Brian Boyle

brian@thedailyupside.com

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.

Inflation & Prices

Just How Much Data Does the Fed Need to Cut Rates?

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Despite new data this week showing inflation has cooled, Powell and the Federal Reserve are still expected to hold off on rate cuts.

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Consumer

Starbucks’ China Business May Need a Caffeine Jolt

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In an interview with the Financial Times, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the company is exploring a partial sale of its China business.

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Finance

Robinhood, AppLovin Locked Out of S&P 500 Yet Again

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Conventional wisdom says being on the S&P 500 is a status symbol that is supposed to come with plenty of benefits.

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Big Tech

Apple Still Won’t Ride the AI Hype Train

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At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced a slew of incremental updates to its AI offerings.

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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Formalizes Break-Up Plans

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Like the rest of its pre-streaming Hollywood peers, Warner Bros. Discovery finds itself trapped between two eras.

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Personal Finance

Ripped Job Market Swipes Left on New Grads

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For the first time in decades, recent college grads have a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the economy.

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International Economics

Tariffs Deliver Record Drop in US Trade Deficit

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Does the deficit crunch mean the US has won the first big battle of the trade war? Well, that’s a complicated question

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Indicators

US Service Economy Suffers Unexpected Trade War Blow

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The surprising news comes just ahead of an all-important jobs report from the Labor Department due out Friday.

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Private Equity

Thoma Bravo’s $34B Win Leaves PE Rivals Choking on Exhaust Fumes

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Private equity is stuck in a cycle of fewer exits, fewer returns, and fewer backers willing to sign up for new funds.

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir Becomes Trump Trade’s Big Winner

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Palantir’s share price has soared some 77% year-to-date on the backs of key federal government contracts, to hit a record valuation on Monday.

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Economics

Wall Street Braces for More Investors Dissing Dollar

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The dollar decline comes just as a couple of other key US economic indicators have begun blinking red, too.

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Artificial Intelligence

No ‘Gray’ Area in New York Times’ AI Deal with Amazon

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The agreement comes as The New York Times continues to sue OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement.

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Industries

Can US Tourism Bounce Back Amid Trade War?

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2025 is projected to be an unusually terrible year for the US travel industry — and only the US travel industry.

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Economics

Shrinking GDP Shows Tariffs’ Impact as Courts Scrutinize Their Legality

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Keeping track of the Trump’s on-and-off tariff strategy was hard enough — and now the judicial system is having their turn at the switch.

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Economics

Waiting Game: Why Fed Isn’t Ready to Cut Rates (Yet)

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The Fed was already walking a tightrope over a bottomless pit of stagflation before waves of tariffs came to rattle the line.

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Economics

Consumer Confidence Rebounds as Tariff Tensions (Temporarily) Ease

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You can’t bounce back without first getting low. And, in April, consumer confidence according to the Conference Board got real low.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix Should Thank Hollywood for Half-Trillion Dollar Market Cap

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The cable-dependent legacy media players spent the 2010s helping to sharpen the Netflix-issued cord-cutting clippers.

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Artificial Intelligence

Now Entering Uncanny Valley: Why AI ‘Avatars’ Are Suddenly Everywhere

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One high-profile early adopter: Swiss bank UBS, which is turning its army of investment banking analysts into AI avatars.

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Media & Entertainment

‘Eras Tour’ Logistics Team Bought for $1 Billion

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Consider it a big bet on the future of live events, which, in Swiftie speak, GCL knows about “All Too Well.”

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Electric Vehicles

CATL Comes Fully Charged in Hong Kong Debut

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CATL — blacklisted by the US Department of Defense in January for alleged ties to the Chinese military — pulled off the best IPO of the year.

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