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Bill Ackman speaks at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference on September 28, 2023.
  • Billionaire investor Bill Ackman netted $200 million by betting against 30-year Treasurys, sources told the Financial Times.
  • The profit helped Pershing Square's flagship fund gain 11.6% through the year to mid-October.
  • Ackman announced on Monday that he closed his short positions, citing growing risks. 

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Big changes are coming to Spotify’s royalty model, according to Music Business Worldwide (MBW). If and when they are implemented in early 2024, it will raise the bar for who gets paid from music streaming on the platform — and direct more money to major labels and artists.

Two of the three proposed changes should be relatively uncontroversial. According to



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Meta is rolling out a software update that lets Quest 3 users eke out more battery life at the expense of graphics quality.

In addition to this new Battery Saver mode, the v59 update also gives VR streamers a way to keep track of YouTube Live Chat within the headset, includes



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The cost of college has been rising for decades, outpacing the rate of inflation.
  • College can be worth the costs, time, and commitment involved, though numerous



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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on stage during a presentation at Google I/O in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023.
  • Alphabet stock dropped nearly 10% Wednesday following Tuesday's third-quarter earnings report.
  • Google said cloud-computing revenue climbed 22% to $8.41 billion in the quarter, missing estimates of $8.64 billion. 
  • "Owning Alphabet for its Cloud business is like rooting for



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Asus, Acer, MSI, Razer, and HP make some of the best 17-inch gaming laptops.

What's the biggest advantage that gaming laptops have over desktops? It's their built-in screens that let you play your favorite games anywhere. And though laptop screen size varies, we think the best 17-inch gaming laptops offer a



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Ken Griffin of Citadel told the Robin Hood conference that Nikki Haley, a GOP presidential candidate, was "a rockstar."
  • Citadel founder Ken Griffin said his one-time favorite candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, needs to win Iowa to have a chance.
  •  Griffin, who has been looking for an alternative to former President Donald Trump, called Nikki Haley a rockstar.
  • Griffin was

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A Russian serviceman adjusts the uniform of a conscript at a gathering point in Omsk on November 10, 2022.
  • So-called "torture pits" were dug at Russian military training grounds to punish troops, a report said.
  • A former soldier told Important Stories and the Conflict Intelligence Team that misbehaving troops were put in pits for up to a week. 
  • "People who came back from