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Richemont posted a 7% rise in Q4 sales to €5.17B, beating estimates, with strong performance in its core jewelry unit (Cartier, Van Cleef) offsetting weaker demand in Asia. U.S. luxury demand stayed strong. Watch sales fell 11%. Dividend raised to CHF 3.00.
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Bayer is pushing for a new Roundup settlement while preparing a potential Chapter 11 filing for Monsanto if talks fail. The move would pause 67,000 cancer lawsuits tied to glyphosate and shift them to bankruptcy court. Bayer has already paid out $10B and may raise $9B more.
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$BRK.B major trades in Q1 2025:

More than doubled $STZ and $POOL, small increases in $OXY $SIRI $DPZ $HEI.A

Sold $NU and $C, reduced $FWONK $TIMUS $BAC

+New undisclosed position https://t.co/HQktpJVVRa
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US PRES TRUMP: BOEING $BA HAD SOME 'HEADACHES' BUT THEY MAKE BEST PLANES
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TRUMP SAYS UAE SAID IT WILL INVEST IN US-PRODUCED SEMICONDUCTORS
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TRUMP SAYS WE ARE GOING TO $12-$14 TRILLION INVESTMENTS, SOME WERE ANNOUNCED, SOME WILL BE SHORTLY ANNOUNCED; THE UAE IS DOING GREAT WORK IN TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; STRONG US RELATIONS WITH THE UAE WILL YIELD POSITIVE RESULTS
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$TSM to build 9 new facilities in 2025—6 fabs and a packaging plant in Taiwan, and 2 fabs overseas. VP T.S. Chang says 2nm mass production starts this year at Hsinchu and Kaohsiung, with 3nm capacity set to grow 60%.
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FED’S BOSTIC:

SEES 1 RATE CUT THIS YEAR AMID UNCERTAINTY. ECONOMIC GROWTH MAY BE 1% OR 0.5% THIS YEAR.

US-CHINA DE-ESCALATION CHANGES MY OUTLOOK `A LITTLE'
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Charter $CHTR is in advanced talks to merge with Cox Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valuing Cox at over $30B including debt, per Bloomberg. The Cox family would hold ~20% of the combined company. A deal could be announced within days, barring last-minute changes. - BBG
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JPMorgan Reiterates Overweight Rating on $RUN, Says IRA Revisions Manageable and Long-Term Outlook Improving, Maintains PT at $13

Analyst comments: "Earlier this week, we hosted investor meetings with RUN’s CEO, Head of Investor Relations/Deputy CFO, and Head of Project Finance. Unsurprisingly, revisions to IRA incentives in the House reconciliation bill released earlier this week were the primary focus. While RUN believes the bill is less than perfect and would have preferred no reduction to current IRA incentives, the CEO believes the bill is more than workable and expects the final version to closely resemble the current draft.

Additionally, the tariff pause has brought welcome relief to supply chain issues since Liberation Day, and RUN reiterated from last week’s 1Q earnings call that a reduction in the 145% China tariff could push the company toward the high end of its $200–500 million FY25 cash flow guidance. The company remains confident in its market positioning and continues to see strong customer response to the newly released Flex product.

We came away from the meetings and related fieldwork incrementally positive on RUN’s long-term outlook under the proposed IRA revisions. While some uncertainty remains (e.g., tariffs and final IRA resolution), visibility on the multi-year opportunity for RUN is improving."

Analyst: Mark Strouse
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$GOOGL CEO Sundar Pichai on Competition:

“You're talking about some of the best companies... It shows how much progress we’re going to see.”

“I spent time with Elon two weeks ago...His ability to will future technologies into existence — it’s just unparalleled.” https://t.co/0GcsrfZXtK
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$GOOGL CEO Sundar Pichai on whether Google is being disrupted by AI:

“One of the first things I did was to think of the company as AI-first... The reason we were excited to approach our work as AI-first is because we really felt that AI is what will drive the biggest progress in search. So it feels very far from a zero-sum construct to me.”

“AI Overviews is now being used by over 1.5 billion users in over 150 countries... We find for queries where we trigger AI overviews, we see query growth and the growth continues over time.”

“To your question about innovator's dilemma — I think the dilemma only exists if you treat it as a dilemma. So for me, all along in technology, you have these massive periods of innovation, and you lean into it as hard as you can. It's the only way to do it.”

“When mobile came, everyone was like, well... you’re not going to have the real estate, how will ads work, all that stuff. Mobile was a transition which ended up working great.”

“To me, you don’t think about it as a dilemma, because you have to innovate to stay ahead.”

“It’s like one of the original principles of Google — follow the user, all else will follow.”
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South Korea says a US trade deal could still happen after the July 8 deadline. Trade chief AHN noted progress on auto and steel, confirmed talks are delayed due to Korea’s election, and said the Google Maps issue is also part of the discussions. Next meeting set for mid-June.
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