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Google has agreed to pay German publishers €3.2mn per year for publishing their content on its News search engine. The compensation is part of an interim agreement between the tech giant and Corint Media, pending a decision by the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), which will determine the final (and potentially higher) amount. Corint Media is a European corporation that represents the

• Home foreclosure activity is surging in the US, attesting to financial pain among homeowners.
• Foreclosure filings jumped 34% over the past year to the highest level since the start of the pandemic.
• That comes amid an already-precarious time for the US housing market, which has been slammed by high rates.

Home foreclosure activity in the US  surged to the highest

• TikTok became obsessed with pickle-jar sweatshirts this summer, driving tens of thousands of sales.
• One merchant, Jessica Slone, has sold over 43,000 sweatshirts through TikTok Shop.
• Slone has become a de facto brinefluencer, receiving swag and other

Microsoft just finalized its giant $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard earlier today. Xbox chief Phil Spencer has now welcomed Activision Blizzard King employees to Xbox in an internal memo to all of Microsoft’s full-time employees today.

“We couldn’t be more excited that Activision Blizzard employees are our colleagues, co

• US stocks jumped on Friday as bond yields continue to see downward pressure.
• The 10-year Treasury yield fell 10 basis points to 4.60%, which is 28 basis points below its recent 52-week high.
• Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker made dovish comments, signaling that the Fed is done hiking rates.

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US stocks jumped on Friday as bond yields continue to experience downside pressure

• Tech stocks are about to surge again thanks to stellar third-quarter earnings, according to Wedbush.
• The sector started the year on an AI-powered tear, but that rally has ground to a halt in recent months.
• Tech will shake off

• US crude oil production surged to a record high of 13.2 million barrels a day last week.
• The new high comes amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
• Oil prices have also jumped in recent months, with Brent crude up 24% since June.

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Our Chart of the Day is from YCharts, which shows that US oil production surged to a record high of 13.2 million barrels a day last week. 

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• After Hamas' attacks on Israel over the weekend, Gaza is under siege.
• Israel has cut off food, water, fuel, and electricity to the Palestinian enclave.
• The restrictions "mean that aid agencies can't bring in more aid from outside," one NGO told Insider.

NGOs

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