Dec 04, 2025 • 1 min

FirstFT: US bipartisan bill seeks to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

Also in today’s newsletter: investors fret over Japan’s spending plans and Meta plans to slash spending on metaverse

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Dec 04, 2025 • 3 min

Ulta shares pop as beauty retailer hikes sales and earnings outlook for second straight quarter

Ulta easily beat Wall Street's earnings expectations for its third quarter.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 9 min

Paramount questions Warner Bros. Discovery on 'fairness and adequacy' of sale process: Read the full letter

Paramount attorneys sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery questioning whether its acting in the best interest of shareholders.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 6 min

Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole arrested, faces explosives charges, Trump DOJ says

The bombs were planted before Jan. 6, 2021, when President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress met to confirm Joe Biden's electoral win.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 4 min

Starbucks Workers United holds rally in NYC as strikes continue for a third week

Several hundred picketers gathered outside of the Empire State Building, the site of a Starbucks Reserve location and the company's regional headquarters.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 3 min

Google partners with Replit, in vibe-coding push

Replit will expand usage of Google Cloud services, add more of Google's models onto its platform, and support AI coding use cases for enterprise customers.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 3 min

Microsoft will raise prices of commercial Office subscriptions in July

For the second time in five years, Microsoft is hiking prices for commercial customers of its widely used Office bundles.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 3 min

New York Times sues Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth over restrictive Pentagon media rules

Reporters from The New York Times, CNN, Fox News, NBC and others staged a walkout after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled new Pentagon press rules.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 1 min

US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

Bipartisan bill is part of effort to stop Beijing from getting critical AI-related technology

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Dec 04, 2025 • 4 min

The market's big swing from oversold to overbought — plus, the GE Vernova bull case

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 8 min

GM's new product chief Sterling Anderson eyes technology renaissance for automaker

GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson has consolidated power to oversee "the end-to-end product lifecycle" of manufacturing, engineering and software.

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Dec 04, 2025 • 2 min

Congressional watchdog probes Trump FHFA chief Bill Pulte

Pulte has made allegations of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, Sen. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Eric Swalwell.

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