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Japan’s Mizuho Buys US Investment Bank GreenHill for $550 Million

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Industries

Ryanair Wins Big On Results, Bets Big On Hedging

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Patent Drop

PayPal Goes Minimalist

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PayPal wants to stop being a data hoarder.

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Patent Drop

Coinbase Points the Finger

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Coinbase is working on a data escape hatch that’s on it’s users to activate.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Gets Up Close and Personal with Your Data

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Amazon is practicing data security by hounding its AWS clients to be more careful.

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Geopolitics

China’s Iron Fist: Geopolitical Tensions Make it Hard to do Business

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Energy

ExxonMobil Breaks into the Lithium Market with Arkansas Land Purchase

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Policy & Power

The EU’s Food Price Caps Might Not be the Right Answer to High Costs

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Economics

As the U.S. Speeds Toward Default, Why the Pentagon Matters

The Pentagon leads U.S. discretionary spending – but for more than three decades, it has never once passed an audit.

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International Economics

Should I Stay or Should I Go: China’s Street Stall Economy

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Media & Entertainment

ESPN Will Soon be a Full-Blown Streaming Service

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Banking

Banks Make Social Media Gameplans

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Patent Drop

Tech Firms Read the Look on Your Face

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Why Sony and Meta both want to track your facial movements in VR, without using a camera.

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Patent Drop

Intel Minmaxes AI Game Rendering

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Intel is assigning an AI to do it’s cost benefit analysis.

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Patent Drop

EA’s Quest for Gaming Accessibility

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Electronic Arts wants to make sure that it’s releases are accessible for all.

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Policy & Power

China’s Fast Fashion Apps Become New Geopolitical Battleground

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Finance

In a Down Year for M&A, Raine Group Has the Magic Touch

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Industrials

Green Manufacturing Sparks Industrial Real Estate Growth

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Power Corridor

Did Elon Musk Have Links to Epstein?

Musk joins Google co-founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and a growing list of bold-name executives issued Epstein-related subpoenas.

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Power Corridor

Trump’s Dealings with Saudis Under Investigation

Questions swirl over Trump’s golf courses and business ties with Riyadh.

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Advisor Upside

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

Bigger Social Security Checks Top 2026 Changes in Retirement Benefits

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Vanguard Warms Up to Crypto, Sort Of

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Advisors and Asset Managers Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Alts

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