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UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition

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Patent Drop

Oracle’s Data Janitor

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Oracle wants to make sure your data is neat as a pin.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Biden Announces Re-Election Bid, Trump Predicts WWIII

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Biden kicks off another “battle for the soul of America,” while Trump sounds dystopian warnings.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

China Gets Even Shadier With Its Covid-19 Story

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China is aggressively pushing a revisionist history of the pandemic, even as it continues to clash with U.S. officials about its origins.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Tucker Finally Taught Us Something, After All

It’s not enough to have the ear of presidents and governors, if you are propagating lies.

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Regulation

New UK Bill Penalizes Tech Giants For Annoying Consumers

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Wants to Start an EV Price War

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Blockchain

Gibraltar Puts a Big Freeze on Crypto in Search for Missing $43 Million

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Consumer

LVMH Tops $500 Billion Market Value

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Banking

Credit Suisse, First Republic Reveal Just How Bad Banks Are Bruised

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Healthcare

Weight-loss Companies Want Medicare Coverage

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Patent Drop

Amazon’s Vocal Vault

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Amazon wants to keep your secrets between you and your Alexa.

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Patent Drop

Snap’s Sleeping Dragon

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Checking out the nuts and bolts of Snap’s AI integration.

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Patent Drop

Google’s AI Wants To Do It All

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Patent filings from Google reveal AI that could make anyone a UX designer or app developer – no experience necessary.

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Big Tech

Apple Is Still Sorting Out its Mixed-Reality Headset Strategy

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Consumer

New York Attorney General Accuses Sotheby’s of Helping Rich Collectors Avoid Sales Tax

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Big Tech

Sundar Pichai Scores Massive 2022 Payday

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Electric Vehicles

Selling Sunset: How Solar Power Could Reshape the Autos Industry

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Three Years Ago, Oil Prices Fell Below Zero. One Man Absolutely Refuses to Give Up on Finding Out Why

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Plus: Inside Fox News and Dominion’s record-setting settlement, a look at how Ron DeSantis is really governing Florida, and the implications of a trend toward strategic breeding by ‘elite’ couples.

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Electric Vehicles

Canada Matches US Subsidies to Land Volkswagen Gigafactory

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Advisor Upside

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

Banking on a Fed Rate Cut Today, Investors Look for Hints of What’s Next

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UPS Eliminates 48,000 Jobs While Working Toward $3.5 Billion Cost-Cutting Target

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Microsoft, OpenAI (Finally) Finalize Terms of Not-Quite Divorce

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