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The market, ever the drama queen, threw a 12.2% stock surge in celebration. As of 11:22 a.m. ET, Lyft stock was up 12.2% on the news.

In a world where breakthrough drugs are scarce as water in a desert, the data tells a powerful story: patients treated with a once-daily 30 mg dose of brepocitinib showed significant improvement over those on a placebo. In fact, the results were so striking that they illuminated all nine key secondary endpoints as well. But even in triumph, there’s caution-no adverse events like malignancies or cardiovascular issues reared their ugly heads in greater numbers than among those receiving the placebo. Safety remains a cautious companion in this fight against disease.

The Fed, that great machination of monetary policy, has not performed such a cut in nearly nine months, since the modest cut of 0.25% on December 18, 2024. The period of stagnation has been long, and now, the air is thick with anticipation. But why, dear reader, would the Fed decide to make such a move? Surely, inflation continues to hold its devilish grip, having reached 2.9%, still high above the sacred 2% target. Ah, but there is something else: the fragile pulse of the job market. Anemic, perhaps. The figures do not lie. Or perhaps, they do-but still, the concern is palpable.

The story of Novo Nordisk is one of those curious chronicles where the company’s mistakes, much like the turbulent winds of a storm, eventually settled and began to reveal a new dawn. The German private bank Berenberg, with the calmness of an oracle predicting the future, raised its recommendation of Novo’s stock to a “buy.” The gusts of fortune, it seemed, were once again blowing in their direction, though not without a cautious note of skepticism. The winds may have shifted, but they had not been wholly tamed.

Waymo, that most earnest of autonomous vehicle startups, has declared Nashville its latest frontier. The plan? Begin with its own app, then, in a move that smells faintly of betrayal, integrate with Lyft. I imagine the Uber boardroom reaction: a mix of “Oh no” and “We’ve seen this movie.” After all, they’ve partnered with Waymo before. Now, it’s Lyft’s turn to play host. It’s like musical chairs, but with self-driving cars and no music. Someone’s going to sit on the floor, and it won’t be pretty.

Among these tantalising frontiers, none is more intriguing than that of quantum computing-a realm that promises to usher in transformative changes to industries as critical as energy and financial services. Some, with their usual airs of confident speculation, have already projected that quantum applications might unlock unimaginable economic value in the long run. McKinsey & Company, for instance, dares to predict the unlocking of trillions in wealth. This, I dare say, is no mere idle dream.

In fact, just two days ago, Redwire’s press releases were overflowing with the kind of “good news” that only an ambitious PR department could hope for: they announced a partnership with industrial titan Honeywell (HON), diving into the hot new world of quantum key distribution. A clever pivot from just being a space company to a quantum computing player. Not a bad move, eh? Who wouldn’t want a piece of that?