Anonymous A-Listers Lobby Congress Against Netflix-WBD Acquisition - Variety

A group of top filmmakers have penned an anonymous open letter to Congress lobbying against a potential Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

FDA chief says Biden administration withheld data on heart risk from Covid vaccines - NBC News

The Biden administration withheld data from the public on the risks of myocarditis from the Covid vaccine, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary claimed Thursday.

Meta’s Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts - Yahoo Finance

Executives are considering potential budget cuts as high as 30% for the metaverse group next year, which includes the virtual worlds product Meta Horizon...

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 Slip; Hims, Meta in Focus — Live Updates - The Wall Street Journal

Apple’s executive shake-up continues with departures of general counsel and policy head - TechCrunch

Apple loses two more top senior executives with exits of longtime general counsel Kate Adams and environmental VP Lisa Jackson. Meta’s Jennifer Newstead is set to join as new general counsel in 2026.

Ulta shares pop as beauty retailer hikes sales and earnings outlook for second straight quarter - CNBC

Ulta easily beat Wall Street's earnings expectations for its third quarter.

Money Grows On This Tree As Discount Retailers Crush Estimates - Investor's Business Daily

Dollar Tree, Five Below, Dollar General earnings wallop analyst views. DG stock surges, DLTR shares set to break out.

With bitcoin down to around $92,000, should you rethink how much crypto to own? Here’s what experts say. - MarketWatch

Financial institutions like BlackRock and Fidelity are now giving crypto recommendations too

Starbucks Workers United holds rally in NYC as strikes continue for a third week - CNBC

Several hundred picketers gathered outside of the Empire State Building, the site of a Starbucks Reserve location and the company's regional headquarters.

Detroit Three struggle in reliability ranking, but two brands are up - The Detroit News

Consumer Reports released its annual reliability and other rankings, which shows Asian brands leading the way.

US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China - Financial Times

Bipartisan bill is part of effort to stop Beijing from getting critical AI-related technology

Employers have cut 1.1 million jobs this year. Here's what's behind the wave of layoffs. - CBS News

Job cuts so far this year are at their highest levels since 2020, new report says.

Will Home Prices Finally Fall in 2026? - A Wealth of Common Sense

Housing prices don't fall that often.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits he works 7 days a week, including holidays, in a constant 'state of anxiety' out of fear of going bankrupt - Fortune

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says fear of failure is still what drives him—so he runs the business like it's going to go bankrupt in 33 days

Possible Metal Fragments in Bags of Shredded Cheese Spark Massive National Recall - CNET

Up to a million bags of potentially dangerous cheese were recalled from top retailers, including Aldi, Target and Walmart.

For Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory - Fortune

Fed rate-cut odds surge toward 90% as weak labor data, ADP losses, and Challenger layoffs fuel Wall Street hopes for a December move despite a divided FOMC.

Acting Chairman Pham Announces First-Ever Listed Spot Crypto Trading on U.S. Regulated Exchanges - Commodity Futures Trading Commission | CFTC (.gov)

CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham today announced that listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time in U.S. federally regulated markets on CFTC registered futures exchanges.

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers - BleepingComputer

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote code execution without authentication in React and Next.js applications.

C3.ai Stock (AI) Jumps on Securing NIH-CMS Data Foundation Work and Q2 Beat - TipRanks

Shares of C3.ai ($AI) are up 3% following news that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected the company to build a data foundation spanning th...

Analyst Updates Bolster Salesforce Stock (CRM) Post Q3 - TipRanks

Salesforce stock was on the rise Thursday as analysts updated their coverage following the company’s latest earnings report.

EU investigating Meta over policy change that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp - TechCrunch

The European Commission is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.

US filings for jobless benefits fall to 191,000, lowest since September of 2022 - AP News

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in more than three years last week, potentially complicating the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates. The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits for the week e…

Baby seal waddles into New Zealand bar and heads to the bathroom: "Everyone was in shock" - CBS News

Officials confirmed they received numerous reports from the public about a seal spotted in Richmond on Sunday before the fugitive turned up at the pub.

PRC State-Sponsored Actors Use BRICKSTORM Malware Across Public Sector and Information Technology Systems - CISA (.gov)

Fed Rate Cut Is Likely Next Week, but Don’t Expect Mortgage Rates To Budge - Realtor.com

FDA names Tracy Beth Høeg, fresh from vaccine safety probe, as acting head of drug center - Fierce Biotech

The FDA has named Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D., P | The FDA has named Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D., Ph.D., as acting director of its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, continuing the rapid ascent of a physician who rose to prominence during the pandemic.

IndiGo: Over 300 flights cancelled as airline in India faces 'staff shortage crisis' - BBC

Indigo said the disruptions were caused by technical glitches and the impact of updated crew roster rules.

Donald Trump Pardons Entertainment Executive Tim Leiweke Just 5 Months After POTUS’ DOJ Charged Him In Bid-Rigging Scheme - Deadline

The clemency came just five months after the DOJ charged him.

Toyota Just Teased the Successor to Japan’s Most Important Car of the Decade - Gear Patrol

Toyota's most-anticipated supercar of the decade debuts this Friday, complete with a Lexus version. Hold onto your butts.

'TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE' | Whitmer supports Michigan's biggest investment ever: Multi-billion dollar AI data center - WZZM13.com

The governor framed the project as balancing economic development with environmental protection.

Scott Bessent on well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous’ Giving Pledge: Billionaire class in panic - Fortune

“When you see that people have a stake in the system, they don’t want to bring the system down,” the Treasury secretary argued at the DealBook Summit.

Dollar Tree Boosts Outlook as Shoppers Continue to Seek Value - The Wall Street Journal

Trump Closes in on Fed Chair Pick. It’s a Boost for Cryptos and These Stocks and 5 Other Things to Know Today. - Barron's