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What’s Afoot At the FDIC?

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It’s not every day that you wake up to headlines about one of the nation’s most staid-and-storied institutions – really, the cornerstone upon which the entire U.S. banking system rests in order to remain stable – engaging in the sexual…

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Biden-Xi: An Elaborately Choreographed Thaw

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With so much amiss between the U.S. and China (the pandemic, the “balloon incident,” China’s opposing views on the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Gaza wars, and America’s containment of tech exports to China), expectations may be so lowly rated…

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Power Corridor

House’s Two-Step Shuffle

Alabama Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, in the first big test of his leadership as House Speaker, led the charge to push through an extremely unique two-step plan this week to prevent a government shutdown.

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Policy & Power

The Cost of Climate Change Is Adding Up

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The annual US National Climate Assessment included an economic impact assessment for the first time, and it’s not pretty.

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Technology

The Former ‘Russian Google’ Wants Out of Russia

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Yandex, once Russia’s largest tech company, is looking to sell all of its Russian assets, Reuters and Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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Economics

Small Businesses Stall Amid Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates

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In a Goldman Sachs survey of more than 1,200 small businesses, 53% said they can’t afford to take out loans at their current rates.

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Regulation

UK Follows EU’s Lead With Its Own Carbon-Tax Plan

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The UK plans to press ahead with a carbon border adjustment mechanism, or levies on goods from countries with weaker climate regulations.

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Energy

Exxon Plans Expansion Into Lithium Production

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Exxon announced plans to enter the lithium production game in 2027, effectively elbowing its way into the electric vehicle supply chain.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Bots Struggle to Transition from Novelty to Money-Maker

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Sam Altman thinks big and spends big. But when it comes to a product that makes money, the whole AI thing can feel a little Metaverse-y…

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Industries

The Brain Tech Business Keeps Getting Buzzier

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The neural interface market is full of startups vying to put technology into the human brain, but which will actually make brains a business?

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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Chase Fuels AI Ambitions With New Patent

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JPMorgan Chase wants to be the finance industry’s AI frontrunner, filing patent after patent to secure its AI tech portfolio.

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Banking

Banking’s Fantastic Four Grab a Bigger Share of Industry Profits

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Of the roughly 4,400 operating banks in the US, nearly half of all banking profits in the third quarter came from just four.

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Patent Drop

Adobe May Add Face Swapping Tools to its AI Arsenal

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The company’s latest patent could have implications for training image generating AI without the copyright issues.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Automatic Data Center Patent Could Take on AWS

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Microsoft’s patent to sublet data centers close to the source could surpass the physical barriers that cloud innovation faces.

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Blockchain

Former FTX Execs Hope You Forget Their Old Employer

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A group of former FTX employees, who were key witnesses in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, are planning to launch a new crypto exchange.

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Inflation & Prices

Low-Wage Workers Are Losing Their Leverage

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Thanks to high demand for low-paying jobs in recent years, workers had plenty of leverage for bigger salaries and better perks.

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Big Tech

Tech Giants Win Regulatory Case in EU, But Tax Clouds Loom

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Meta, Google, and TikTok successfully argued that individual European countries can’t cook up their own laws for large digital platforms.

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Media & Entertainment

AMC Swung to a Profit, Still Needs More Cash

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AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, said Thursday that it filed to offer up to $350 million of stock.

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International Economics

Japan’s Central Bank Has an Unusual Foe: Inflation

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After decades of trying — and failing — to stoke inflation, Japan has finally been gifted steadily rising prices.

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Patent Drop

Apple Could Use Generative AI to Visualize Your Feelings

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The tech further adds to the company’s reported investment in generative AI, and shows that it wants to build up its health tech even further.

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Anthropic Moves Deeper into Financial Services with Claude for Advisors

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PEPs Are Popping Seven Years After Secure Act Passage

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