Google eyes $2 trillion market cap, Elon Musk to meet Modi, trouble in Paramount

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Good morning, Quartz readers! Here’s what you need to know Google is closing in on a $2 trillion market cap. Innovations in AI have sent the company’s stock up more than 15% over the past year. Is Bitcoin too speculative? CC Share Subtitles Off English view video Is Bitcoin too speculative? Novartis wants to buy a German cancer drugmaker. In the same breath, the company said it’s also slowing trials of its own blockbuster cancer drug and slashing hundreds of jobs. Moderna paused its plans to build an mRNA plant in Kenya. Demand for the jabs has fallen sharply in...