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Tradeweb's $1.97bn Trumid price depends on $60m of cost cuts

Tradeweb pays 19.4 times synergized earnings for Trumid, with two thirds coming from cost cuts it must deliver. On Trumid's own profit, the multiple is about 58 ...
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Mercury 3 claims 1,068 tokens/s; OpenRouter sees 243 with a 1.4-second wait

Inception claims 1,068 tokens a second for Mercury 3, while OpenRouter's live median is 243 with 1.40 seconds of latency. Faster decoding alone cuts the time fo ...
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RTX's guidance raise includes a tariff refund; GE's services growth is slowing

RTX's 33% EPS jump includes a one time tariff recovery worth $0.25. GE's raise is services driven, but it guides 2027 ...
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OpenAI's Select badge is common: 60 of 70 tiered partners sit on the lower rungs

OpenAI's locator lists 73 partners: 33 Advanced, 27 Select, 10 Elite and three with no label. Select recognises a firm, but says little about its ability to del ...
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adidas raises its profit outlook by €200 million, matching its tariff refund

adidas now expects about €2.5 billion in 2026 operating profit, up from €2.3 billion. The increase matches a €200 million tariff refund; without it, guidance is ...
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GM's $20 billion buyback equals 30% of its market value, but Q4 profit shrinks

GM authorized a $20 billion buyback, about 30% of its market value, but its unchanged guidance midpoint implies fourth ...
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MiniMax claims 70% lower task costs as M3.1 Flash halves token prices

M3.1 Flash's standard token prices are half M3's. MiniMax's larger claim of 70% lower agent costs depends on tokens used per task, while its 17.9% gross margin ...