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[ad_1] Concerns over Novo Nordisk’s growth path is leading Bank of America to step to the sidelines. The bank downgraded the Danish pharmaceutical giant to neutral from buy and decreased its price target to $60. That updated target still implies more than 11% upside from Tuesday’s close. “We have a Neutral rating on Novo Nordisk given c7% 2026- 31E sales CAGR with Wegovy and Ozempic trends looking tougher in 2H25 with further pressures into FY26-27 including Canada semaglutide [loss of exclusivity] and [Inflation Reduction Act] impacts,” analyst Sachin Jain wrote in a Wednesday note. NVO mountain 2025-07-28 NVO, week-to-date The…

[ad_1] Fact-checkers, start your engines.TikTok is launching a new “footnotes” feature in the US on Wednesday that allows users to add context or corrective information to videos.The crowdsourcing tool is similar to X (formerly Twitter) or Meta’s community notes. It lets users flag videos they believe contain false claims, information that needs clarification, or media that has been edited or artificially generated. Other users then rate the submission’s accuracy and helpfulness. If enough support it, it could get added below an offending video.The footnotes feature arrives at a key moment for TikTok, which has grown into a popular news source…

[ad_1] Nvidia , along with other chipmakers, could extend recent gains as AI demand continues to grow, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Joseph Moore, who reiterated his overweight rating on the artificial intelligence chip darling, upped his price target on the stock to $200 from $170. That implies about 14% upside from Tuesday’s closing price. “AI strength is exceptional in both supply and demand. All of our data points and contacts are telling us that customers need more compute, and we are seeing a clear acceleration in inference workloads driving that,” the analyst wrote on Wednesday. “We see significant upside…

[ad_1] “I want to be a camp counselor next summer,” my 16-year-old daughter (now 17) proclaimed one day.Luckily, she said this in December, just in time to start applying. From my own experience as a camp counselor at her age, I knew that most applications for this type of summer job are often due between January and March.She set her sights on a familiar placeShe decided to apply to the same camp she attended from age 8 to 11, a place she loved spending her summers. I let her know that her years as a camper there were valuable experience…

[ad_1] When I first set foot inside, I knew it was special.My partner and I had been living in a 1,150-square-foot home in Boulder, Colorado, enjoying a 2.75% interest rate, but we were feeling cramped.We both worked from home and shared a tiny desk in our spare bedroom and a full-sized desk in our dining space. Dinner parties required creative planning, and we had no garage or basement for storage.Then, one day, our realtor excitedly called us up. A house that checked nearly all of our boxes was just about to hit the market. She asked if we could come…

[ad_1] The TV business is not slowing down this summer: Any day now, David and Larry Ellison will finally buy Paramount, with its collection of once-storied TV networks like CBS and MTV. A few weeks later, ESPN and Fox — the last two big TV players that haven’t launched their own streamers — will launch their own streamers.But on the other hand, the TV business has been slowing down for a decade: Every quarter, more cable TV subscribers cut the cord, or never sign up for a cord in the first place. The people who own cable TV networks don’t seem…

[ad_1] Starbucks may unleash the next wave of protein coffee, or “proffee,” posts on TikTok if its new menu item brews up the excitement execs hope it will.The coffee giant plans to release its new protein cold foam by the end of this year, capitalizing on the growing trend of making even your coffee a health drink, popularized by gym bros and Gen Z.”In late Q4, we’ll introduce protein cold foam,” CEO Brian Niccol told investors during the company’s Q3 earnings call on Tuesday. “It taps into what has become one of our most popular modifiers — cold foam, which…

[ad_1] It’s a TikTok trend that’s been going on for some time now — people using ChatGPT and other AI tools to “manifest” their dream lives.So far, I’ve avoided it, but when one of my editors noticed it trending again, I had to at least consider it: Am I the type of person who’d manifest? And then use AI to show me what my ideal life would look like?My colleague Ana Altchek noticed the trend back in September. “Users are sharing how AI has helped them enhance their traditional manifestation practices, such as visualizations, vision boards, positive affirmations, mantras, and…

[ad_1] Microsoft pay guidelines obtained by Business Insider reveal how much the software giant generally will pay technical talent, shedding light on an opaque hiring process.The documents, last updated in May, do come with a carve-out: In competitive situations, recruiters can seek approval for higher offers for exceptional candidates.That’s a key caveat considering big tech companies are in an all-out battle for AI talent, with some offering staggering pay packages to engineers and researchers. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Meta is offering engineers $100 million signing bonuses. Meta also reportedly poached a former top Apple AI engineer with a pay…

[ad_1] Palantir is having a moment. The software and defense tech company has been on a tear in 2025; its stock is up over 100% this year, as of Tuesday’s close. As shares soar, what about their employees’ paychecks?Palantir is gaining ground with early-career talent — including some recruits who haven’t even started college — thanks to cushy software engineering salaries and a growing appetite among younger techies for defense tech work. The company is also riding a tone shift in Silicon Valley, where working with the government is no longer taboo.Google, for instance, quietly dropped its ban on using…