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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s Latest Layoffs Add Fuel to White-Collar Recession

Recent layoffs at Amazon, Meta, Pinterest and chemicals company Dow are bringing fears of robots taking human jobs to a boiling point.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Look for Midas Touch as Gold Prices Soar

Wealth managers will need to be ready for client questions about gold, particularly from those worried about geopolitical risk.

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Advisor Upside

UBS May Be the Next Wall Street Bank to Let Clients Trade Crypto

The bank is reportedly opening up access to clients in Switzerland ahead of a global rollout.

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Consumer

Starbucks Posts First US Sales Growth in Two Years as CEO Serves up Grande Vision

The world’s largest coffee chain has finally reported the first major breakthrough of CEO Brian Niccol’s tenure.

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Markets

Tether Outbuys Most Central Banks in Gold Bunker Buildup

Tether seems to be prioritizing buying gold because its value isn’t tied to governments as tightly as fiat currencies are.

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Big Tech

Meta, Microsoft Confront AI Spending Concerns Head-On

Both companies announced capex projections that blew past consensus expectations, but only Meta seemed to rebuff the Wall Street wariness.

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