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Sen. Warren Blasts Advice Industry Over ‘Kickbacks’

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Conflicts of interest may be costing retirement savers $5 billion a year in fixed-index annuities, an investigation found.

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Electric Vehicles

Toyota Invests $500 Million in Air Taxi Startup

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Toyota is investing $500 million into Joby Aviation, a California-based startup that wants to make flying taxis.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Closes Its Latest Funding Round with One Major Request

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As OpenAI wraps its latest funding round — a $6.6 billion raise at a $157 billion valuation — it’s asking financial backers for exclusivity.

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Banking

JPMorgan to Open Nearly 100 Chase Branches in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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JPMorgan Chase announced it will open nearly 100 brick-and-mortar locations in low-income inner-city and small-town American communities.

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Finance

Mastercard Buys Startup That Will Help You Manage Pesky Subscriptions

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Mastercard is acquiring Minna Technologies, which specializes in letting bank and card customers manage (and cancel) subscription services.

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Consumer

PepsiCo Adds Tortilla Chip Aficionado to Its Portfolio

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PepsiCo announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, another food M&A deal this year.

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Industrials

Boeing Weighs $10 Billion Stock Sale Amid Costly Strike

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Boeing is considering an emergency move: selling $10 billion in new stock to score some quick cash amid a union strike.

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Advisor Upside

Vanguard Sets Sights on Active Fixed Income

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Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji sees massive opportunities in active fixed income, and said it will play a larger role in retirement saving.

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Advisor Upside

Creative Planning Sells Minority Stake to TPG

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TPG acquired a minority stake in one of America’s largest independent wealth managers, which could put the advisor’s valuation at $15 billion.

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Advisor Upside

New ETF Taps Record Interest in Money Market Funds

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Texas Capital’s MMKT will look to capture inflows into the $6.4 trillion money market industry.

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Big Tech

Epic Games Keeps Google’s Feet to the Fire

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Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung, pulling the South Korean electronics giant into its long-running beef with Google.

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Real Estate

Murdoch’s REA Group Abandons Takeover Bid for Rightmove

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News Corp subsidiary REA Group abandoned its monthlong quest to take control of Rightmove, which rejected four “unattractive” bids.

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Economics

The Biggest Risk to a Soft Landing Might Just Be Jerome Powell

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Nearly 40% of 32 economists cited a “monetary policy mistake” as the “greatest downside risk to the U.S. economy over the next 12 months.”

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Patent Drop

Honda Wireless EV Charging Patent Highlights ‘Range Anxiety’ as Adoption Barrier

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Charging infrastructure remains one of the biggest hurdles for widespread EV adoption.

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Patent Drop

Zoom Engagement Analysis Patent Could Walk Privacy Line

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Zoom’s recent patent wants to make sure you’re participating in sales calls.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Wants to Solve Inaccuracy, Hallucination in AI Models

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hallucination in AI is a pervasive, core issue that might not be easily solvable.

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Media & Entertainment

Is Amazon Finally Breaking into the News Industry?

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The e-commerce and media titan is in talks with veteran TV news anchor Brian Williams to host an election night special, Variety reported.

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Healthcare

Controversial CEO of Bankrupt Steward Health Care to Resign

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Dallas-based Steward Health Care is may just well be the poster child for private equity investment in healthcare gone wrong.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI is Passing the First Stage of its Antitrust Era

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It’s not a hallucination: Artificial intelligence companies have actually managed to placate at least one national regulator.

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International Economics

The Rise of India’s Reckless Retail Investors

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Regulators worry that undisciplined and inexperienced investors are taking on way too much risk in the country’s overheated stock markets.

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FA Upside

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

Google Patent Highlights Costs and Benefits of Generative AI Video

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Snap Patent Could Use Your Phone to Make AR Glasses Lighter

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Mastercard Blockchain Patent Could Make Financial Audits Easier

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