The Daily Upside

Oil Leaps, Shekel Falls After Israel Declares War

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Crude oil prices jumped to $89 a barrel as Hamas’s attack on Israel drove concerns of wider conflict across the oil-rich Middle East.

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Google Launches Search Engine for Medical Records

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Google’s cloud division says it’s launching a new AI-powered tool designed to rifle through and compile patients’ medical records.

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Investment Funds Can’t Quit Climate Change

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Despite conservative disdain for ESG initiatives, one research project found climate change remains a chief concern for asset managers.

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PayPal Looks to New Cybersecurity to Build Public Trust

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PayPal’s filing could signal that the company is trying to build the same public trust that traditional financial institutions have.

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UAW Notches Win for EV Battery Workers with GM

The United Auto Workers announced on Friday that it had called off a planned walkout at a General Motors plant in Arlington, Texas.

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US Consumers Are Taking a Credit Card Break

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Facing eye-watering amounts of debt and record-high interest rates, US consumers have started charging less on their credit cards.

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Home Depot Crime Ring Highlights Boom in Retail Theft

Home Depot cracked open a crime ring that has accounted for $3 million in stolen goods across its Florida locations.

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So You Want to be an Influencer

Everyone wants a create content on TikTok account, generating millions of dollars, but reality is a harder truth.

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Adobe Continues AI Push By Keeping a Close Eye on User Behavior

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Adobe wants to watch its users a little closer so it can recommend how to properly change the brightness in Photoshop using AI.

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Shopify Plugs Away at AR Patents for Merchants

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Shopify wants to use AR to help you after you pulled the trigger on that big purchase. AR shopping may lean towards end-to-end experiences.

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Life After Epstein at America’s Top Bank

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JP Morgan, the largest bank in America, with more than $3 trillion in assets, settles all Epstein lawsuits.

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Alibaba’s Logistics Hub in Belgium Hit With the Latest Spying Scrutiny

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Belgian authorities are monitoring Alibaba for “possible espionage” at the company’s main European logistics hub.

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Twitter’s Latest Ad Problem: Users Flagging Them for Misinformation

Twitter designed the community notes feature for users to add context to possible misleading tweets. Now it’s a liability for advertisers.

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Goldman Sachs Launches Platform for Third-Party ETFs

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Goldman Sachs launched its ETF accelerator platform, intended to help smaller third-party funds enter the $10 trillion market.

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Meta May Turn to Synthetic Data to Feed its AI Growth

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Meta might want to make synthetic data from your Facebook posts. While this helps solve the privacy issue, the issue of bias is still present.

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Ford’s Patent Tracks How Much Your Car is Polluting

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The tech could help Ford – and those that buy Ford’s industrial fleet vehicles – cut their emissions by keeping a closer eye on them.

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Google’s Watchful Doorbell Patent Highlight Tech Companies’ Interest in Surveillance

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Google’s Nest doorbells might be joining the neighborhood watch. The patent signals that people are growing more comfortable being watched.

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Mortgage Rates Inch Toward 8% and Nobody’s Happy About it

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US mortgage rates have climbed past 7.5% — further tightening an increasingly impossible-to-crack housing market.

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UK Sets Up Framework to Eventually Ban Cigarettes for All

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he plans to raise the legal smoking age by one year every year.

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Pharma Giants Combine Forces to Fight New M&A Rules

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Some of pharma’s biggest players — including Merck, Amgen, Abbvie, and Gilead — formed an alliance to fight looming M&A reforms.

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Advisor Upside

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

Can ‘Terror Management Theory’ Explain Inheritance Spending?

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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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