chair tipped over.  “I actually fell out of my chair. And Abhishek, as a great Investor does, caught the chair and me as I was falling,” Peffer described with a laugh. That felt like a symbol for how the founder/investor relationship…

[ad_1] Caterpillar could have a rosy road ahead, according to Evercore ISI. Evercore upgraded the construction equipment stock to outperform from in line on Monday, and raised its price target to $476 per share from $373. Evercore’s forecast calls for more than 15% upside from Monday’s $412.64 close. The firm also added Caterpillar to its five favorite stocks. Analyst David Raso pointed to the company’s volume leverage and geographic mix as a bright spot in a difficult construction segment overall, and said the U.S. is where “the end of machine destocking will be the most beneficial.” CAT YTD mountain Caterpillar…

[ad_1] Li Auto could have a hard time finding growth from here, according to Bernstein. The firm downgraded the Chinese electric vehicle stock to market perform from outperform on Tuesday, and trimmed its price target to $26 per share from $33. Bernstein’s forecast calls for 8% upside from Monday’s $24.05 close. Analyst Euince Lee said that she expects a “bumpier road ahead” for the company due to increasing competition and a difficult outlook. LI YTD mountain LI Auto stock in 2025. “Despite Li Auto’s pioneering role in [extended range electric vehicle] technology and significant advancements in ADAS, heightened competition in…

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a departure from his usual military garb, suited up for his meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday.Since the start of the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy switched out formal suits for military outfits, including cargo pants and crew-neck T-shirts. He previously said he would wear these clothes until the war ended.The Ukrainian president’s last outfit at a White House meeting — a long-sleeved black shirt with a mandarin collar in February — wasn’t well received by some Republicans. In February, Trump had a tense exchange with Zelenskyy. Brian Snyder/REUTERS But on Monday, he arrived at…

[ad_1] Roughly one in three adults in the U.S. regularly gets insufficient sleep, driving demand for tools that can monitor, analyze, and enhance rest. Eight Sleep, founded in 2014, offers AI-powered sleep tech products that promise to transform your bed into a preventive health device. The New York-based startup announced Tuesday that it raised a fresh $100 million round from investors such as HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and athletes including Ferrari F1 driver Charles Leclerc, and Zak Brown, who is the CEO of McLaren F1. With this round, Eight Sleep has raised roughly $260 million total,…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Annie Lu, a 32-year-old former product marketing manager at Atlassian based in Bellevue, Washington. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When I got hired at Atlassian as a product marketing manager in late 2022, it was a dream come true.For the first few months, I was working on projects that leveraged my interests and skill set. I also loved the culture, the hybrid work schedule, and my colleagues. It was exactly what I was looking for.After a while, I noticed Atlassian following the growing trend in Big Tech of increasing…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicholas Gilpin, a 38-year-old stay-at-home dad and entrepreneur from Fair Oaks, California. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned to be a stay-at-home dad.When I was an information technology consultant at KPMG, there were some weeks when I worked almost 100 hours across all seven days.Now, I spend those hours with my sons — a very different environment. Almost three years since becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad, I’m glad to invest this time I can’t get back with my sons.We didn’t take our sons’ births for…

[ad_1] If you wanted a signal that we’ve truly entered the AI era and left mobile behind, this is it: iPhones are no longer Foxconn’s most important business.For investors and industry watchers, this is a pivotal moment. The company best known as Apple’s factory floor has become an AI-first manufacturer. If Foxconn was once the backbone of the smartphone era, it’s now building the infrastructure of the AI age.For the first time, Foxconn’s Cloud & Networking Products division has overtaken Smart Consumer Electronics, which runs the iPhone assembly operation. In the second quarter of 2025, Cloud & Networking revenue jumped…

[ad_1] Nominal, a New York-based startup seeking to turbocharge financial planning with agentic AI, raised $20 million last month.The AI startup is arriving at an opportune moment as the number of people becoming Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) is on the decline.Cofounder and CEO Guy Leibovitz shared the pitch deck the team used to close its Series A. The deck showed how Nominal would use AI to address the accountant shortage and handle manual accounting labor, as the majority of accountants approach retirement and fewer people take the CPA exam.Nominal’s new round brings its total funding to $30 million. Next47 led…