Y Combinator

Investments

Silicon Valley Incubator Backs Its First Defense Company

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Y Combinator is backing Ares Industries, a defense company that builds “low-cost cruise missiles.” It previously avoided the defense market.

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Media & Entertainment

Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban

A federal appeals court upheld the “TikTok Ban” that would force China-based ByteDance to sell its app next month or face exile from the US.

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Indicators

Inflation Report Will Test Fed’s Plans and Bull Market’s Steam

The market’s sunny optimism, set against wintry December, will face a Game of Thrones-like test this Wednesday: an inflation report is coming.

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International Economics

US Markets Represents 70% of Total World Market Capitalization

What this means, however, is that the next time American markets tumble, it won’t just be America’s problem.

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