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Elon Musk’s xAI may be the next AI company to do a creative financing deal involving Nvidia

By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 10/7/2025 10:48 PM

xAI reportedly is looking to raise $20 billion — with Nvidia as one of the investors. ... Read full Story

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These banks might be next to pair up, says analyst who called the $11 billion Comerica sale

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Gelsi | 10/7/2025 8:16 PM

Jefferies analyst David Chiaverini highlighted five possible deals that would lead to the highest increases in profit for the players. ... Read full Story

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How Corona seized on a spring-break trend to win back Gen Z beer drinkers

By MarketWatch.com | James Rogers | 10/7/2025 6:52 PM

Constellation Brands is having success with younger legal-age drinkers with Corona Sunbrew Citrus Cerveza, the top new beer brand. ... Read full Story

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AMD gets upgrade after stock’s 24% one-day surge. ‘We rarely do this,’ says chagrined analyst.

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Goldstein | 10/7/2025 6:48 PM

It’s likely the first of many — analysts at Jefferies upgraded Advanced Micro Devices to a buy, after the chipmaker’s stock surged on a pact with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. ... Read full Story

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Is Netflix’s stock ready to catch up to its business momentum? This analyst thinks so.

By MarketWatch.com | Lukas I. Alpert | 10/7/2025 6:45 PM

Seaport Research Partners believes Netflix is set to unleash huge growth through the development of its ad-supported subscription tier. ... Read full Story

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Why two Rust Belt towns have the fastest-growing home prices in the U.S.

By MarketWatch.com | Aarthi Swaminathan | 10/7/2025 5:55 PM

Two Northeastern U.S. cities saw the sharpest growth in home prices in September, according to Intercontinental Exchange. ... Read full Story

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Furloughed by the government shutdown? Take these 4 steps to protect your financial future.

By MarketWatch.com | Genna Contino | 10/7/2025 5:31 PM

As the government shutdown drags on, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are bracing for their first missed paycheck on Friday. ... Read full Story

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Three scenarios that could spook stocks in October, according to a Wall Street veteran

By MarketWatch.com | Joseph Adinolfi | 10/7/2025 3:23 PM

As Halloween decorations start to appear in storefronts and on front porches across the U.S., one Wall Street veteran has decided to take a closer look at three scenarios that could spook markets as the fourth quarter gets underway. ... Read full Story

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Tesla just unveiled a cheaper Model Y and Model 3. Why the stock is falling.

By MarketWatch.com | Claudia Assis | 10/7/2025 3:15 PM

Newly announced trims still hover closer to $40,000 than $30,000 — a price that many investors view as putting the vehicle within mass-market reach. ... Read full Story

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Why record-high gold prices aren’t scaring away first-time investors

By MarketWatch.com | Myra P. Saefong | 10/7/2025 2:33 PM

Investor interest in gold has stayed strong, with increasing numbers of first-time buyers, despite record-high prices for the precious metal that topped $4,000 an ounce on Tuesday. ... Read full Story

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My mother has dementia. If I put her into a facility without a conservatorship, would that be considered kidnapping?

By MarketWatch.com | Quentin Fottrell | 10/7/2025 2:29 PM

“She has never been willing to sign a power of attorney.” ... Read full Story

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Trevor Milton proves there’s life after a Trump pardon — he’s now CEO of a private-jet maker

By MarketWatch.com | Lukas I. Alpert | 10/7/2025 2:11 PM

The disgraced founder of Nikola Corp. was pardoned after being sentenced to four years in prison for fraud. Now he’s in charge of SyberJet Aircraft. ... Read full Story

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Should my husband of 46 years and I divorce to get more Social Security benefits?

By MarketWatch.com | Alessandra Malito | 10/7/2025 2:01 PM

“I’m eligible for more Social Security benefits.” ... Read full Story

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I inherited a $400K house. My home is worth the same amount of money. Which one do I sell?

By MarketWatch.com | Aarthi Swaminathan | 10/7/2025 9:30 AM

‘I have a mortgage with $60,000 left on my own home’ ... Read full Story

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Billionaire Ken Griffin warns on consequences of gold’s rally as Goldman targets nearly $5,000

By MarketWatch.com | Barbara Kollmeyer | 10/7/2025 9:23 AM

Goldman Sachs is now forecasting gold to reach nearly $5,000 next year, but one billionaire investor says the precious metal’s rally is a sign of trouble for U.S. assets. ... Read full Story

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NYSE owner dives into prediction markets with $2 billion Polymarket investment

By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 10/7/2025 9:12 AM

Intercontinental Exchange to invest up to $2 billion in Polymarket, the prediction-market company founded by Shayne Coplan. ... Read full Story

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Carlyle, Bank of America use their own data to say U.S. jobs growth has slowed to trickle

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Goldstein | 10/7/2025 8:58 AM

Carlyle’s estimate comes in the middle of other numbers being released in an attempt to fill a gap left due to the government shutdown. ... Read full Story

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IBM gets in on the AI-deal action with Anthropic partnership, and its stock is rising

By MarketWatch.com | Christine Ji | 10/7/2025 8:23 AM

The partnership integrates Anthropic’s Claude into enterprise products and development tools to drive productivity gains ... Read full Story

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Gold’s rallying on borrowed time. That could mean contrarians get the last laugh.

By MarketWatch.com | Mark Hulbert | 10/7/2025 8:04 AM

The metal can’t rise forever in the face of all this exuberance. ... Read full Story

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Why China’s ‘slow’ bull market could turn into a stampede, according to strategist

By MarketWatch.com | Jules Rimmer | 10/7/2025 7:35 AM

The steady but strong gains for Chinese stocks since it announced stimulus last year may soon lead to an acceleration, one strategist argues. ... Read full Story

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basketball

LeBron James injury update: Lakers superstar 'likely' to miss all of preseason, per report

by CBS Interactive Inc | Oct 07 2025

beauty

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

connecticut

CT GOP calls for reforms to earmark process: ‘There’s no oversight’

by CT Mirror | Oct 07 2025

exercise

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

by thehealthy.com | Aug 28 2025

food

Ozzy Osbourne's Go-To Snack Was Shockingly Wholesome

by The Daily Meal | Oct 07 2025

lifestyle

Hollywood icon stuns fans as he's spotted riding the subway like a local

by Hello! Magazine | Oct 08 2025

nation

Tennessee primaries send Behn, Van Epps to special election

by upi.com | Oct 08 2025

new_jersey

New law requires NJ schools to teach Latino, Hispanic history

by NJ Spotlight | Oct 07 2025

nutrition

5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

by thehealthy.com | Sep 09 2025

odd_fun

Maryland man leaves the gym, wins $31,118.30 lottery prize

by United Press International, Inc. | Oct 07 2025

people

Bad Bunny's priceless reaction to Aaron Judge's monster home run against the Toronto Blue Jays

by marca.com | Oct 07 2025

retirement

Two-thirds of Americans back Trump's $1,000 baby savings plan proposal, new survey finds

by Fox News | Sep 30 2025

soccer

Real Madrid target return of two former youth team stars in 2026; one expected to replace Tchouameni

by Yahoo Sports | Oct 08 2025

upstate

Vigil honors five lives lost in tragic house fire

by NEWS10 ABC | Oct 07 2025

wellness

My Horrible Back Pain Was Actually This Weird Health Issue

by Self.com | Oct 06 2025

Word of the Day

finicky

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 8, 2025 is:

finicky • \FIN-ih-kee\ • adjective

Finicky describes someone who is very hard to please, or something that requires a lot of care, precision, or attentive effort.

// Although she was a finicky eater as a child, she grew up to become a world-renowned chef famous for her encyclopedic knowledge of global ingredients.

// The latest game in the series boasts amazing graphics but the controls are a little finicky.

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Examples:

"Stardom is a fleeting concept, one that we've seen play out with the biggest of stars over time. Even without outright missteps, artists often find themselves scrutinized by the masses for reasons entirely unrelated to their work. More often than not, this pressure either drives them to prove their worth to a finicky fanbase—one that will jump ship the second something else catches their attention—or pushes them back into obscurity." — Aron A., HotNewHipHop.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Did you know?

If you're a reader of a certain age (say, a Boomer, Gen Xer, or even a Xennial) you may remember cheeky television commercials featuring Morris, a finicky housecat who only eats a certain brand of cat food. (Morris is still featured on product labels.) Morris's tastes in cuisine are not only very particular, but very fine as well, and that's appropriate given the origin of finicky. The word came about in the early 19th century as an alteration of finicking, itself a 17th century alteration of another adjective, finical, which in turn is a late 16th century coinage likely derived from the adjective fine.

Elon Musk’s xAI may be the next AI company to do a creative financing deal involving Nvidia

These banks might be next to pair up, says analyst who called the $11 billion Comerica sale

How Corona seized on a spring-break trend to win back Gen Z beer drinkers

AMD gets upgrade after stock’s 24% one-day surge. ‘We rarely do this,’ says chagrined analyst.

Is Netflix’s stock ready to catch up to its business momentum? This analyst thinks so.

Why two Rust Belt towns have the fastest-growing home prices in the U.S.

Furloughed by the government shutdown? Take these 4 steps to protect your financial future.

Three scenarios that could spook stocks in October, according to a Wall Street veteran

Tesla just unveiled a cheaper Model Y and Model 3. Why the stock is falling.

Why record-high gold prices aren’t scaring away first-time investors

My mother has dementia. If I put her into a facility without a conservatorship, would that be considered kidnapping?

Trevor Milton proves there’s life after a Trump pardon — he’s now CEO of a private-jet maker

Should my husband of 46 years and I divorce to get more Social Security benefits?

I inherited a $400K house. My home is worth the same amount of money. Which one do I sell?

Billionaire Ken Griffin warns on consequences of gold’s rally as Goldman targets nearly $5,000

NYSE owner dives into prediction markets with $2 billion Polymarket investment

Carlyle, Bank of America use their own data to say U.S. jobs growth has slowed to trickle

IBM gets in on the AI-deal action with Anthropic partnership, and its stock is rising

Gold’s rallying on borrowed time. That could mean contrarians get the last laugh.

Why China’s ‘slow’ bull market could turn into a stampede, according to strategist

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LeBron James injury update: Lakers superstar 'likely' to miss all of preseason, per report

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

CT GOP calls for reforms to earmark process: ‘There’s no oversight’

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

Ozzy Osbourne's Go-To Snack Was Shockingly Wholesome

Hollywood icon stuns fans as he's spotted riding the subway like a local

Tennessee primaries send Behn, Van Epps to special election

New law requires NJ schools to teach Latino, Hispanic history

5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

Maryland man leaves the gym, wins $31,118.30 lottery prize

Bad Bunny's priceless reaction to Aaron Judge's monster home run against the Toronto Blue Jays

Two-thirds of Americans back Trump's $1,000 baby savings plan proposal, new survey finds

Real Madrid target return of two former youth team stars in 2026; one expected to replace Tchouameni

Vigil honors five lives lost in tragic house fire

My Horrible Back Pain Was Actually This Weird Health Issue

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Maryland man leaves the gym, wins $31,118.30 lottery prize

2.Look: Ohio zoo asks for help naming newborn rhino calf

3.Watch: Venomous snake removed from inside Queensland home

4.Watch: Baby squirrel falls out of tree at Colorado mini golf course

5.Look: Overturned truck spills 46,000 pounds of applesauce on the highway

6.Look: Alligator tries to 'crash happy hour' at tiki bar in Florida

7.Watch: Virginia Zoo announces birth of three Asian small-clawed otter pups

8.Weeklong illness leads to $100,000 lottery prize

9.Watch: Alligator intently watches PGA golfer take shot in Mississippi

10.Watch: Water-skiing squirrel delights crowds at N.C. fair