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Alibaba Shares Near 52-Week Low Despite Kling AI Investment
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Alibaba Shares Near 52-Week Low Despite Kling AI Investment

Alibaba shares in Hong Kong rose 5.1% for the week but remain near their 52-week low as the company joins Kuaishou's Kling AI funding round alongside Tencent and Baidu.

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Nebius Faces New Risk as Meta Cloud Plans Emerge
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Nebius Faces New Risk as Meta Cloud Plans Emerge

Nebius shares dropped 5.92% on news Meta may build its own AI cloud, threatening a major contract. Two-day trading volume hit 54.83 million shares, about 25% of Nebius's Class A float.

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Dell's Texas Move Sets $7.7B Bar for Shareholder Lawsuits
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Dell's Texas Move Sets $7.7B Bar for Shareholder Lawsuits

Dell's reincorporation in Texas includes a 3% ownership rule for derivative lawsuits, equating to about $7.7 billion. Shares dropped 7.27% to $394.32, despite strong AI server revenue.

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Meta's $62B AI Cloud Deals at Risk as Internal Plans Evolve
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Meta's $62B AI Cloud Deals at Risk as Internal Plans Evolve

Meta's potential cloud business threatens $62B in AI capacity deals with CoreWeave and Nebius, as investors weigh capex risks and neocloud stock selloffs.

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Microsoft's AI Bet Pays Off as Stock Surges 4.7% in Holiday Week
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Microsoft's AI Bet Pays Off as Stock Surges 4.7% in Holiday Week

Microsoft gained 4.7% from the prior Friday's close through July 2, outperforming the tech ETF XLK by five points, as it launches a $2.5 billion customer-deployment push.

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Oracle's $638B AI Backlog Faces $95B Capex Challenge
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Oracle's $638B AI Backlog Faces $95B Capex Challenge

Oracle (ORCL) reveals a $638 billion AI backlog, yet its $95 billion capex plan and negative free cash flow have investors questioning the funding strategy.

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Palantir's AI Control-Layer Bet Drives Stock Surge Ahead of Holiday
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Palantir's AI Control-Layer Bet Drives Stock Surge Ahead of Holiday

Palantir shares jumped 14.5% in a week to $129.30, driven by an analyst upgrade and AI defense strategy. A $175 target implies a $117.5 billion value gain.

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Apple Stock Surges 8.8% Ahead of July 4, Adding $209 Billion in Value
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Apple Stock Surges 8.8% Ahead of July 4, Adding $209 Billion in Value

Apple (AAPL) rose 8.8% in the shortened week before July 4, adding $209 billion in market value, but UBS kept a $296 target, citing limited iPhone upgrade demand from Apple Intelligence.

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Kioxia's 9% Surge Drives 16% of Nikkei's Friday Gain
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Kioxia's 9% Surge Drives 16% of Nikkei's Friday Gain

Kioxia's 9.23% jump on Friday contributed 165 points, about 16% of the Nikkei 225's 1,010.92-point gain, fueled by production news and AI storage demand.

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Intel Loses $112B in Market Cap Ahead of Q2 Earnings Test
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Intel Loses $112B in Market Cap Ahead of Q2 Earnings Test

Intel lost $112 billion in market value from its June 30 peak, closing at $120.35. The chip giant faces a critical earnings report on July 23.

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Nvidia Holds Steady as Cloud Partners Plan Massive 210,000-GPU Deployment
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Nvidia Holds Steady as Cloud Partners Plan Massive 210,000-GPU Deployment

Nvidia shares rose 1.2% week-over-week amid plans by cloud partners to deploy up to 210,000 GPUs, highlighting a shift to revenue-sharing models.

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Meta's $145B AI Capex Fuels Cloud Ambitions, Investors Await Returns
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Meta's $145B AI Capex Fuels Cloud Ambitions, Investors Await Returns

Meta is exploring a cloud business to monetize AI compute, with 2026 capex guidance of $125B-$145B. Investors are watching for returns on the massive investment.

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