Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Hold Strong Amid US Regional Banking Turmoil Fears; Meta Breaks The Mold: Time For Tesla, Amazon And Alphabet To Join The 'Magnificent Seven' Dividend Party? - Top Headlines Today While US Was Sleeping

Crypto

• FTX Mystery Theft Solved? US Charges Trio With $400 Million SIM-Swapping Hack
• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Hold Strong Amid US Regional Banking Turmoil Fears: Analyst Predicts Potential Market Peak By October 2025 If This Happens
• Pro-Crypto Senator Cynthia Lummis Says Bipartisan Lawmakers Engaged In ‘Delicate’ Talks: ‘Optimistic That We Will See Stablecoin Legislation This Year’
• US Arrests Key Figure Behind Defunct BTC-e Exchange In Latvia On Money Laundering Charges Totaling $4B

US Markets

• Apple Reports Q1 Results, Joins Skechers, Atlassian And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Friday’s Pre-Market Session
• Investor Optimism Improves Following Earnings, Economic Reports; Dow Jumps Over 350 Points

US Politics

• Nikki Haley Mocks Trump With ‘Weakest General Election Candidate Ever’ Halloween Costume
• Biden Vs. Trump: One Candidate Emerges As More Realistically Viable For 2024 Win But May Not Be Best Bet For His Party, New Poll Reveals
• Mark Zuckerberg Compared With Tobacco Executives By Senate Committee Chair For ‘Outrageous Statement’ On Mental Health: ‘Should Never Have Said Anything Like That’

World Politics

• Saudi Arabia Seeks US Defense Pact, Offers To Accept Political Commitment For Palestinian State: Report
• Japan Reportedly Boosted Efforts To Communicate Concerns To Trump Over China Deals That Could Destabilize Asia

US Economy

• Jeffrey Gundlach Predicts Recession By Summer, Cites Parallels To Dot-Com And Housing Bubbles
• ‘Bond King’ Bill Gross Warns US $34 Trillion Debt Deficit To Fuel Inflation ‘Like Global Warming’ Over Next Decade: ‘Significant Problem’
• Bank Of America Expects Fed’s First Rate Cut To Be Delayed Until June After Central Bank’s Surprisingly Cautious Guidance

Tech

• Tim Cook Claims Apple Has ‘Majored In Security,’ But It Will ‘Fall Short’ On Maximizing It Due To EU’s App Store Regulations
• Apple Faces Backlash As Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Spotify And Epic Games Unite Against EU App Store Proposal
• Meta Stock Skyrockets Over 16% Premarket: What’s Fueling The Stratospheric Rally?
• AMD President Victor Peng Sees AI-Powered PCs As Key To Rivalry With Nvidia, Intel
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Predicts Increased Global Demand For AI Infrastructure As Countries Pursue Independent Systems
• Amazon Layoff Spree To Continue Despite Record Profits: ‘Very Careful On Our Investments,’ Says CFO
• Google Bard Goes Global: New AI Features Now Available In Over 40 Languages, 230 Countries
• Global Slump? Not For iPhone 15: Apple CEO Tim Cook Celebrates Record-Breaking Sales And “99%” Customer Satisfaction
• Meta Breaks The Mold: Time For Tesla, Amazon And Alphabet To Join The ‘Magnificent Seven’ Dividend Party?
• Mark Zuckerberg Set To Pocket $700M Annually As Meta Declares First-Ever Dividend
• Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Will Build ‘Most Popular’ And ‘Most Advanced’ AI Products: ‘And If We Succeed…’
• Intel Delays $20B Chip-Manufacturing Ohio Project Amid Market Challenges

Electric Vehicle

• Tesla Initiates First-Ever Cybertruck Recall As Part Of Larger 2.2M Vehicle Callback
• Is Lucid Crafting An Exclusive Security Vehicle For Saudi Police? What Online Leaks Reveal
• Tesla Cuts Model Y Prices In Canada To Make It As Cheap As Model 3
• Warren Buffett-Backed BYD Reports Impressive 33.1% YoY Growth In January Sales, Continues To Scale Sales Into 2024
• Mary Barra Says GM Plans To Scale EV Production With 100K Reservations In Place For Electric Pickups: ‘We Will Follow The Customer’

Consumer

• GM Chief Mary Barra Rewrites Roadmap: Plug-In Hybrids To Deliver Green Goals As EV Growth Slows

Communication

• Publicis To Pay $350M In First-Ever Opioid Marketing Settlement
• Mark Zuckerberg Says Threads Exploded Too Soon, But Now It’s ‘On Track To Be A Major Success’

Financial

• Commercial Real Estate Woes Trigger Shockwaves In Regional Banking Stocks

General

• ‘Tough Battles Ahead … For Sure:’ Musk Reacts To MegaUpload Founder Kim Dotcom’s Claims That Biden’s ‘Corruption’ Cost Tesla CEO $56B
• Elon Musk Shades Tim Cook, Says Apple Vision Pro Is Not A ‘Moon Shot:’ ‘Impossible To Look Good’
• Donald Trump Trolls Reporter Who Asked About Red Marks On Hands: ‘Maybe It Was AI’
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk Urges Companies To Change State Of Incorporation From Delaware ‘Before They Lock The Doors’

Energy

• BP Shuts Whiting Refinery Due To Transformer Failure, Sparks Fuel Supply Fears: Report
• Plug Power Shares Up Nearly 4% – What’s Going On?

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