Sean Craig

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Sean Craig (he/him) is a reporter at The Daily Upside. Based in Berlin, he was previously a reporter at the Financial Post and has contributed to Pitchfork, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed News, Vice, and the National Observer.

Finance

Blackstone’s Burgeoning AI Business and Inflows Spark a Rally

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Blackstone shares rallied as its latest earnings showed the firm powering through this year’s challenging headwinds.

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Energy

Middle East Oil Flows Surpass Prewar Levels, but Don’t Bet on Price Drops

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Preliminary estimates suggest regional flows hit roughly 24 million barrels per day last week, passing the prewar 23.3 million.

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Media & Entertainment

Slow TV: Netflix’s Revenue Growth Comes In at Slowest Pace in Three Years

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Netflix’s share of US television viewership fell from 8.8% in July 2025 to 7.8% in July this year, according to Nielsen’s The Gauge.

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Banking

Mines, Missiles, Robots: One Year of JPMorgan’s $1.5 Trillion Bet on National Security

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Last year, Jamie Dimon announced a 10-year plan to provide traditional financing to industries critical to economic and national security.

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Electric Vehicles

Ahead of GM Earnings, Disciplined Pricing and New Business Lines Come into Focus

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CEO Mary Barra reiterated last week that GM is on schedule to release “eyes-off, hands-off” self-driving technology by 2028.

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Consumer

How the Price of Chocolate Got Scary High

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Halloween chocolate prices are up a whopping 15.5%, according to PwC, while the price of nonchocolate Halloween sweets is up just 1.8%.

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Finance

Schwab Shows No Wear from AI Agent Disruption in Robust Third quarter

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Schwab reported $192.4 billion in net new assets, better than expected and 43% more than last year’s third quarter.

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Inflation & Prices

As Soaring Energy Prices Boost Inflation, Refiners Have Become Money Machines

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A 9.1% jump in gasoline prices from a month earlier accounted for more than half of the 0.6% monthly increase in all prices from August.

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Banking

Wall Street’s Big Gains Met with Muted Reception

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JPMorgan, Citi Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported that their collective profits were up 14% year over year to $32 billion.

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Economics

IMF Warns of AI ‘Tsunami’ That Will Wash Away Jobs, Tax Revenue

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Still, the IMF sees the demand and investment fueled by global AI spending of up to $2.7 trillion this year could significantly boost growth.

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Banking

Big Banks Earning Week Puts Fears of Slowing Capital Markets Activity in Focus

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The major US banks will report third quarter results this week, kicking off an earnings season that will be measured against investor worries.

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Inflation & Prices

Consumer Sentiment in the Spotlight as Michigan Survey Set for Release

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Consumer pessimism is in the spotlight as a the key University of Michigan survey releases today, but Costco earnings paint a rosier picture.

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Markets

Brisk $39 Billion Treasury Auction Offers Bond Market Breather

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The yield on the yield fell to 5.282%, after rising to the highest level since 2002 ahead of Wednesday’s auction.

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Industrials

Anduril Commits $3.7 Billion to Shipyard, Wins $2.9 Billion Navy Award in Defense Tech Coup

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The Navy’s appetite for complex and mammoth ships and submarines has long tested the capacity of even the biggest military contractors.

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Autos

GM Says Hybrid Vehicles on the Way as Asian Carmakers Capture Spiking Demand

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In August, 19% of all US vehicle sales were hybrids, compared to 16% before the war, according to JD Power.

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Industrials

The Biggest Steel Plant in US History Is Coming; Some Hawkeyes Don’t See It That Way

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On Friday, Iowa legislators in the were told the mill is “not a done deal” after they were called in to approve incentives worth $1.4 billion.

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Policy & Power

The Bond Market’s Tokyo Story

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Japanese economic policy is suddenly at the heart of the global bond selloff and US consumers should be paying attention.

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Markets

Appetite for US Bonds as Safe Haven Rebounds After Global Yields Spike

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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note finished September with the biggest quarterly gain since 1994 and reached a 24-year high of 5.34%.

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Finance

Good Vibes: Robinhood CEO Says AI-Assisted, 24/7 Investing May Create ‘New Market’

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The trading tools will let users build their own agents to automate trading and implement around-the-clock trading strategies.

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Markets

Does Smart Ring-Maker Oura’s Delayed Debut Mark an IPO Tipping Point?

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Oura had previously planned to sell 50 million shares between $40 and $44 at a roughly $14 billion valuation.

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