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Consumer

Black Friday Awash With Green As Markets Finish Their Best Month of 2024

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Despite fears of skittishness, US consumers poured a record amount of cash into online retail on Black Friday.

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Industry News

AI Won’t Replace Advisors. But It Will Transform the Industry.

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AI won’t treat us to a round of golf to discuss investment strategies. But the technology is already a game changer for financial advisors

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Technology

PC Market’s Recovery Dreams Interrupted By HP, Dell Sales Nightmare

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Byte-sized sales results from Hewlett Packard (HP) and Dell dented hopes of a rebound in the sluggish PC market.

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Social Media

Reddit’s Expansion Hinges on AI Translation and Sprinkling in some Google Magic

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Reddit, the world’s newest publicly-traded social media company, intends to chase growth by breaking into new markets.

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Inflation & Prices

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Just Ticked Back Up

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The last mile is always the hardest. For the Federal Reserve, the last mile in its race to tame inflation just got even harder.

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Industries

US Airlines Pull in Billions a Year in ‘Junk Fees’, Senate Report Says

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Tuesday’s Senate report is a sort of parting shot to the airline industry from the outgoing Biden Administration.

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Banking

Wells Fargo’s Costly Asset Cap Likely to Be Lifted in 2025

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America’s fourth largest bank has been barred by US regulators from adding assets to its balance sheet since 2018.

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International Economics

Trump Vows Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

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Trump promised in a Truth post to levy via 25% tariffs “on ALL products coming into the United States” from Mexico and Canada.

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Power Corridor

The Bounds of Trump’s Friendship with Elon Musk

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Donald Trump has forged an alliance with Elon Musk, but history shows the two have trouble working together. And then there’s China…

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Advisor Upside

Schwab’s Incoming CEO Wurster on ‘Big Shoes’ and Positive Vibes

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Rick Wurster has been with Schwab since 2016 and is set to take the helm of the almost $10 trillion discount brokerage in January.

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Advisor Upside

CI Financial to be Taken Private in Deal with Mubadala Capital

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The deal expands Mubadala Capital’s reach in the US while giving CI Financial additional backing after years of snapping up RIAs.

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Advisor Upside

How ETFs Can Help When Rates Are Going Up or Down

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Advisors know exchange-traded funds as a way to invest in broad market indexes, but they are great for bond management, too.

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Consumer

Macy’s Says Accounting Worker Hid $154 Million in Expenses

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Macy’s shocked markets Monday when it discovered a single worker hid up to $154 million in delivery expenses over the last three years.

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Media & Entertainment

Sony Takes the Console Wars Out on the Streets

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Plans for a hand-held PlayStation device show the game isn’t really about selling units anymore, it’s about hoarding consumers’ attention.

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Autos

California May Introduce Electric Vehicle Rebates if Federal Tax Credit Axed

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Gavin Newsom said the Golden State “will intervene” and provide rebates to residents on its own if the tax credit goes the way of the Fisker.

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Patent Drop

Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

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A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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Patent Drop

Why Salesforce Might Be Eying AI Image Generation

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The tech could make graphics generation more intuitive as the company continues its push towards AI agents.

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Patent Drop

As Cars Get Smarter, Personalization Presents Privacy Problems

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Ford may want to authenticate your face when you get behind the wheel.

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Energy

After Near Decade of Talks, a Global Carbon Credit Trading Deal at COP29

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Countries at the United Nations COP29 climate summit struck a deal on the basic rules to launch an international carbon trading market.

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Media & Entertainment

This Year, Hollywood is Thankful for Big Franchises

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Three major event films — Wicked, Gladiator II, and Moana 2 — set to dominate multiplex screens this Thanksgiving week.

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FA Upside

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

OPEC+ Once Again Moves to Cut Production

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Natural Disasters Cost the Insurance Industry $135 billion this year

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Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital Takes Big Step Into US Credit Market

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