Brian Boyle

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Brian Boyle (he/him) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside. His writing has previously appeared in outlets such as Vice, Slate, and The Los Angeles Times, where he was a contributing writer on the opinion section. He lives in Los Angeles.

Industries

Looming “Oil Cliff” Pinches Airline Profits, Traveler Wallets

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Average jet fuel prices have outpaced the rise in oil prices, soaring about 100% in the month since the start of the Iran war.

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Semiconductors

Sandisk Stock Nearly Triples in Record Quarter

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The massive demand for flash memory in AI chips is creating lots of good memories for Sandisk shareholders.

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Electric Vehicles

Rivian’s E-Bike Spinoff Scores Billion-Dollar Valuation

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The e-bike industry has spent the last year in a Chapter 11 shredder, but a new “War Economy” at the pump is changing the math.

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Consumer

Lower Prices Scramble Outlook for Egg Giant Cal-Maine

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During its third-quarter earnings call tomorrow, executives will continue to pitch shareholders on the company’s egg-breaking transformation.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Touts Early Advertising Win After Buzzkill Cutbacks

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The fledgling ChatGPT advertising network reached $100 million in annualized revenue in just two months since its launch.

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Social Media

Lawsuit Losing Streak Adds Existential Angst to Meta’s Pivot

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Shares of Meta plummeted roughly 8% on Thursday as investors digested the implications of the court losses.

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Finance

Why American Express Doesn’t Fear an Agentic AI Shop-ocalypse

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Is it possible Citrini underestimated the dopamine rush Millennials get when they use credit card points to book a “free” flight to Bali?

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Industrials

NASA Scopes Out $30 Billion Base on Moon’s Surface

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The space agency also said Tuesday that it is planning to build a new nuclear-powered robotic spacecraft to launch to Mars by 2028.

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Energy

Energy Crisis Powers Up Big Payday for LNG Exporter Venture Global

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Morgan Stanley analysts on Monday granted the US LNG exporter a rare double upgrade, changing its rating from underweight to overweight.

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Energy

Baker Hughes Undergoes an AI Makeover

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The company said this year that it is on track to double its data center-related orders to $3 billion in the three years through 2027.

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Media & Entertainment

Can Paramount and Warner Bros. Defy History of Lackluster Hollywood Mergers?

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If, at first, Discovery, AT&T, AOL, Time and others fail? Well, David Ellison is going to go ahead and give Warner Brothers a try anyway.

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Media & Entertainment

Wanna Bet? MLB Makes Polymarket Its Official Predictions Market Partner

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred pitched prediction markets Thursday as potentially more immune to illegal behavior than online sportsbooks.

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Media & Entertainment

Can New CEO Josh D’Amaro Break Disney’s Bob Chapek Curse?

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D’Amaro, like Chapek, made his bones in Disney’s parks and cruises division, which continues to be a major profit driver.

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Blockchain

Mastercard Embraces Digital Future with $1.8 Billion Bet on Stablecoin

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It’s a move that could help secure Mastercard’s place in not just the crypto world of tomorrow, but the AI-driven one too.

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Industries

Farm Bill Providing Big Boost to Agri-Tech Gains Momentum in Congress

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While comprehensive farm bills are typically passed every five years, Congress hasn’t passed a comprehensive farm bill since 2018.

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Energy

Clean Energy Regains Its Swagger as Hedge Against Wartime Oil Crisis

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The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF jumped more than 5% last week, exceeding the oil-and-gas-focused Vanguard Energy ETF’s 1.3% gain.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon-Perplexity Lawsuit Heralds Start of Shop-Bot Wars

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This week, Amazeon scored a court order against Perplexity to ban, for now, the AI startup’s agents from shopping on its e-commerce platform.

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Artificial Intelligence

Oracle Regains Its Footing amid SaaSpocalypse

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Filings this week also revealed that the value of Oracle’s roughly 15% stake in the new US edition of TikTok sits at about $2.2 billion.

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Energy

Wall Street Snubs Big Oil Stocks amid Crude Price Runup

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Some traders see a possible parallel to the spike and subsequent crash in oil prices in 2008 if the war drags on and threatens supplies.

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Media & Entertainment

Live Nation Settlement with DOJ Stirs ‘Bad Blood’ with State-Level Skeptics

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It’s hardly the first time the government has tried to modify the company’s behavior without tearing it apart.

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