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Vol. I · No. 13Monday, October 19, 2026Weekday Edition
59°/38°Patchy fog, then sunnyFog clears by 10 a.m., then sunny with light winds.
politics · world
Putin proposed meeting Trump and Xi next month, possibly at APEC in Shenzhen, without Zelenskyy; Trump hasn’t agreed, the WSJ reported.
tech · markets
Musk said he’ll give each American child one of his SpaceX shares next year, about $10.5 billion in all.
ai · markets
The fund could back programs for workers displaced by AI, pending shareholder approval.
politics · massachusetts
Oliver suspended his campaign after a drunken-driving charge in a New Bedford crash; his name stays on the ballot.
science
Stanford researchers found bleached corals fully recovered after brief contact with identical healthy fragments, Science Advances reports.
Continued inside Sports, B1 · Local, C1 · World, D1 · Finance, E1 · Business & AI, F1 · Funny Pages, G1
Today’s hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 120 Main Street; on Nov. 3 everyone votes at North Andover High School.
world
The independence question is one of 10 on Monday’s provincial referendum ballot; a yes would start the legal process toward a binding separation vote.
world
Zelenskyy said the U.S. was behind restrictions on Ukraine’s military Starlink service; Bessent called the charge reckless and untrue.
world
Japan’s prime minister told parliament a strong economy will restore confidence in the yen, which recently hit its lowest since 1986.
A signalling issue at Eagle Junction caused delays of up to 40 minutes Monday morning on lines including Airport and Sunshine Coast.
Monday tops out near 20 degrees Celsius, and up to 150 millimetres of rain could fall by Sunday, with storms Wednesday and Thursday.
markets
The fed funds range is 3.75% to 4.00%; futures price an 86% chance of a hold and 14% of a hike. Kalshi bettors see 87% hold.
markets
U.S. futures rose early Monday after the Nasdaq’s 2.1% Friday drop, as investors look to this week’s AI earnings.
markets
France’s 10-year yield jumped 7 basis points and its main stock index fell nearly 1% after weekend protests led to over 2,000 arrests.
business
Third-quarter growth beat forecasts, easing pressure on Beijing for more aggressive stimulus to hit its annual target.
SpaceX
SpaceX posts its third-quarter results and hosts a webcast Tuesday, Oct. 20. Musk’s share pledge to U.S. children is on the front page.
No new Grok Bot or SpaceX AI posts or news since yesterday’s edition.
ai for business
Meta says owners most often ask Muse to grade their ads, and some link its Meta Ads connector with Shopify, Canva and HighLevel to build whole funnels.
Why it matters for One Stop Revenue. That’s your exact stack; studios may try it themselves, so pitch done-for-you results and keep reporting sharper than DIY.
ABC Fitness data from 30,000 fitness businesses shows new gym joins down 9% and boutique studio joins down 5% year over year.
Outreach angle. With fewer new joiners, pitch studios on win-back and referral campaigns aimed at members they already have.
That’s up from 6% a year earlier, BrightLocal found, and 63% of gym members decide before booking a tour or trial.
Outreach angle. Offer studios an AI-ready website audit so assistants can find and recommend them.
Over half of gym members stopped going without canceling, and nearly half of lapsed members say their gym never reached out.
Outreach angle. Sell studios an automatic check-in text when a member misses two weeks.
