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.

Personal Finance

E Pluribus Unum: Individual Investors Become Market-Moving Force

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According to a recent JPMorgan analysis, individual investors now account for 60% of US equities, an all-time high.

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International Economics

Just Who Exactly Are Bessent’s ‘Dirty 15’?

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Liberation Day is finally upon us. We’re still pretty fuzzy about the whole thing, but here’s what we know and don’t know.

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Media & Entertainment

Newsmax Outstrips Top-Rated Fox in Trading Bonanza

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The company’s initial public offering is one of the most ascendant ever. And it couldn’t have happened at a better time.

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Real Estate

Rocket Mortgage Acquires Mr. Cooper to Create an Industry Giant

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Combined, Rocket and Mr. Cooper will service a $2.1 trillion loan book across 10 million clients, accounting for one in six US mortgages.

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Media & Entertainment

Fox News Crushing Cable Rivals in Trump 2.0 Era

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The network has averaged 3 million viewers during its primetime programming this year, up roughly 50% from a year ago.

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Consumer

Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ Buys Hillandale Farms

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The $1.1 billion acquisition comes just as egg prices are ever so slightly starting to trend down in the US.

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Banking

Wall Street Scored Record Bonuses Just in Time for a Slump

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The good times, they don’t last. But on Wednesday, we at least found out just how good the good times were.

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Personal Finance

As Wall Street Retreats, Retail Investors Buy the Dip

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Wall Street’s panic cycle is retail investors’ opportunity cycle. In other words: the Redditors are at it again.

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Consumer

Walmart, Target Work to Limit the Impact of Tariffs

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Setting prices is a contact sport for retailers, and companies have been warning all year that things would get a little rough.

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech Wants to Settle the ‘Fair Use’ AI Question Once and For All

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Several years into the great AI revolution, it still remains an unsettled question whether firms are committing mass copyright infringement.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

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This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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Media & Entertainment

Boston Celtics Owners Cash Out at a Critical Time

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One big question lingers: Why would the ownership group of the reigning champion Boston Celtics want to cash out now?

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Big Tech

Is the Google Pixel Finally Cracking the Smartphone Market?

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At long last, the global smartphone market is on the rebound — and this time, Google may be able to enjoy the ride.

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Electric Vehicles

BYD’s Superfast Charger is an EV Breakthrough

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The breakthrough comes while the Trump administration moves to pause government spending on domestic EV-charging infrastructure, no less.

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Consumer

Klarna Swipes Key Walmart Partnership Ahead of US IPO

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It seems like Affirm’s buy-now-pay-later partnership with Walmart wasn’t on quite such firm ground, after all.

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Regulation

Lina Khan May Be Gone, But Big Tech is Still in the FTC’s Crosshairs

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Last week, the FTC moved forward with two pending cases from the strict Lina Khan era of antitrust enforcement.

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Real Estate

Blackstone Has Hope for the Office Real Estate Market

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Blackstone’s BXMT mortgage trust, on the other hand, is buckling under the weight of a pile of office loans gone bad.

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Inflation & Prices

Inflation Cooled in February. Now Come Tariffs.

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The good news: Inflation may be calming down. The bad news: Likely-inflationary tariffs are just starting to hit now.

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Regulation

Will Delaware Overhaul Shareholder Rights Laws?

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Hey look, Elon Musk is at the center of a controversy that has nothing to do with DOGE, the Hatch Act, or exploding rockets.

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Big Tech

Meta Begins Testing its Made In-House AI Chips

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Unlike the other six companies in the so-called Magnificent Seven, Meta’s share price is actually up so far in 2025.

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