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House Republicans bill to fund Israel by cutting IRS budget, Treasury to borrow $776B in final three months of the year, White House unveils wice-ranging action to mitigate AI risks, middle-class rattled by inflation fight, GM and UAW reach agreement ending strike...
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The Fast Five ā House Republicans bill to fund Israel by cutting IRS budget, Treasury to borrow $776B in final three months of the year, middle-class rattled by Fedās inflation fight, White House unveils wide-ranging action to mitigate AI risks, and GM and UAW reach agreement ending strikeā¦
Hereās your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday:
BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 10/30/2023.
MARKETS:
U.S. stock futures flat after relief rally.
S&P 500 climbs out of correction territory, up 1.2%.
Dow jumps roughly 1.6%, Nasdaq adds about 1.2%.
Major averages set to end October in the red.
Fed's next interest rate decision on Wednesday, expected to remain unchanged.
October payrolls report expected to show signs of labor market slowdown.
Today: earnings results expected from Caterpillar, Pfizer, Caesars Entertainment, and Advanced Micro Devices.
Highly anticipated earnings report from Apple on Thursday after the bell.
EARNINGS
Today: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Caterpillar (CAT), JetBlue Airways (JBLU)
Wednesday: Airbnb. (AIR), DuPont (DD)
Thursday: Apple (AAPL), DraftKings (DKNG), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Starbucks (SBUX)
NEWS BRIEFING

The Treasury also announced it expects to borrow $816 billion between January and March. The announcement comes 10 days after the government said the fiscal 2023 budget deficit would be about $1.7 trillion.

57% of middle-class hurting from borrowing costs, poll finds. More in this group are stressed about economy than a year ago.
Israel War Latest:
Treasury market braces for seismic SEC rule (more)
White House unveils wide-ranging action to mitigate AI risks (more)
US second home sales slide in pandemic-era vacation hot spots (more)
Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers (more)
Education Department penalizes Mohela for error that made 800,000 student loan borrowers delinquent (more)
GM reaches tentative agreement with UAW, ending six-week strike (more)
New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules, contract delays (more)
The sales pitch for an 8% mortgage: Buy now, refinance laterāfor free (more)
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai defends Googleās search deals in antitrust trial (more)
Apple revamps Mac lineup and pricing with new family of chips (more)
Walmart to upgrade 1,400 stores with $9 billion investment (more)
Pfizer RSV vaccine lags GSKās as head-to-head competition underway (more)
Shipping industry could lose $10 billion a year battling climate change by 2050 (more)
From Adidas to Nike, clothing makers find it hard to break with Chinaās supply chain (more)
Meta introduces ad-free plans for Instagram, Facebook in Europe (more)
Kim Kardashianās Skims becomes the official underwear partner of NBA (more)
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DEALFLOW
Omnicom (NYSE: OMC), a global marketing and corporate communications company, acquired Flywheel Digital, the digital commerce business of Ascential (LSE: ASCL.L), for a net cash purchase price of approximately $835M (more)
Abingworth, a global life sciences investment firm, closed its new Clinical Co-Development Co-Investment Fund, at $356M (more)
MapLight Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, raised $225M in Series C funding (more)
Seurat Technologies, a 3D metal printing company, raised $99M in Series C funding (more)
Oxide Computer Company, a creator of a commercial cloud computer, raised $44M in Series A funding (more)
Funnel Leasing, a Renter Management Software platform provider, completed a $32M Series B-2 financing round (more)
Triplebar, a provider of a multi-product, multi-vertical, product design engine, raised $20M in funding (more)
Ambient.ai, a computer vision intelligence (CVI) company, raised a $20M strategic growth investment from Allegion Ventures (more)
zeroRISC, a provider of a commercial cloud security service, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)
Clearblow, an AI healthcare tech startup, raised a Seed funding of undisclosed amount (more)
hiline Services, a provider of provider of financial operations-as-a-service, received an investment from Red Iron Group (more)
Seahawk Media, a WordPress services provider, received an investment from WPBeginner Growth Fund (more)
Urbix, Inc., a developer of graphite processing technology, received a strategic investment from funds managed by Appian Capital (more)
M & A:
Healthpeak merges with Physicians Realty Trust (more)
NFP acquires Resolute Insurance Services (more)
MidOcean-Backed Coyes acquires Rotomaster (more)
Realty Income acquires Spirit Realty Capital for $5.3B (more)
Trilantic-backed OLS buys Apache Store (more)
aborie Medical Technologies, a diagnostic and therapeutic medical technology company, acquired Urotronic, a private medical device company that developed drug-coated balloon technology used in interventional urology (more)
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, acquired Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, a provider of ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care industry, from International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), for $810M (more)
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BULLISH BITES
āļø Premium-economy seats have become the sweet spot on flights.
šµš»āāļø. A peek inside secretive startup Humane before the grand unveiling of its first product, the screenless, wearable Ai Pin.
šŗ Fans of 'The Simpsons' hope this Elon Musk 'prediction' comes true.
š¤Æ At an all-staff meeting this week, X owner Elon Musk and the company's CEO, Linda Yaccarino, reportedly referenced ambitions to create a news wire service called XWire that would rival Cisionās PR Newswire.
DAILY SHARES
the courtroom sketch artist was definitely paid off by SBF
ā litquidity (@litcapital)
8:45 PM ā¢ Oct 30, 2023
net income adjusted ebitda
ā sophie (@netcapgirl)
9:39 PM ā¢ Oct 30, 2023
Joe, everything is not fineā¦
ā Elon Musk (Parody) (@ElonMuskAOC)
5:09 AM ā¢ Oct 30, 2023
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