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The Business of a Record Parade: What 750,000 Fans Mean for Milwaukee
More than 750,000 fans at the Brewers parade turned a championship celebration into a major economic event for downtown Milwaukee, dwarfing the 400,000 organisers expected.
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Goldman Sachs Turns Bullish, Upgrading Global Stocks to ‘Overweight’ on Earnings Optimism
Goldman Sachs upgraded its three-month view on global equities to overweight, citing supportive earnings growth and more attractive valuations.
Technology
SpaceX Buys 800 MHz Spectrum in Reported $8 Billion Deal to Build Starlink Into a Mobile Carrier
SpaceX agreed to buy up to 14 MHz of 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Management in a reported $8 billion deal to turn Starlink Mobile into a US carrier.
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XRP Ledger Foundation Defends Emergency Patch After Bug That Could Have Minted Unlimited XRP
The XRP Ledger Foundation says an emergency fix in software version 3.4.1 closed a critical bug that could have bypassed the network's fixed supply — and insists no new XRP was created.
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Aerospace Industry Warns Trump’s $12 Billion Project Vault Stockpile Could Push Prices Higher
The Aerospace Industries Association has warned that Washington's $12 billion critical minerals stockpile risks competing with manufacturers for scarce supplies, potentially driving up prices.
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After the Oleshky Pause, Abu Dhabi Talks and a Kremlin Precedent Claim
The Kremlin says the Oleshky truce might serve as a precedent for localised ceasefires, while Ukraine points to trilateral working group talks in Abu Dhabi in e
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Trump Escalates Fed Pressure Campaign as Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year High
President Trump accused the Federal Reserve board of wanting "the country to do badly" as 30-year mortgage rates touched their highest point in nearly three years.
Business
Fed Holds at 3.75 to 4.00 Percent in a 10-2 Vote as December Hike Odds Rise
The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.75 percent to 4.00 percent on October 28 in a 10-2 vote, with Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissenting in favour of a hike, and markets pricing roughly an 85 percent chance of a December hike.
Technology
DeepMind Researchers Quit Over Military AI Contracts as Ethics Row Turns Into Exits
Several Google DeepMind researchers have resigned over the company's military AI contracts, with one saying the push into military operations made her ashamed to work at Google.
Sports
Game 5 Tonight: Milwaukee Gets a Second Chance to Clinch After a 12 Inning Heartbreak
Tampa Bay won Game 4 4-3 in 12 innings to force Game 5 on Wednesday night, with Milwaukee still leading the World Series 3-1 and needing one more win.
Entertainment
Netflix Cuts 1,000 Jobs in Biggest Layoff Since 2022 as Co-CEOs Sharpen Focus Before Earnings
Netflix is cutting about 1,000 jobs — six per cent of its workforce — as co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters sharpen focus before quarterly earnings.
Health
Trump Administration Finalizes Health Price Transparency Rules, Pressures Hospitals to Post Real Prices
New federal rules finalized October 5 require hospitals and insurers to publish actual dollar prices — and ban the "ghost rates" regulators say obscured real costs.
Science
NASA Opens Bidding for Private Space Stations to Replace the ISS by 2030
NASA released a 360-page request for proposals on October 9 inviting U.S. companies to design, build and operate commercial space stations to succeed the ISS.
