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New York Fed President Backs Interest Rate Cuts to Protect Labor Market

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 1h

WILLIAMS: ".. the information suggested that the tariffs effects have been a little smaller than I expected. I think the shift is more on the employment side. The risks of a further slowdown in the labor market is something I’m very focused on."

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Delta Air Lines Expects Travel Rebound to Carry Into Holiday Season

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3h

$DAL | Delta Air Lines Expects Travel Rebound To Carry Into Holiday Season - WSJ

Delta Air Lines expects a resurgence in travel demand in recent weeks to carry into the fourth quarter, a marked turnaround from a turbulent start to the year.

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 11h

“.. working remotely for even a single day will now count for a full week.”

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 23h

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Cocoa prices plunge to 20-month low — but investment banks warn ‘extreme’ sell-off could create problems

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 1d

Cocoa prices "touched on their lowest levels since early 2024."

@cnbc.com

Cocoa futures extended losses this week after moving sharply lower.

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Wind Energy Assault Stings Red States - WSJ

Trump’s Wind Energy Assault Stings Red States

The nation’s top four wind power states all lean Republican, including Iowa, where the president’s disdain is reverberating.

Capitol agenda: Trump muddies the GOP shutdown message

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 1d

Capitol Agenda: Trump Muddies The GOP Shutdown Message - Politico

The President Has Repeatedly Gone Off-Script As Senators Gird For A Sixth Round Of Votes On Dueling CRs.

The president has repeatedly gone off-script as senators gird for a sixth round of votes on dueling CRs.

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 1d

(WSJ) - A host of alternative jobs data from Wall Street are pointing in the same direction: The U.S. labor market is losing steam.

The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There

In a federal data blackout, Wall Street numbers and surveys are filling the void, and the nongovernment numbers are telling the same basic story: Few companies are hiring.

Trump Open to Healthcare Talks With Democrats to End Shutdown

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

*BOSTIC: TURBULENCE LEADING FIRMS, HOUSEHOLDS TO BE CAUTIOUS

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

TRUMP: "We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. I’d like to see a deal made for great healthcare."

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Since the government shutdown began, Democrats and Republicans have been at an impasse over extending Obamacare subsidies.

Dell Hikes Estimates for Next Four Years on Strong AI Demand

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

(Reuters) - Europe's Airbus broke a major commercial barrier on Tuesday when its A320 family of planes overtook the Boeing 737 to become the most-delivered jetliner in history.

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

$DELL | Dell Hikes Estimates For Next Four Years On Strong AI Demand - BBG

Dell Technologies Inc. roughly doubled its growth estimates for sales and profit for the next two years, and said demand for artificial intelligence products will extend those higher projections at le...

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

$TSLA | Tesla expected to unveil lower-cost Model Y in push to reignite sales | Reuters

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Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. 4,000 flights in the U.S. on Monday have been delayed, including 29% arriving flights at Denver, 19% of Newark flights and 15% of Las Vegas ..”

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

"A new forecast by Adobe Analytics predicts that U.S. online sales will hit $253.4 billion this holiday season—the period from Nov. 1 through the end of the year—up 5.3% from the same period in 2024."

Holiday Online Sales to Rise as AI Shakes Up Shopping: Adobe

U.S. online sales are projected to jump 5.3% from 2024 throughout the holiday season, Adobe forecasts.

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OpenAI, AMD Announce Massive Computing Deal, Marking New Phase of AI Boom

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 2d

(Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threatening to ramp up pressure by ordering mass layoffs of federal workers.

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

TUDOR JONES: "My guess is that I think all the ingredients are in place for some kind of a blow off. History rhymes a lot, so I would think some version of it is going to happen again. If anything, now is so much more potentially explosive than 1999."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

TUDOR JONES: “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably not a chicken.”

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

* Amazon Prime
* Target’s Circle Week
* Walmart Deals

“With inflation, high interest rates, and economic uncertainty weighing heavy on Americans’ minds, sales events like Prime Deal Days have been resonating well.”

$AMZN $TGT $WMT

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

* Amazon Prime
* Target’s Circle Week
* Walmart Deals

“With inflation, high interest rates, and economic uncertainty weighing heavy on Americans’ minds, sales events like Prime Deal Days have been resonating well.”

$AMZN $TGT $WMT

www.barrons.com/articles/ama...

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

APOLLO: “Beginning to Look Like 2021?

Looking at annualized month-over-month growth rates shows that 60% of items in the CPI basket are growing faster than 3%. Is a second inflation mountain emerging?”

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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

$AMD shares skyrocketing premarket, up +21%.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

".. OpenAI will receive warrants for up to 160 million AMD shares, roughly 10% of the chip company, at 1 cent per share, awarded in phases, if OpenAI hits certain milestones .."

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Five-year agreement will challenge Nvidia’s market dominance, as OpenAI plans deployment of AMD’s new MI450 chips.

Trump’s Contradiction: Demanding Steep Rate Cuts for a ‘Booming’ Economy

Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s Contradiction: Demanding Steep Rate Cuts For A ‘Booming’ Economy - Bloomberg

When recent data showed the US economy grew by the fastest pace in nearly two years, the White House released a statement hailing the “Trump economy’s explosive growth,” which proved “so called ‘exper...

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