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With a fast‑acting, non‑hallucinogenic mechanism and dual serotonin targeting, this biotech might be sitting on something disruptive.

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Markets

Wall Street surged on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected rate cut and kept its outlook steady, boosting optimism that monetary policy will remain supportive into 2026.

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  • S&P 500 [+0.67%]

  • Nasdaq [+0.33%]

  • Russell 2k [+1.44%]

Market-Moving News

Retail

What Happens When Walmart Starts Printing Buildings

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) just triggered one of the most significant shifts in retail development in decades, moving from a small pilot to a nationwide rollout of 3D-printed buildings.

Instead of treating the technology as a demo, Walmart is now committing to more than a dozen new structures that use automated printing from its partner Alquist.

The speed of the new build method runs straight through you as the country’s largest retailer adopts a process that moves faster than traditional crews can even mobilize.

What this means for Walmart is simple: construction speed becomes a competitive weapon. Stores, micro hubs, and fulfillment centers can rise in days rather than months.

Speed Becomes the New Supply Chain Advantage

With faster builds, Walmart can respond to shifting demand without waiting for old construction timelines to catch up.

You get a clearer sense of the strategy when you see how these buildings fit into Walmart’s next-generation logistics map.

Lower structural costs, fewer material delays, and reduced labor dependencies all strengthen margins and accelerate openings.

A Blueprint Competitors Can’t Copy Overnight

This rollout signals Walmart’s intention to treat physical locations as adaptable engines that serve delivery, pickup, and in-store traffic at once.

And when you look at how 3D printing removes bottlenecks, the long-term vision becomes obvious.

Walmart is building a growth system that operates on its own schedule, not the construction industry’s.

For the retail sector, this marks the start of a completely new building model.

Global

The €510M Shockwave That Just Hit Amazon

Amazon (NYSE: AMZN) agreed to pay €510 million to settle a long-running dispute with Italy’s tax authority, but the moment the ink dried, Milan prosecutors announced they would not accept the deal.

That instantly turned what looked like closure into the start of a far more aggressive phase.

You can see the complexity building as prosecutors continue pursuing more than €1.2 billion in alleged liabilities tied to older years, plus fresh probes covering 2021 through 2024.

Instead of calming the situation, the settlement widened the battlefield. Amazon now faces parallel civil and criminal paths in the same country.

Europe Watches, and Tension Rises

This places the company under sharper reputational pressure across Europe, where regulators have been aligning on stricter digital tax enforcement.

When one nation pushes hard, others often follow within months.

Officials in France, Germany, the UK, and Brussels are reassessing Amazon’s footprint, and the momentum shifts fast.

Higher compliance costs, tighter accounting rules, and slower approvals roll out across Europe, and you sit inside a market that starts treating Amazon very differently than before.

A Global Signal With Real Consequences

For Amazon, this is no longer about a single payment. It is about the regulatory climate turning less forgiving and more coordinated.

You suddenly find Amazon navigating a world where settlements are not the end of disputes, but the beginning of deeper audits and broader scrutiny.

Governments are making it clear: digital giants will face tougher enforcement even after they pay.

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Insurance

The $1.3B Swing That Could Rewrite Modern Broking

WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) just stunned the advisory world with a $1.3 billion takeover of Newfront, instantly pulling one of the most tech-forward brokers into its orbit.

The move drops WTW into the center of U.S. middle-market momentum and high-growth sectors like tech, fintech, and life sciences.

And in the middle of that shift, WTW absorbs Newfront’s 20 percent compound growth rate, with you positioned right at the point where a rising competitor becomes internal fuel for expansion.

More than 120 top-performing producers now join the company, turning that momentum into reach across regions WTW has chased for years.

Where Tech Finally Meets Broking Scale

The real catalyst is Newfront’s technology stack, a platform built with automation, AI workflow tools, and streamlined client-facing systems.

When that plugs into WTW’s data models and digital trading capabilities, the combined platform jumps far ahead of brokers still stuck with modernizing legacy tools.

A Clear Signal About WTW’s Future Direction

WTW is telegraphing that the next era of broking will be defined by speed, specialization, and end-to-end digital execution.

The company is moving to own that future rather than react to it.

You watch the strategy come into focus when WTW positions itself as one of the few global players that can pair deep advisory talent with a real technology backbone.

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Top Winners and Losers

Enveric Biosciences Inc [ENVB] $10.26 (+73.31%)

Enveric climbed after receiving a USPTO Notice of Allowance for a key patent covering its EVM301 neuroplastogenic molecules, strengthening IP protection around its mental‑health pipeline.

iRobot Corporation [IRBT] $5.24 (+48.44%)

iRobot surged over 40% amid an explosive spike in trading volume and heavy short covering, fueled by renewed interest in robotics plays under supportive U.S. policy signals.

Photronics Inc [PLAB] $37.35 (+45.39%)

Photronics gained after posting better‑than‑expected earnings and revenue, marking another strong beat driven by resilient photomask demand.

Treasure Global Inc [TGL] $9.43 (-40.01%)

Treasure Global dropped after announcing a discounted registered direct offering, raising dilution concerns among investors.

Lakeland Industries, Inc [LAKE] $9.14 (-39.11%)

Lakeland sank after reporting a steep earnings miss and a much wider‑than‑expected loss, alongside revenues that also fell short of estimates.

MIND Technology, Inc [MIND] $8.08 (-24.06%)

MIND declined after quarterly revenue, operating income, and net income all dropped sharply from both last quarter and last year, highlighting weakening momentum.

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