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AMD Breaks $1 Trillion as Chip Stocks Rip Higher on Meta's Muse AI.

AMD's market valuation topped $1 trillion in intraday trading for the first time as chip stocks rallied on excitement over CPU demand tied to Meta's Muse AI agent, with Intel and Meta also posting big gains.

DDesk21 Sept 2026 · 13:02 ET2 min read
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Why Cybersecurity Stocks Are on Fire Today

CrowdStrike, Okta, and Cloudflare are surging while chipmakers slide, as Wall Street bets that AI safety warnings from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI mean more spending on security, not less.

DDesk21 Sept 2026 · 12:01 ET6 min read
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Accenture Jumps as Anthropic Partnership Expands Role in Frontier AI

A new embedded-evaluator agreement gives Accenture a seat inside Anthropic's model development process — and gives battered ACN shares a lift.

DDesk21 Sept 2026 · 10:01 ET2 min read
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Dow, S&P, Nasdaq Futures Jump on Oil Drop and Iran Optimism

Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq futures are pointing to a higher open as oil and Treasury yields fall, Iran diplomacy hopes build, and the Trump-Xi meeting draws closer.

DDesk21 Sept 2026 · 08:49 ET13 min read
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SEC's Tokenization Exemption Sparks a Crypto-Stock Rally

The SEC's new Innovation Exemption for tokenized U.S. stocks was warmly received by investors, with Robinhood, Coinbase, and Strategy trading notably higher. Analysts at Compass Point and Morgan Stanley share their views on the companies that may benefit.

DDesk18 Sept 2026 · 15:51 ET6 min read
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Salesforce Expands Its Agentic AI Strategy at Dreamforce as BMO Raises Its Price

At Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce introduced AIforce, more flexible AI pricing options, and Koa, its first CRM reasoning model, developed with NVIDIA. BMO Capital raised its price target to $285 from $250.

DDesk18 Sept 2026 · 15:37 ET7 min read
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