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Regulation

IRS Recruiting Auditors to Crack Down on One-Percenters

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Latest Patent Authenticates Your Ears

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Apple wants to make sure your toddler (or a hacker) doesn’t run away with your Airpods.

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Patent Drop

Stripe May Be Eyeing No-Code Development

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Stripe may be looking to expand its roster of offerings.

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Patent Drop

Snap’s New Tech Could Go After Pawn Shops

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A filing from Snap for a computer vision appraiser may add to the company’s shopping ambitions.

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Industrials

Agriculture Titans Are In a Head-to-Head Battle for America’s Soy Farmers

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Finance

Companies Are Taking a Breather on Buybacks

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Energy

Production Slowdowns are Making a Luxury Item Out of Diesel

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

SEC’s Gensler May Face an Unbeatable Foe in Crypto

Despite a barrage of enforcement actions, the agency is flailing.

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Energy

Ozempic-Maker Invests in Renewables

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Indicators

US Companies are Loathing the Strong Dollar

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Media & Entertainment

Hipgnosis to Sell Nearly Half a Billion Dollars in Music Rights

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Media & Entertainment

Cyber Attack Continues to Roil MGM’s Vegas Operations

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Patent Gives an Inside Look at Spatial Video

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The company’s filing gives a potential peek at what’s in store for the Vision Pro.

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Patent Drop

NVIDIA’s Tech Gives Data Centers a Wellness Check

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NVIDIA wants to keep its data centers from falling apart.

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Patent Drop

Humane’s Patent Filings Give Hints at Upcoming AI Device

A dozen filings from Humane paint a potential picture of the secretive startup’s debut product offering.

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Finance

Insurers Have Already Lost $50 Billion This Year from Natural Disasters

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Power Corridor

U.S. Household Incomes Swallowed Up By Inflation

Americans’ inflation-adjusted annual median income fell in 2022 to $74,580.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Oil Targets $100, Weighing on U.S. Presidential Election

Energy prices are spiraling higher – what could it mean for 2024?

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Technology

Justice Dept. is Out to Prove Google Has a Search Monopoly

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Markets

Amateur Day Traders Fuel an Options Boom

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The volume of options trading, especially short-dated deals, has skyrocketed thanks to amateur investors lured by new trading apps.

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Advisor Upside

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

America’s Anduril Among Potential Winners of NATO Breakthrough

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BYD Downshifts Production into First Gear

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SEC Seeks to Rev Up ‘Engine of Growth’ by Loosening Corporate Disclosure Rules

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