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Yvonne Bajela is bringing $17M in fresh capital to Europe’s startup scene
Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech.
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Cheap flights in Europe face a fuel cost reckoning as Ryanair’s CEO says fares could rise up to 20% next year because of the Iran war
Michael O’Leary warns that European airfares could rise as much as 20% in 2027 as the Iran war drives up fuel costs and forces airlines to cut flights.
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‘Fastest entertainment property in history’: GTA VI arrives to test a thin November box office
A24’s You Can See Everything took No. 1 with $11.4 million as studios sat out Halloween. November brings Hunger Games, Focker In-Law, and Rockstar’s 13-years-in-the-making sequel.
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New Apple CEO John Ternus chalks up some early wins, but the honeymoon is over
Apple beat earnings expectations Monday, but it’s facing surging memory chip costs and investor questions about its new Siri AI product.
Business / Fortune ·
How Trump’s trade policy is handing Asia to Beijing
Usually, U.S. statecraft is designed to help American companies succeed abroad. President Donald Trump’s trade program is having the reverse effect.
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Sweetgreen managers could earn more than $200,000 a year under a new pay plan, as the salad chain bets higher pay will lift sales
Starting in 2027, the salad chain will raise base pay by up to 45% at higher-volume stores and give managers a cut of revenue when their restaurants beat sales targets.
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The Pentagon is investigating if rogue freezers are tied to cyberattacks in France. Another wave of hacks is hitting supermarkets across Europe
Last month, hundreds of French grocery store freezers were hacked. In August, half a dozen U.S. military commissaries experienced similar outages.
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Apple outpaces sales expectations as it continues to battle surging memory chip costs
Monday’s earnings report is the first under new CEO John Ternus.
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In-N-Out may expand to these 3 states next, owner Lynsi Snyder says, as the 445-location burger chain pushes farther east
Snyder told actor Terry Crews in an interview on the company’s website that the chain’s Texas supply route to Tennessee could make all three states a natural next step.
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Palantir’s revenue rises 96% to $2.3 billion as investors’ patience rests on a hair trigger
Palantir Technologies shares rose 1.5% before falling amid a spreading AI selloff in other tech stocks.
Business / Fortune ·
After topping 2024’s donor list, Elon Musk said he’d do ‘a lot less.’ Since then, he’s given more than George Soros has personally in his lifetime
Musk has given $427 million to federal political groups since May 2025. Soros has given $243 million of his own money since 1979.
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AI is just the newest threat to Etsy’s handmade promise
New rules target AI-generated listings, but shoppers say copied designs and fake “handmade” goods were eroding their confidence long before.
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Americans now spend nearly half of their budgets on food and housing alone, the biggest share in 15 years
Housing and food spending rose faster than inflation in 2025, just as consumer sentiment is stuck near all-time lows.
Business / Fortune ·
The AI boom is facing another supply crunch. This time it’s the amount of capital available to feed Silicon Valley’s endless need for cash
"Now, another concern is moving to the forefront: Does enough capital even exist to finance everyone's ambitious AI spending plans?"
Business / Fortune ·
A prank meant to humiliate a Red Baron worker backfired—now strangers have given the dad of 4 more than $760,000
A viral stunt aimed at a Michigan father stocking frozen pizzas late at night has turned him into a symbol of America’s affordability squeeze, and made the prankster an online pariah.
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Bitcoin giant Strategy, unfazed by Binance hack, adds over $65 million BTC to its holdings
The corporate crypto bull’s latest buying run coincided with hackers draining $6.3 billion from Binance.
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Following a sudden GOP slide, a top data scientist’s model gives Democrats 90% odds of taking the Senate as Kansas trends blue in major shock
In Kansas, Sen. Roger Marshall looked on track for easy re-election just two months ago at around 75%. His number's dipped to 43.9%, and suffered a 7.1% drop just in the past 24 hours.
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As Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the ultra-rich flee California, one 34-year-old tech billionaire is ‘not running’—he ‘wants to fight’ for the state
Oculus VR and Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey, worth $5.9 billion, opposes the proposed tax hike but is opting to stay: “California is something special.”
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Anthropic’s growth slowed and costs jumped in the third quarter, updated IPO filing shows
Anthropic's amended S-1 adds third-quarter results: revenue rose to $17 billion, but growth slowed and the AI lab swung back to an operating loss.
Business / Fortune ·
From Wall Street heirs to telecoms tycoons, at least half of major U.S. Senate candidates are millionaires—and some are worth upwards of $200 million
While millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, some U.S. Senate candidates like Mark Warner and Pete Ricketts are worth as much as $200 million.
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‘A major risk to the global economy’: BofA warns about the AI boom the day before a midterm vote framed around data-center backlash
Voters in 10 states decide 41 data-center measures Tuesday. BofA’s economists warn a sustained AI correction is a major risk to the global economy.
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Weil Gotshal’s collapse highlights the risk of building a business around star talent
The law firm’s dissolution raises broader questions about the sustainability of business models heavily dependent on high-profile individuals.
Business / Fortune ·
Gordon Ritter: who owns the intelligence economy?
AI systems learn from how people reason and decide. Nobody has yet decided who owns what they learn.
Business / Fortune ·
A Microsoft exec says AI is killing the career ladder. But its replacement comes with a catch
Without a clear checklist for promotions, historically marginalized workers may face an intimidating climb.