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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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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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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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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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Real Estate

Zillow Adds Climate Risks to Home Listings

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Zillow will be adding climate risk scores and insurance information to for-sale listings on its online marketplace.

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Finance

Citigroup and Apollo Strike $25 Billion Partnership in White-Hot Private Credit Market

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Citigroup and asset management giant Apollo Global announced an alliance to source $25 billion worth of deals in the next half-decade.

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Energy

Saudi Arabia Gives Up Trying to Drive Oil Higher

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Saudi Arabia, the biggest and most influential member of OPEC, is abandoning its goal of driving the price of an oil barrel up to $100.

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Patent Drop

Meta Could Face Cost Obstacles in AR Glasses Goals

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Though artificial reality took center stage at Meta Connect, the company faces headwinds in making AR glasses an everyday reality.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Continues Crypto Crusade with Seamless Transaction Patents

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Mastercard’s interest in this tech could help legitimize crypto in the broader scheme of traditional finance.

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Patent Drop

Google Social Media Patents Add to YouTube’s AI Upgrade

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The filings add to Google’s larger bid to build AI into YouTube’s offerings, though AI could present risks in this context.

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