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Vol. I · No. 27Tuesday, November 3, 2026Weekday Edition
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politics · markets
Prediction markets see Democrats as favorites to win the Senate.
Democrats need three House seats and four Senate seats; JPMorgan says a Democratic sweep could hit AI stocks.
world · markets
Brent rose 1.75% to $106.60 after the reported strike, a day after oil fell over 7% on diplomacy hopes.
politics
The court denied a Justice Department bid to block about 20,000 ballots it said might be from noncitizens.
ai policy
Driscoll takes a new national security role, helping U.S. allies adopt advanced AI.
tech
Kim Yo Jong called the FBI’s attribution a provocation; analytics firms also tie the funds to North Korea.
Continued inside Sports, B1 · Local, C1 · World, D1 · Finance, E1 · Business & AI, F1 · Funny Pages, G1
Wear blaze orange on open-space trails; archery runs through Nov. 28 and shotgun season Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.
world
A 200-page draft deal removing post-Brexit checks on food and farm exports goes to EU nations Wednesday, ahead of a summit this month.
world
Saudi Aramco’s third-quarter profit rose on stronger refining margins during the Iran war.
The fifth hike this year passed 6-3; September inflation hit 4.3%, and Brisbane home prices fell 6.1% over three months.
Council’s plan favors trails, lookouts and possible quarry rehabilitation, with the summit prioritized for the 2032 Olympics.
The Brisbane and Springfield labs close permanently amid a formaldehyde exposure investigation and financial strain.
markets
Futures price a quarter-point hike Dec. 9, and Chair Warsh plans fewer rate votes in 2027; the October jobs report is Friday.
business
The all-stock deal combines chips and optics for AI data centers; Marvell fell 13% and Lumentum nearly 19% Monday.
business
The Drax Power Station site targets 100 megawatts by early 2028 and more than 1 gigawatt later; Drax shares jumped 8.8%.
Apple
Revenue rose 12% and earnings per share 14% in John Ternus’s first report; rising memory costs pressure holiday margins, and shares fell 3.8% premarket.
Palantir
Revenue nearly doubled and U.S. commercial sales jumped 148% to $984 million, passing government; shares fell 7.8% premarket on slower bookings.
SpaceX
President Gwynne Shotwell and her husband are giving one share each to about 2 million children ages 11 to 17 in lower-income ZIP codes.
No new original posts from @SpaceXSI and no official SpaceX AI announcements since yesterday’s paper.
grok bot · x post
The Grok Bot team built a shared bot that answers data questions on demand; marketers use it to measure campaign results and build dashboards.
Why it matters for One Stop Revenue. The same setup could answer ‘how did my ads do?’ for every client without a manual report.
ai for business
Meta’s ad revenue rose 26% to $63.1 billion in the third quarter, versus 12% for Google search, as AI sharpens targeting.
Why it matters for One Stop Revenue. Facebook and Instagram ads keep winning on reach; a strong case for studios to keep Meta budgets steady.
The first Tysons studio opens this month after presales since July sold hundreds of founding memberships, per the brand.
Outreach angle. Show owners how presale founding-member campaigns fill a studio before opening day.
The 177-location in-home training franchise added hands-on AI workshops and GYMGUYZ Kidz at its annual conference.
Outreach angle. Franchisors are teaching AI; pitch owners done-for-you AI follow-up so they don’t have to learn it.
Fitness International is investing in its pricier boutique format built on small-group reformer and strength classes.
Outreach angle. Big chains are chasing boutique members; help studios defend with sharper local ads and offers.
