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The US remains Germany's top export market, for goods ranging from cars to pharmaceuticals, and Germany runs a hefty trade surplus with the United States.

Investors have been willing to overlook Amazon.com Inc.’s and Microsoft Corp.’s hefty spending on artificial-intelligence infrastructure in hopes of a massive future payoff.

But a hefty number of non-tech companies popped up, too, a testament to them keeping costs down and perhaps enjoying a little pricing power in these times of persistent inflation.

Wall Street was initially skeptical about the company’s hefty investments in supply chain, store remodels, technology, and employee pay in the mid-2010s.

Merck has agreed to pay a hefty premium for a biotech making a new flu prevention drug, as it braces for the expiration of the patents protecting its top-selling cancer treatment Keytruda.