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Industries

Defense Startups Are Riding High

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Military tech startups are seeing a big boost in their valuations of late, spurred in part by former President Trump’s re-election.

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Hedge Funds

Archegos’ Hwang Sentenced to 18 Years For Gargantuan Fraud That Walloped Wall Street

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Hwang’s sentencing bookends a dramatic saga that began with the shock implosion of his firm that cost Wall Street billions.

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Consumer

Walmart Ups its Guidance for the Year

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Walmart announced that it’s raising its outlook for the year, thanks in part to a rocking start to the holiday shopping season.

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Media & Entertainment

Andreessen Horowitz Backs Generative AI TV and Film Studio

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Will generative artificial intelligence’s star be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Andreessen Horowitz sure thinks so.

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International Economics

Europe Lays Plans to Extract China’s Battery Know-How

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There’s a little bit of “What goes around comes around” behind Europe’s latest industrial policy initiative.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Wary of Fixed Income Ahead of Trump 2.0

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The next administration may look to increase tariffs and lower taxes, which could spell higher inflation and lower bond prices.

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Advisor Upside

Credit Scores May Help Advisors Recognize Cognitive Decline

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Missed credit card and mortgage payments may be signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia, New York Federal Reserve research suggests.

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Advisor Upside

3 Trends Expected to Give Advisors Hangovers in 2025

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The research and advisory firm Forrester found that adapting to new technologies is paramount to financial services firms.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

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Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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Industries

Spirit Airlines Finally Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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Budget-friendly Spirit Airlines hasn’t reported an annual profit since 2019, and has lost some $2.2 billion since 2020.

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Autos

Tesla Rides Higher on Self-Driving Regulation Report

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The Trump White House may usher in a big loosening of the rules around cars that can operate without human drivers.

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Patent Drop

Can Microsoft’s Bing — or Anyone Else — Ever Overtake Google?

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Microsoft wants to get up close and personal to make its search results better.

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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Chase May Use Blockchain to Check Facts

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Core blockchain technologies themselves are being adopted at a more gradual pace.

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Patent Drop

Adobe Wants to Fix When AI Starts to Drift

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Adobe wants to stop AI models from losing their trains of thought.

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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t out of the NBA Business Just Yet

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The longtime broadcast partner may soon be losing out on live games, but Warner Bros. Discovery won’t be completely sidelined by the NBA.

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Banking

Wall Street’s Trading Assets Cross $1 Trillion

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It’s got to be at least a yellow flag whenever 2008 — the height of the Great Recession — is your point of reference, no?

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Economics

The US Dollar is Flexing Muscle, Putting the Rest of the World on Notice

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The US greenback has appreciated 2.65% against a basket of its developed market peers since the election and is at a two-year high.

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Geopolitics

Saudi Arabia Pulls Back as Trump Reemerges on World Stage

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Saudi Arabia’s Mammoth Public Investment Fund Turns Inward Just As One of the Country’s Top Allies Reclaims the White House.

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M&A

Cheerios Owner Buys Petcare Brand for $1.45 Billion

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Snacking conglomerates all agree: Petcare mergers and acquisitions are the cat’s pajamas. Just ask General Mills.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Streaming Bet is Paying Off. So What’s Next?

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Has Bob Iger now done it? Has he restored the magic, the thing defeated activist agitator Carl Icahn said was missing?

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FA Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

Advertisers Worry Facebook May Become X

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The Most Important Pharma Event in America Kicks Off Today With High Hopes for M&A

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Coffee and Chocolate Are the Reigning Commodity Kings

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