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Legacy Code Might Be Holding Your Enterprise Back

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More than 60% of U.S. companies run outdated code that cannot support cloud or AI.

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CIO Upside

Who’s Who? Identity Questions Undermine Model Context Protocol

‘There cannot be room for hallucination in that question.’

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Economics

Stalling Jobs Growth May Be Just What the Market Needs

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The latest jobs report appeared to confirm that America’s labour market is slowing, which may clinch the rate cut markets are salivating over.

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Industries

McDonald’s Chief Blasts Minimum Wage Loophole for Tipped Workers

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McDonald’s is battling its own industry over fast food workers’ pay, which it believes should be better, and tips, which it opposes.

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Big Tech

Alibaba Executes a Big Tech Pivot

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, having successfully diversified into cloud computing, is now making a push into artificial intelligence.

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ETF Upside

New Spot Crypto Products? Regulators Say Bring It On

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The SEC and CFTC recently issued a rare joint statement encouraging applications for new spot crypto products.

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ETF Upside

Media Companies Are Cracking the Streaming Code. Should Investors Care?

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Disney is the comeback kid of Wall Street, and other streaming giants are following suit.

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ETF Upside

LionShare’s ETF Won’t Take Dividends Lion Down

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The company’s new U.S. Equity Total Return ETF invests in other exchange-traded funds in a way that minimizes dividend payments.

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International Economics

‘Not Optimistic’: Washington Hits Tariff Impasse with Switzerland

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Small, mountainous Switzerland — a country that ranks 61st in the world by total area — is one of the world’s biggest investors in the US.

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Advisor Upside

3 Reasons to Keep Politics Out of Portfolios

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Mixing politics and investing is like mixing emotions and math: It rarely adds up.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Needs its Robo-Tech to Recharge Revenue

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So far, Tesla has launched limited rideshare services in Austin and the Bay area, and it’s looking to expand into Florida, Arizona and Nevada.

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Real Estate

Lowe’s Lays Foundation for Housing Rebound

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In an interview with Barron’s, Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said a rebound is inevitable in America’s something’s-gotta-give housing market

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Private Equity

Carlyle, Goldman Spot Dollar Signs in Private Equity’s Liquidity Logjam

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Last year marked the first time since Bain & Co started tracking data in 2005 that the private equity industry shrunk.

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CIO Upside

Developers Need More Than Speed to Succeed

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‘It’s never just about your lines of code produced,’ said Capital One’s Catherine McGarvey.

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Advisor

Alison Considine on AI, Breakaway Advisors, and the Future of Tech-Driven Wealth Management at Betterment

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Markets

Sovereign Debt Concerns Linger as Global Bond Rout Loses Steam

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In the last decade, global government bonds with maturities over 10 years suffered a median loss of 2% in September, according Bloomberg.

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Consumer

Macy’s Makeover Smoothes Out Earnings-Related Worry Lines for Investors

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The department store also seems cautiously optimistic for the holidays, raising its profit forecast for the year.

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Big Tech

Apple Hits the Jackpot as Google Ducks Antitrust KO

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For a year now, Apple shareholders have feared the company would lose out on easy revenue from making Google its default search engine.

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Advisor Upside

SEC Enforcement Claims Tumble Almost 50% This Year

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Chairman Paul Atkins said his agency is going after fraud affecting retail investors.

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Advisor Upside

Music Festivals, UFC Fights. How Advisors Are Appealing to Next-Gen Clients

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They’re going to have to adapt to not only younger clients’ approach to finances, but also their communication styles and social preferences.

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Advisor Upside

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

Thawing Housing Market Not Yet Liquid Enough to Jump-Start Sales

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Worried About Record Stock Market Concentration? Us, Too

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Eli Lilly’s Sterling Results Highlight Rival Novo Nordisk’s Fading Fortunes

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