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Trade Desk’s Real Risk Is the Publicis Standoff
9:15 am — TTD -13.11% in pre-market trading

By Sanmeet DeoTeam Rule Breakers

It seems the most pressing concern coming out of The Trade Desk’s (TTD 6.98%) Q1 2026 earnings is not the macro nor the EPS miss but whether the Publicis situation represents an isolated negotiating dispute or the beginning of a broader agency pushback against TTD’s pricing and transparency practices.

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Open this photo in gallery:PointClickCare CEO Dave Wessinger says the probability of the company moving to the U.S. is low and a ‘worst case scenario’ plan that would come into effect only if needed to protect the interests of the business.Fred Lum/The Globe and MailSave for laterOne of Canada’s largest homegrown technology companies, PointClickCare Technologies Inc.,

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Key PointsStart-up rare-earth miner Critical Metals has no revenue and won’t turn profitable before 2029.It’s running out of cash, too.There’s still a chance it can survive to 2029.Up an astounding 687% in share price over the past year — but down 34% from its peak hit back in January — rare-earth mining company Critical Metals (NASDAQ: CRML) was one of the hottest bets on the stock market…until all of a sudden,

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The most talked about and market moving research calls around Wall Street are now in one place. Here are today’s research calls that investors need to know, as compiled by The Fly. Daiwa upgraded Qualcomm (QCOM) to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $225, up from $140. Qualcomm’s Q2 results were mixed, with strong Auto and IoT growth offset by weaker-than-expected handset performance and softer Q3 guidance,

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The labor conversation around AI is starting to evolve. Earlier this week, Coinbase (COIN) announced what has, at many tech companies, come to be the baseline expectation: we’re cutting a bunch of jobs because of AI. And in local roles, local industries, and specific situations, cutting staff “due to AI” has a long runway ahead.

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The US Court of International Trade has ruled against President Donald Trump’s 10 per cent global tariff imposed on all trade partners, including India.The move, which will bring down import levies in the US to the basic MFN level, is expected to strengthen India’s hand in the ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US,

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In recent years, stock market observers have noticed that a small group of mega-sized technology stocks, nicknamed the “Magnificent Seven,” have driven an outsized portion of the return in the broad stock market. A decade ago, it was FANGs (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google — sometimes, Apple too) leading the charge. These cadres tend to make headlines because they go against the idea that the stock market is a rising tide that,

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Key Takeaways Cathie Wood says Binance did not trigger the October 2025 crypto flash crash, despite earlier comments linking the exchange to it. The crash wiped out billions in leveraged positions and became one of the largest liquidation cascades in crypto history. While Binance experienced technical issues during the turmoil, Wood now says the exchange was not the root cause of the market collapse.

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US stock market moved closer to fresh record highs Friday as investors absorbed stronger-than-expected US jobs data, easing Treasury yields, and another wave of artificial intelligence-driven earnings momentum. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7%, while the Nasdaq surged more than 1%, powered by gains in NVIDIA, Apple, semiconductor stocks,

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