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Women’s Sports Evolves from Moment to Movement

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Women’s sports have been seen as secondary to men’s. While there’s still a lot of catching up to do, the gender gap is shrinking.

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Study Suggests Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Alcoholism, Opioid Addiction

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A new study suggests increasingly popular GLP-1 drugs could help cut opioid and alcohol abuse nearly in half.

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Blackstone Thinks It’s High Time for a Public Listing Blitz

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Amid a strong earnings call, Blackstone announced that it is planning to take some of its portfolio companies public.

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The EU Might Regulate the Muskiverse as One Big Company

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Bad news for X: EU lawmakers might start looking at the companies in CEO Elon Musk’s stable as one interconnected web.

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IBM Patent Highlights Security Risks of Quantum Development

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“If quantum computers can break encryption, they can also encrypt in a way that other quantum computers can’t break.”

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Microsoft Builds Enterprise AI Stable With Recent Patents

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Given the company’s dominance in workplace and productivity tech, it may have an edge in embedding generative AI into work routines.

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Walmart AI Analytics Patent Highlights Retailer’s Tech Overhaul

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. It may aim to level the playing field with one competitor in particular: Amazon.

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What Fidelity’s Data Breach Means for Advisors

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Experts believe the perpetrator used tokens to access the personal information through improperly configured third-party code.

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Don’t Celebrate the 2-Year Bull Market Just Yet

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What’s a good gift for a mature bull? How about a dose of perspective? The stock market can sometimes be a victim of its own recent success.

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The Wealthtech That Quintupled Assets Year-Over-Year, Twice

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New funding and growth have launched the digital investment advisor Farther’s valuation to more than half a billion dollars.

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LVMH’s Core Fashion Division Posts First Sales Drop Since COVID-19

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LVMH shares fell 3.7% after it announced that sales at its core division fell for the first time since 2020.

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Diamond Sports is Seeking a Sports Betting Rebrand

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Diamond Sports wants to rebrand its portfolio of local Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs) and rebrand them.

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IEA Forecasts Fossil Fuel Surpluses by 2030

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The International Energy Agency predicts demand for fossil fuels will ebb pretty quickly as we move into the second half of the decade.

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ASML’s Earnings Flub Sinks the Chip Sector

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On Tuesday, ASML accidentally published some disappointing earnings results a day earlier than scheduled, sending its share price down.

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Google TikTokifies Its Shopping Service

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Google is revamping its shopping service into a more Instagram-slash-TikTok-esque feed, showing users an infinite scroll of products.

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Trading Windfall Pushes Wall Street to Surprisingly Strong Quarter

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How’d the financial giants — namely, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Bank of America — make out this quarter? Surprisingly well, it turns out.

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Big Brokers Beat Estimates in Strong Start to Earnings Season

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JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, among other banks and asset managers, beat analysts’ expectations in the third quarter.

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‘Burrito Scarfer’ CFP Board Ads Weren’t Meant for Advisors (Or, Even Adults)

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A new CFP Board ad campaign targeting college students and high schoolers missed the mark among members. That might be the point.

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Wall Street Pay Falls Further From Pandemic Highs

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The average New York City securities salary dropped 5.2% in 2023, mostly due to smaller bonuses, marking a drop from the pandemic highs.

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The UK and Macau are Rethinking Their Gambling Economies in Different Ways

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UK officials are reportedly weighing hiking taxes on gambling, and Macau continues to wean itself off the industry.

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Meet the BlackRock ETF Taking Aim at Invesco’s QQQ

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Neurocrine Scoops Up Hunger-Drug Maker in Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Pharma Deal

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