This week’s stack is all signal. Google’s arming marketers for Q4 while its cloud business leans harder into AI monetization; OpenAI moves closer to controlling its silicon destiny with Broadcom as Microsoft diversifies its model suppliers; and utilities warn that world-changing AI may come with a bigger power bill. Regulators aren’t idling either. Regulators aren’t idling. Washington floated a crypto revamp, an AI “sandbox,” and new questions about kids’ safety online — while courts clipped political interference at the Fed. Markets rallied around AI winners: Oracle surged on massive AI deals and Klarna’s debut jumped, while mortgage activity thawed as rates eased and covered-call strategies spread. In healthcare, jobs remain a rare bright spot as leaders reassert vaccine science and the FTC targets non-compete practices.
News Trends to Watch
AI & Tech
- Adweek: Google Unveils New AI Marketing Tools Ahead of Holiday Season
- CNBC: Google Cloud chief details how search giant is making billions monetizing its AI products
- Financial Times: OpenAI set to start mass production of its own AI chips with Broadcom
- Forbes: World-Changing AI Is Raising US Electricity Bills
- The Information: Microsoft to Buy AI From Anthropic in Partial Shift From OpenAI
Politics and Regulation:
- Reuters: US SEC unveils agenda to revamp crypto policies, ease Wall Street rules
- Reuters: US Senator Cruz proposes AI ‘sandbox’ to ease regulations on tech companies
- Reuters: Wall Street regulator says it has concerns over European ESG rules
- The Wall Street Journal: FTC Prepares to Question AI Companies Over Impact on Children
- The Wall Street Journal: Judge Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Finance & Investment
- AP News: Klarna shares jump 30% in their debut on Wall Street
- Bloomberg: US Mortgage Rates at 11-Month Low Rekindle Home Finance Activity
- Forbes: What Is ‘Human-In-The-Loop’ And Why It Matters For AI In Finance
- Reuters: Wall Street’s record rise spurs growth of covered call strategies
- The Wall Street Journal:Oracle Shares Skyrocket as Software Giant Scores Massive AI Deals
Healthcare
- KFF Health News: Researchers Shift Tactics To Tackle Extremism as Public Health Threat
- Reuters: US FTC issues warnings on non-compete practices to healthcare employers, staffing companies
- TIME: As RFK Jr. Unveils Health Report, Medical Leaders Press Their Own Message: Vaccines Work
- The Wall Street Journal: Healthcare Jobs Are a Rare Bright Spot in the Stalling Labor Market
Clients in the News
- Bloomberg: Baird Acquires Stake in Canada’s Sagard in Private Funds Push (Sagard)
- Denver Business Journal: DC-based REIT expands Denver footprint with purchase of aerospace company facility (Eastery Government Properties)
- Family Wealth Report: Who’s Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Fortress, Athena, Others (Athena Capital)
- Fintech Newscast: Prometeo Co-CEO Ximena Aleman (Prometeo)
- Forbes: Better.com Promises 24-Hour HELOC Approvals As Americans Tap Record Home Equity (Better.com)
- Tearsheet:Announcing the winners of The Big Bank Theory Awards 2025 (Extend)
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