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Tesla Enters Dining Business with Drive-In Restaurant

March 24, 2025
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AI-Powered Robots Advance in General Tasks in a Crowded Market
artificial intelligence // February 24, 2025

The dream of having robots do household chores inched a little closer to reality last week. Figure, an OpenAI-backed robotics artificial intelligence (AI) startup, showed off humanoid robots that can understand voice commands and can grab objects they had never seen before. In a Figure...

Lyft Reportedly Plans Robotaxi Launch As Soon As 2026
Transportation // February 10, 2025

Lyft is reportedly aiming to bring autonomous robotaxis to its app as soon as next year. The service would launch first in Dallas with additional markets to follow, TechCrunch reported Monday (Feb. 10), citing comments from a company executive. As the report noted, the news...

CE 100 Index Adds 0.9% as Visa and Mastercard Lead Payments Names Higher
Connected Economy // February 03, 2025

The CE 100 Index was boosted this past week by the Pay and Be Paid sector. As is always the case as the first few weeks of the year unfold, quarterly results drove investor sentiment and stock prices. Earnings from Visa and Mastercard were key...

Tesla Points to Energy, Robotics Businesses as EV Sales Plummet
Earnings // January 29, 2025

Tesla is at a crossroads, one that the electric vehicle (EV) maker with autonomy dreams may not be able to “full self-drive” (FSD) its way out of. The company’s fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings, reported Wednesday (Jan. 29), reveal a business grappling with...

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CE 100 Index Adds 0.9% as Visa and Mastercard Lead Payments Names Higher

February 03, 2025
The CE 100 Index was boosted this past week by the Pay and Be Paid sector. As is always the case as the first few weeks of the year unfold, quarterly results drove investor sentiment and stock prices. Earnings from Visa and Mastercard were key drivers in the segment, with positive commentary and data on […]

Live Pillar Leads Gains as CE 100 Index Bucks Broader Markets

January 06, 2025
The CE 100 Index ended the last few days of 2024 and the first few days of the new year with a slight gain, adding 0.3%, while broader markets fell...

Stride and Tesla Gain, but CE 100 Slips 1.4% Amid Market Volatility

October 28, 2024
And now earnings season is here, in full swing, and a series of double-digit advances and declines among our CE 100 population wound up sending the overall Index 1.4% lower....

CE 100 Index Gains 1.7% as JPMorgan Leads Banks Higher

October 14, 2024
Earnings season is here — as always, led by the banks, and the banks led the CE 100 Index 1.7% higher through the past week. As a group, the banks...

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Tesla Enters Dining Business with Drive-In Restaurant

March 24, 2025
Tesla is entering the dining business, preparing to open a drive-in restaurant in Los Angeles. This new location would allow diners to eat and watch movies on an outdoor screen while they charged their electric vehicles. But as the New York Times (NYT) reported Friday (March 21), the restaurant’s opening has run into a roadblock: […]

Lyft Reportedly Plans Robotaxi Launch As Soon As 2026

February 10, 2025
Lyft is reportedly aiming to bring autonomous robotaxis to its app as soon as next year. The service would launch first in Dallas with additional markets to follow, TechCrunch reported...

AI Companies Receive 42% of US Venture Capital Investment

December 16, 2024
Venture capital in the U.S. has moved to artificial intelligence (AI) companies at an “unprecedented” rate, HSBC Innovation Banking said Monday (Dec. 16). The scale of capital invested in AI...

Apple Officially Ends Driverless Car Project With Permit Cancellation

October 13, 2024
Months after announcing it was canceling its self-driving car, Apple has made it official. According to a recent report by the website macReports, the tech giant contacted the California Department...