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Check out the companies making the biggest moves at noon: Alkermes — The biotech company fell 9% as traders weighed Phase 2 trial results for the company’s ALKS 2680 drug, aimed at treating narcolepsy. The company plans to advance the drug into Phase 3 trials, but higher dose ranges or split dosing regimens may be needed to achieve efficacy in some patients. Bank stocks — Bank stocks rose broadly as Treasury yields fell, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase rose 3.8% and 1%, respectively. Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) rose…

Tencent on Thursday posted a 15% year-on-year revenue increase as AI boosted the Chinese tech giant’s performance in ad targeting and gaming.According to the financial results released on Thursday, Tencent’s results for the third quarter of 2025 are as follows: Sales: Sales were CNY 192.9 billion ($27.12 billion), higher than analysts’ expectations of CNY 189.2 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Operating profit: 63.6 billion yuan, compared to the expected 58.01 billion yuan. Gaming, marketing and social media services, which make up Tencent’s core business, collected 95.9 billion Chinese yuan, a 16% year-on-year growth.Domestic gaming venues grew 15% over…

Amid a record government shutdown and Democratic victories in year-end elections, President Donald Trump has launched a series of unusual policy proposals.50 year mortgage? Should we pay Americans for health insurance rather than insurance companies? $2,000 dividend from customs revenue? Will air traffic controllers who work during the shutdown get a bonus? Both proposals were made within days of the president.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listWe considered each of these proposals and considered whether policy experts thought they were likely to become reality.For now, each idea is just something the president thinks about on social media. In most…

British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was detained by US immigration officials for more than two weeks, will return to the UK on Thursday, Hamdi and his legal team announced in a statement. The London-based journalist and commentator was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at San Francisco International Airport on October 26, a day after speaking at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) annual gala in California. Authorities said Mr. Hamdi was being detained for overstaying his U.S. visa. But Hamdi and his lawyers argued that he was in the United States on a valid visa and was detained…

Mark Wood will undergo preventive tests on Friday after suffering a hamstring strain on the first day of England’s Ashes warm-up match against the Lions.Wood has been out of action for the past nine months following knee surgery, but returned on the opening day of the internal Ashes pre-season game at Perth’s Lilac Hill. The 35-year-old quick bowler had completed eight overs (four in each session) before tea, but felt discomfort during his second practice and left the field in mid-afternoon.The ECB confirmed that Wood would undergo a precautionary test on Friday, adding: The England fast bowler completed eight overs…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that Eli Lilly will soon become the first drug company to reach a $1 trillion stock price. Immediately after that, the stock price exceeded $1,000 for the first time. At trading highs, the market capitalization exceeded $950 billion. To reach $1 trillion, the stock would need to reach nearly $1,058. “People are starting to realize that there’s probably more value to this,” Kramer said in “Squawk on the Street.” He pointed to the White House’s recent GLP-1 agreement with Lilly and rival Novo Nordisk that will reduce the price of some obesity drugs for Medicare…

After you go to work, come home, do your chores, and eat dinner, you may be too exhausted to do anything but rot in your bed or read the Scroll of Doom.Laura Mae Martin, executive productivity advisor at Google, says one potential solution to this burnout is to give yourself homework. You may have seen something similar on TikTok. People are giving themselves “personal curricula” or academically inspired syllabuses to help them learn a new language, complete an art project, or read a series of old books in their free time after work.The idea that adding more tasks to your…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty Images performance discrepancy Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite The US side on Wednesday doubled down on the suggestion that there are two markets in the US. One is the artificial intelligence market and the other is the “everything else” market.The Dow Jones Industrial Average not only rose, but also hit a record high for the second year in a row, closing above the $48,000 level for the first time.The index is comprised of 30…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has refused to criticize the controversial attack on suspected drug traffickers.Published November 13, 2025November 13, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe administration of US President Donald Trump has drafted a legal opinion stating that US military personnel involved in military attacks off the coast of Central and South America will not be prosecuted, the Washington Post and Reuters reported.The same outlet reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources, that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has submitted an opinion to the White House regarding the issue of criminal liability for attacks on…

Hong Kong/Beijing — Two of China’s most popular gay dating apps have disappeared from the country’s app stores, raising fears of a wider crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups and online content. Blued and Finka were not available on Apple’s App Store as of Tuesday, and the apps had been removed from the locally adapted platform serving Android devices. The Google Play Store app is blocked in China as part of a vast government censorship apparatus known as the “Great Firewall.” China operates the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regime, stamping out political dissent and criticism of the ruling Communist…