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Walmart AI Analytics Patent Highlights Retailer’s Tech Overhaul

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. It may aim to level the playing field with one competitor in particular: Amazon.

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What Fidelity’s Data Breach Means for Advisors

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Experts believe the perpetrator used tokens to access the personal information through improperly configured third-party code.

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Don’t Celebrate the 2-Year Bull Market Just Yet

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What’s a good gift for a mature bull? How about a dose of perspective? The stock market can sometimes be a victim of its own recent success.

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The Wealthtech That Quintupled Assets Year-Over-Year, Twice

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New funding and growth have launched the digital investment advisor Farther’s valuation to more than half a billion dollars.

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Consumer

LVMH’s Core Fashion Division Posts First Sales Drop Since COVID-19

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LVMH shares fell 3.7% after it announced that sales at its core division fell for the first time since 2020.

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Media & Entertainment

Diamond Sports is Seeking a Sports Betting Rebrand

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Diamond Sports wants to rebrand its portfolio of local Bally Sports regional sports networks (RSNs) and rebrand them.

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Energy

IEA Forecasts Fossil Fuel Surpluses by 2030

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The International Energy Agency predicts demand for fossil fuels will ebb pretty quickly as we move into the second half of the decade.

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Semiconductors

ASML’s Earnings Flub Sinks the Chip Sector

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On Tuesday, ASML accidentally published some disappointing earnings results a day earlier than scheduled, sending its share price down.

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Consumer

Google TikTokifies Its Shopping Service

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Google is revamping its shopping service into a more Instagram-slash-TikTok-esque feed, showing users an infinite scroll of products.

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Markets

Trading Windfall Pushes Wall Street to Surprisingly Strong Quarter

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How’d the financial giants — namely, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Bank of America — make out this quarter? Surprisingly well, it turns out.

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Big Brokers Beat Estimates in Strong Start to Earnings Season

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JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, among other banks and asset managers, beat analysts’ expectations in the third quarter.

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‘Burrito Scarfer’ CFP Board Ads Weren’t Meant for Advisors (Or, Even Adults)

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A new CFP Board ad campaign targeting college students and high schoolers missed the mark among members. That might be the point.

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Wall Street Pay Falls Further From Pandemic Highs

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The average New York City securities salary dropped 5.2% in 2023, mostly due to smaller bonuses, marking a drop from the pandemic highs.

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International Economics

The UK and Macau are Rethinking Their Gambling Economies in Different Ways

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UK officials are reportedly weighing hiking taxes on gambling, and Macau continues to wean itself off the industry.

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Healthcare

Will an Eyecare Company Be at the Center of the Year’s Biggest PE Deal?

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Bausch + Lomb has stirred up significant interest from the pair of private equity giants, TPG and Blackstone.

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Autos

EV Prices Old and New Are Coming Down

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Executives believe the market for electric vehicles is about to see a rebound in demand as prices come down.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Highlights Costs and Benefits of Generative AI Video

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Tons of companies are racing to build an AI video generation engine that actually works.

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Snap Patent Could Use Your Phone to Make AR Glasses Lighter

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For any company developing AR, a sleeker, longer-last form factor is the “end goal,” one expert said.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Blockchain Patent Could Make Financial Audits Easier

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Mastercard might use blockchain to straighten out transaction records.

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M&A

EY Delays New Hires’ Start Dates Due to Lackluster Deal Environment

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EY informed around 200 recent graduates hired for its Parthenon advisory division that their start dates have been postponed until mid-2025.

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OpenAI Teams Up With Amazon for Even More Computing Power

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Kimberly-Clark Takeover Offers $48 Billion of Pain Relief to Tylenol-Maker Kenvue

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Unease About Warren Buffett’s Retirement Overshadows Berkshire Earnings Beat

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