Headlines

• Stock market today: Nasdaq logs best week of 2025 as Dow, S&P 500 notch third-straight weekly gain

• Meta Platforms stock just closed higher for the 20th straight day

$META is up 26% YTD. Anticipates AI features in their product lineup, executed layoffs for cost efficiency.

• Judge temporarily blocks mass firing and data deletion at CFPB

Halts movement to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

• Nvidia shakes up stock portfolio, cratering Serve Robotics and sending WeRide soaring

Shares of WeRide $WRD , a Chinese company in the self-driving space listed on the Nasdaq rose 84% after $NVDA disclosed new stake in the company.

• Airbnb stock surges as CEO aims to make app the ‘Amazon’ of travel and living

$ABNB soars 14% as CEO mentions a pivot to a center for traveling and living

• Dell Nears $5 Billion AI Server Deal for Elon Musk’s xAI

The server provided to xAI will contain $NVDA GB200

• Middle-income households are saving more for retirement

People earning $50-100k save 8% on average. 12% including employer match.

• Trump Media Losses Surge as It Hands Staff $107 Million in Stock

The company has 29 full-time employees

• Milei Pushes Crypto Token, Then Deletes Post Amid Fears of Scam

The post advertised a crypto coin

• Spotify weighs $5.99 premium for added features, ticket access, Bloomberg News reports

The pro-tier would have better audio quality and ticket access.

• JD Vance criticizes European democracy, says greatest threat is ‘from within’

• China will ‘play along to the end’ with U.S., its top diplomat says

Wang Yi displayed a softened stance at the Munich Security Conference.

• China calls for all stakeholders in Ukraine war to be in peace process

• Saudi Arabia ready to host proposed Trump-Putin summit

• US judges bar Musk’s DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor

• Zelenskiy says Ukraine has ‘low chance’ of survival without US backing