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Nvidia (NVDA) slips as Microsoft (MSFT) may deploy over 1 million Maia 300 chips next year to cut reliance.
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Stellantis Shares Rise 2% After EU-China Hybrid Deal
Stellantis (STLA) rose as an EU-China understanding could cut Chinese hybrid exports by over half.
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Nasdaq Meta stock rises 4% on Muse Wonder AI launch
Meta shares rose about 4% on Monday after it launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier AI models, to rival OpenAI and Anthropic.
Technology5 min read
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Amazon in Talks to Buy Decart for $7B in 2026
Amazon is in talks to buy Decart, an Israeli-founded real-time AI video and chip-portability startup, for about $7B. Talks are ongoing and no deal is final.
AI4 min read
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The Three Fundamental Drivers
Every economy - no matter how complex it looks - is powered by three simple forces working in a loop. A short walkthrough of Ray Dalio's three fundamental drivers - productivity, transactions, and credit - and how their interplay explains everything from everyday spending to booms, busts, and the policy levers governments pull during a recession.
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Bitcoin Near $84,000 as Bond Yields Weigh on Crypto
Bitcoin is stuck near $84,000 as Treasury yields hold above 5%, yet crypto-linked stocks Coinbase, Strategy and American Bitcoin edged higher on Monday.
Markets6 min read
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Taiwan Stocks Slip 0.02% as China Live-Fire Drills Begin
Taiwan's TAIEX (^TWII) ends at 49,301.96 as China holds drills in five zones, nearest off Zhejiang.
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Goldman Upgrades Global Equities to Overweight in 2026
Goldman Sachs upgraded global equities to overweight, citing earnings growth, with S&P 500 Q3 profits forecast up about 27% as the reporting season begins.
Markets6 min read
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North Korea Fires Missiles 900 km in 16th Launch of 2026
Pyongyang's launch followed Seoul's hypersonic test; KOSPI (^KS11) fell 3.65% mainly on a chip sell-off.
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Apple Cuts iPhone 18 Pro Orders 15% as Demand Cools
Apple (AAPL) told suppliers to trim iPhone 18 Pro component orders by at least 15% for October as a $100 price rise and costly memory chips weigh on demand.
Technology4 min read
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What Is an Economy? Definition & Meaning
An economy is the system a society uses to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services. Learn its meaning, components, and the 3 questions it answers.
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Rivercell raises €22M seed for AI virtual cell, 2026
Rivercell, a Paris AI drug-discovery startup, came out of stealth with a €22M seed round led by HV. It is building a cell-response data platform and an AI "virtual cell".
Funding4 min read
CCC Intelligent Solutions Stock Jumps 9.8% After Buyout Talks
CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC) reached $7.71 as GTCR and Elliott neared a deal to buy the software maker.
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IonQ Stock Falls 9% After $1.3B Elisity Acquisition
IonQ (IONQ) will pay up to $1.3B in its own shares for Elisity, and quantum peers D-Wave and Rigetti slid 4%.
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Starbucks (SBUX) Says It Is Not Buying Chipotle (CMG)
Starbucks ended days of takeover speculation on October 12, 2026, saying it is not buying Chipotle, and Chipotle shares dropped more than 4% as the deal premium came out.
Business & Earnings4 min read
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CCC Intelligent Solutions Jumps 10% on GTCR, Elliott Talks
CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS) jumped about 10% as GTCR and Elliott entered advanced talks to take the auto-insurance software maker private this week.
Business & Earnings4 min read
Salesforce Stock Jumps 4% After Bank of America Upgrade
Salesforce (CRM) trades near $237 as BofA lifts its price target to $285 from $160 on AI optimism.
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Rein Security's $25M Series A: 2026 AI Agent Security Bet
Rein Security, an Israeli startup, raised a $25M Series A co-led by Glilot Capital and Sienna VC. It secures AI agents inside enterprises, and revenue is up eightfold since January.
Funding4 min read
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Salesforce, Adobe Split as Analyst Calls Diverge
Salesforce (CRM) rose about 4% on a Bank of America double upgrade while Adobe (ADBE) fell 4% on a Wells Fargo double downgrade, splitting software stocks.
Markets7 min read
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Lululemon (LULU) Hits 8.5-Year Low as Burry Swaps Into Deckers
Lululemon shares fell to $91.28, their lowest in about 8.5 years, after Michael Burry sold the stock for a tax loss and moved the money into Deckers.
Business & Earnings6 min read
Fed December Rate Hike Odds Hit 75% as Warsh Speech Nears
Traders see just a 17% chance of an October 28 hike after weak jobs data, with Warsh due in Bangkok.
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How Money, Credit, and Debt Flow Through the Economy
Where does money actually come from, and how does credit turn into debt? A short walkthrough of how money, credit, and debt move through an economy - the three jobs money does, how credit creates purchasing power before savings exist, why every credit transaction creates a matching debt, and the line between sustainable borrowing and a debt spiral.
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Anthropic's $60B Chip Debt Deal: Broadcom's Role Explained
Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are syndicating a record $60B debt package for Anthropic's Google TPU lease, with Broadcom as guarantor.
Technology4 min read
Moderna and Novavax jump 14–16% on Friday as biotech rallies on a federal cancer-vaccine push
The Friday gains came days after a plague-scare spike faded. Sources tie them mainly to a report on a national cancer-vaccine effort, not to the Russian plague case or Vaxcyte's trial result.
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Phantom GI raises $5M seed for needle-based ostomy device
Phantom GI, a Tel Aviv medtech startup, raised a $5M seed round led by Pitango HealthTech. It is developing a less invasive device for bowel-obstruction patients.
Funding4 min read
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US September CPI: Fed Rate Hike Bets Ride on Core
US September CPI, due Wednesday, is forecast to lift headline inflation to 3.7% on gasoline, while core data sets October Fed rate hike odds near 1 in 5.
Economy5 min read
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Brent Crude Slips to $103 After Energy Ceasefire Claim
Brent crude (BZ=F) trades near $103 and US WTI near $90 as Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy sites continue.
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Constellation (CEG) Lands Google Nuclear Deal for AI Power
Google and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year deal for 890 MW of new nuclear capacity, a $4.3 billion upgrade plan that sent CEG up 12% on October 6.
Technology5 min read
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Why Economies Boom and Bust Every 5–8 Years
Why do economies repeat the same boom-and-bust pattern roughly every 5–8 years? A short walkthrough of the short-term debt cycle - how expanding credit drives spending and confidence to a peak, why rising rates and tighter lending turn the tide, and how the contraction and trough finally clear the way for the next recovery.
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KOSPI Falls 3.65% as Foreign Selling Hits Chip Stocks
KOSPI (^KS11) closed at 6,384 as Samsung and SK Hynix fell over 4% on oil, inflation and AI-bubble worries.
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Kospi Falls 3.7% Below 6,400 on 10th Day of Foreign Selling
South Korea's Kospi fell 3.65% to 6,384.24 on Monday as foreign investors sold for a tenth straight session, pulling Samsung Electronics and SK hynix down more than 4%.
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Amazon in Talks to Buy Decart for $7B After Anthropic Exit
Amazon (AMZN) is weighing a Decart deal that is 75% above its May value, as Nvidia also eyed the startup.
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Gold Slips to $4,190 as Rate-Hike Odds Stay High
Gold (XAU) trades 25% below its $5,600 January record as rate-hike bets outweigh Middle East risk
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Energy Ceasefire: Trump Claims Deal, Kremlin Silent
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire, but the Kremlin has not confirmed it and Zelenskyy reports continuing Russian strikes.
Geopolitics6 min read
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Arena Raises $200M at $3.1B Valuation in 2026
Arena, a San Francisco AI model-evaluation platform, raised a $200M Series B at a $3.1B valuation, led by Lightspeed and Khosla.
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Tesla Stock Jumps 5% After Q3 Delivery Beat
Tesla (TSLA) delivered 486,532 vehicles, 24,600 above forecasts, as Shanghai sales grew for an 11th month.
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Why Booms Span Decades and Busts Can Last Generations
Why do some booms run for decades and some busts haunt entire generations? A short walkthrough of the long-term debt cycle - how debt accumulates across multiple short-term cycles until interest payments swallow incomes, why a deleveraging is the only way out, and how deleveragings have actually played out in the 1920s, the post-war boom, and the run-up to 2008.
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Gold Slides to $4,100 as Yields Hit Highest Since 2002
Gold fell to a two-month low near $4,100 as a stronger dollar and Treasury yields at their highest since 2002 weighed on bullion as Fed rate hike bets linger.
Economy6 min read
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Delta Air Lines Q3 2026: First Miss in Two Years
Delta Air Lines (DAL) missed Q3 2026 earnings for the first time in two years and cut its 2026 profit outlook by nearly a quarter as fuel costs rose 62%.
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