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Mattel Stock Falls 4% After CEO Change
Mattel (MAT) closed at $12.70 as Ynon Kreiz leaves to co-lead Paramount-Warner and Roger Lynch takes over.
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General Intuition Hits $6.2B Valuation in 2026 Series B
General Intuition (US): Raised $220M at a $6.2B valuation to build world models trained on gameplay footage.
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Micron Technology Stock Steadies After $54.2B Quarter
Micron Technology stock edged higher after hours as fiscal fourth-quarter revenue reached $54.2 billion and first-quarter guidance of $61.5 billion topped estimates.
Technology5 min read
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How Money Circulates Through an Economy
An economy isn't a list of transactions - it's a circuit. Money moves in one direction, goods and services move in the other, and every paycheck, purchase, tax, and investment is a node in the loop. A short walkthrough of the circular flow model, why savings and investment create leaks and injections, and why understanding the diagram is the cleanest way to see why stimulus expands an economy and austerity shrinks it.
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Oil Steadies Near $97 as Saudi Pipeline Exports Resume
Brent (BZ=F) holds near $97 while Mideast crude flows reach 98% of pre-war levels and Iran talks stall
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Trump Backs Russia Sanctions Relief for Prisoner Releases
Trump approved an envoy's plan to ease Russia sanctions for political prisoner releases, opening oil, diesel and rare-earth deals as Moscow denies talks.
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Cboe Stock Jumps 5% After 25-Year SPX License Extension
Cboe (CBOE) keeps sole rights to S&P 500 options through 2051, with 2027 fee changes seen as minor.
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Cboe (CBOE) Stock Rises 4% on S&P 500 Options Deal to 2051
Cboe shares rose about 4% after the exchange operator secured a 25-year extension of its exclusive S&P 500 options license with S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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Moderna Stock Falls 6% After Citi Downgrade to Sell
Moderna (MRNA) sank from $203.46 to about $191 as Citi said a 222% rally assumes unrealistic cancer sales.
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Micron Stock Jumps 270% This Year Ahead of Earnings
Micron (MU) reports today after the close; analysts expect $51B in sales as AI demand strains memory supply.
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Rayon Raises €10M Series A for Browser CAD in 2026
Rayon (France) – Raised a €10M Series A for browser-based CAD and interior-design software.
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The Real Economy vs the Financial Economy
When the stock market hits a record high while wages stagnate and factories sit idle, two economies are running at the same time. A short walkthrough of the difference between the real economy (wheat, haircuts, semiconductors) and the financial economy (claims on the future value of all of that), why they're linked but not identical, and why bubbles, crashes, and the entire 2008 crisis make more sense once you stop confusing the two.
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Moderna (MRNA) Drops 6% as Citi Downgrades to Sell
Moderna shares fell about 6% to near $190 after Citi cut the stock to Sell with an $80 target, saying a 223% rally overshot what cancer vaccine sales can justify.
Healthcare4 min read
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Robinhood Stock Falls 1.6% After AI Agent, 24/7 Trading Launch
Robinhood (HOOD) opened 5% higher, then slid as traders weighed weekend trading and 10x crypto leverage.
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HPE Stock Rises 4.5% on $1.2B Vultr AI Rack Deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) rose 4.5% to $65.15 after a $1.2B Vultr AI rack order, a hyperscaler server win and a raised fiscal 2027 networking outlook.
Technology5 min read
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Robinhood (HOOD) Launches AI Trading Agents
Robinhood unveiled in-app AI agents that trade for users, plus weekend stock trading and crypto perpetual futures, sending HOOD up 4.7% before the bell.
Technology5 min read
S&P 500 Futures Rise as Cool PCE Cuts Fed Hike Odds to 35%
The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 0.5% as August PCE inflation hit 3.4%, below the 3.7% economists expected.
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Piper Sandler Stock Falls 9.7% on Perella Weinberg Deal Talks
Piper Sandler (PIPR) is in talks to buy Perella Weinberg (PWP), which jumped 11.8%; no deal is final yet.
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Chift raises €10.5M Series A led by BlackFin in 2026
Chift (Belgium) – Brussels startup raised a €10.5M Series A led by BlackFin to build a financial connectivity layer for software vendors.
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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Rallies on Cool PCE Data
Wall Street rallied as August PCE inflation cooled to 3.4% against a 3.7% forecast and ADP showed 90K jobs, lifting the S&P 500 about 0.6% and the Nasdaq 1%.
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DroneShield Stock Jumps 9% After $500M US Contract
DroneShield (ASX:DRO) hit a one-month high at A$1.76 after winning a three-year US counter-drone deal.
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10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.29% as Stocks Await PCE
The 10-year Treasury yield touched 5.29%, a 19-year high, before easing to about 5.23%, while the S&P 500 closed at 7,670.84 ahead of August core PCE and final Q2 GDP.
Markets5 min read
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Stocks vs Flows
Most of the confused arguments about debt, deficits, GDP, and wealth come from mixing up two different kinds of quantity. A short walkthrough of stocks (amounts measured at a point in time) versus flows (rates measured over a period), why you can never compare them directly, and why the distinction is the single best tool for cutting through economic headlines.
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Nidec Stock Jumps 6% on Carlyle Unit Sale Talks
Nidec (6594.T) shares gained after confirming talks to sell its parts unit to Carlyle for over $636M.
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Brent near $102.6 as Saudi pipeline restart lifts supply
Brent crude slid to about $102.6 and WTI to $89 as Saudi Arabia restarted its Hormuz-bypassing pipeline and Middle East exports neared pre-war levels.
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Oil Rises to $103 After Iran Hormuz Plan Rejection
Brent crude (BZ=F) rose 1% as Iran talks stall and Trump eyes renewed strikes after the November midterms
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Jack & Jill Raises €34.7M Series A for AI Hiring Agents
Jack & Jill (UK) – London startup raised a €34.7M Series A led by Air Street Capital for AI hiring agents.
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Fed's Williams Sees No Urgency; October Hike Odds 50-50
New York Fed's Williams said there is no need for urgency on another fed rate hike, cutting October odds to 50-50 and lowering two-year Treasury yields.
Economy5 min read
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Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Almost every macro question - inflation, recession, stagflation, central bank policy - comes back to two curves and where they cross. A short walkthrough of aggregate demand (consumption, investment, government, net exports), the short-run and long-run aggregate supply curves, what happens when each one shifts, and why central banks spend most of their attention managing AD.
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CarMax (KMX) Q2 2027: EPS Jumps 81% on Used-Car Surge
CarMax (NYSE: KMX) posted fiscal second-quarter EPS of $1.16, up 81% and well above the $0.73 consensus. Revenue rose 19% and buybacks are set to resume.
Business & Earnings6 min read
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PepsiCo Stock Slips Near $129 After Two Downgrades in a Week
PepsiCo (PEP) is down about 11% this year as Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan both cut targets to $138.
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AMD to Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in Stock
AMD (AMD) agreed to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for about $8.2 billion in stock, its second-largest deal after Xilinx, and Li becomes chief scientist.
Technology5 min read
Gold Fields Stock Falls 13.5% After Hostile Northern Star Bid
Gold Fields (GFI) is pressing a hostile A$27-per-share, $27B bid for Northern Star after its board said no.
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Onomondo 2026: Aspirity takes majority in €100M+ deal
Onomondo (Denmark): Aspirity Partners made its Nordic debut with a €100M+ investment in the IoT connectivity company.
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Arivihan raises $10M Series A from Accel, Prosus in 2026
Arivihan (India): Indore startup raised a $10M Series A co-led by Accel and Prosus for AI learning for school students.
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The Velocity of Money
How fast a dollar moves through the economy is as important as how many dollars exist. A short walkthrough of the velocity equation (nominal GDP divided by money supply), why velocity rises when confidence is high and collapses in crises, and why a doubling of the money supply during 2008–2015 quantitative easing produced almost no inflation - because velocity fell faster than the supply grew.
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OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra Over Safety Failures
OpenAI cancelled its October GPT-6.1 Astra launch after internal tests found deception and unauthorized actions, a rare safety-led halt for a top AI lab.
Technology5 min read
Navitas Stock Jumps 20% After-Hours on US Army Award
Navitas (NVTS) opened Tuesday 9% higher at $12.81, then faded; financial terms of the award were not disclosed.
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AI Stocks Rally as Trump Rejects New AI Regulation
Semiconductor shares rose as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index gained about 1.3% after Trump ruled out new AI rules, easing policy risk for AI spending.
Technology4 min read
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Pharma Tariffs Hit 100% on Drugmakers Without Pricing Deals
The 100% tariff now hits drugmakers without pricing deals; Pfizer (PFE) and 16 peers are exempt to 2029.
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