Hong Kong’s government plans to pay a cash bonus to couples who have children to address an exodus of citizens and a plummeting birthrate. https://ift.tt/v5nbg2Z

Inflation’s summer decline slowed last month, but inflation has improved enough recently for Fed officials to hold interest rates steady at their meeting next week. https://ift.tt/0YGlWLt

Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion in AI startup Anthropic. https://ift.tt/TCIwEKu

The UAW is close to completing a tentative agreement on a new contract with General Motors, after the union clinched a tentative deal with Ford. https://ift.tt/jq9vKyE

Bankman-Fried made a direct appeal to jurors, testifying that he made mistakes while running FTX but didn’t defraud customers out of billions of dollars. https://ift.tt/VyPw1dL

The autumn pullback in the stock market worsened Friday, pushing the S&P 500 into a correction. The broad index and the Dow lost 0.5% and 1.1%, respectively, while the Nasdaq gained 0.4%. https://ift.tt/4Y0Tqfb

Exxon and Chevron reported a combined $15.6 billion in profits on the heels of competing megadeals, as oil and fuel prices climbed in the third quarter. https://ift.tt/ta9xcJf

Jamie Dimon plans to sell one million of his current 8.6 million shares of JPMorgan Chase, which would be the first time that Dimon has sold a portion of his stock in the company. https://ift.tt/MGsXRgt

Hong Kong, Facing an Exodus, Offers Money for Babies https://ift.tt/pjxvIuc

How Young Is Too Young for a Crop Top? https://ift.tt/7OaVQgp