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  • The Fed Drama: A White House official said President Trump will likely fire Jerome Powell soon. Stocks sank at the thought of the Fed head being shown the door, offsetting the pleasant surprise of a flat wholesale inflation reading.
  • Markets: Stocks managed to recoup their losses after Trump said it’s “highly unlikely” that he will fire Powell, but bonds remained shaken.
  • Crypto: Bitcoin bounced higher after the crypto bills currently under consideration in the House of Representatives cleared a key hurdle.

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OPTUM: UnitedHealth Group A.I. Chatbot

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UnitedHealth Group’s Optum healthcare company got caught with its digital pants down in December, when TechCrunch reported that its internal AI chatbot, which employees asked for advice in determining claims, was publicly accessible.

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Optum quickly restricted the tool and said it was a demo that was “never scaled nor used in any real way.”

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DAILY UPDATE: CPI Up as Sock Markets End Mixed

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The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of goods and services costs, increased 0.3% on the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The numbers were right in line with the Dow Jones consensus. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core inflation picked up 0.2% on the month, with the annual rate moving to 2.9%, also matching the respective estimates.

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Stocks up

  • Citigroup gained 3.68% after the big bank reported better-than-expected earnings.
  • CoreWeave climbed 6.21% on the news that it will build a $6 billion AI data center in Pennsylvania.
  • Trade Desk jumped 6.59% thanks to its inclusion in the S&P 500, replacing the outgoing Ansys.
  • The Trump administration has launched a probe into drone imports. Drones use polysilicon, a key ingredient for solar panels, and tariffs on the material could help boost profitability for domestic manufacturers like First Solar, which rose 6.90%.
  • National Fuel Gas rose 5.65% after the energy company caught a rare double upgrade from Bank of America analysts, who like the energy company’s improved productivity.

Stocks down

  • BlackRock fell 5.86% after the world’s largest asset manager reported that a single client pulled $52 billion last quarter.
  • It wasn’t a great day for other big banks: Wells Fargo sank 5.43% after cutting its 2025 net interest income guidance, while JPMorgan Chase lost 0.74% despite beating sales and profit estimates.
  • Albertsons tumbled 5.02% even though the grocer reported a solid quarter thanks to strong pharmacy sales and digital revenue.
  • Newmont dropped 5.71% on the news that CFO Karyn Ovelmen is leaving the gold miner.

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