Business news rewards readers who can tell the difference between a company's quarter and its trajectory, and most coverage doesn't help with that — it reports the number and moves on. Briflio's Business hub tries to hold both: what happened this quarter, and what it signals about where a company, sector, or market is actually headed. Earnings get read against strategy, not just against analyst expectations; layoffs and hiring waves get tied to the broader shifts driving them; deals get explained in terms of what each side is actually betting on. The aim is a hub you can scan in a few minutes and come away understanding not just what moved, but why it moved and whether it's likely to keep moving — with sources attached so you can check the underlying reporting yourself.
AEYE Health and Dr. Zack Dvey-Aharon Win Prestigious 2026 Prix Galien USA Award for Groundbreaking AI Technology Preventing Blindness
/PRNewswire/ -- AEYE Health, a leader in autonomous artificial intelligence for medical diagnostics, today announced that its FDA-cleared technology AEYE-DS...
In HelloNation, Plumbing Expert Ken Settje Explains What To Do During a Plumbing Emergency
/PRNewswire/ -- What should homeowners do first when a sudden plumbing emergency threatens to flood their home? The answer is explained in a HelloNation...
EverQuote outlines $213M-$223M Q4 2026 revenue while investing in agentic LLM channels (NASDAQ:EVER)
EverQuote Q3 2026 earnings: record revenue, strong home growth, AI strategy, and Q4 outlook.
Apple just had its best year ever. So why is its stock falling?
Yesterday, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) reported its fourth-quarter results, which closed out its fiscal 2026 financial year. On the surface, the results were exceptionally strong, with Apple exceeding Wall Street’s expectations on the most important metrics. But after announcing its results, AAPL shares fell, and today in early morning trading they are down. Here’s what you need to know. Apple’s Q4 beat expectations Wall Street had some lofty expectations for Apple going into its Q4 2026 earn
Hate hearing your own voice? Blame your skull
In the 20 years I’ve been a TV producer, media executive, and speaking coach, I cannot count the number of times I’ve seen people literally cringe upon hearing their own voice. Sometimes it’s a slight scrunch of the nose and sometimes it’s an audible sigh. Why do we hate our own voice? And what can we do about it? It’s not you, it’s biology You’re not that special. I don’t mean that rudely, but you’re actually a member of a very large club. The reason you hate the sound of your own voice i
Hanyang Securities Data Breach Exposes Customer Account and ID Numbers
Hanyang Securities has suffered a data breach in which personal information, including customers’ account numbers and resident registration numbers, was expose
AI wearables want to remember everything. What happens when we can’t forget?
A growing number of companies are pitching AI hardware products as a remedy for one of humanity’s oldest weaknesses: forgetfulness. The latest such product comes from Amazon, whose Bee subsidiary introduced a $75 wristband called the Bee Frontier last month. The band, which looks a little like a screen-free fitness tracker, can record meetings and other conversations using two built-in microphones. Frontier owners can then access transcripts and conversation summaries on their phones or compu
National Sandwich Day 2026 freebies and deals: Subway, 7-Eleven, DoorDash. See list of where to score free lunch today
Americans are gearing up for a big day today, hitting the polls in what could be the most consequential election in recent U.S. history. As it happens, there’s another big event that you may not have heard of, but that could prove to be a nice distraction: National Sandwich Day. Each year on November 3, restaurants and fast-food chains recognize one of America’s favorite culinary inventions—whether you stack it high or thin—with discounts, deals, and free food. Here’s wha
When Covariates Mask Pre-Trends
Honest difference-in-differences methods judge how far parallel trends may fail after treatment by how far it failed before treatment, as shown by placebo estimates. When the design adjusts for covariates, the placebo estimates are adjusted too. We show that this benchmark is valid only if the covariates are measured before the earliest placebo window. A covariate measured later already reflects shocks to the outcome during the placebo period, so adjusting for it hides part of the pre-trend. The
Specification LASSO and a Flexible Characteristics-Based Asset Pricing Model
This paper studies a partially linear semiparametric additive model that allows for interactions among variables in high-dimensional settings. We propose the Specification LASSO (S-LASSO), a two-step method that integrates LASSO and Adaptive Group LASSO to simultaneously perform variable selection and model specification. Theoretically, we establish that S-LASSO possesses oracle properties in terms of selection consistency and asymptotic normality. Monte Carlo simulations confirm that S-LASSO ou
Election Day could mean big things for your 401(k). Here’s what history tells us
Whether or not Tuesday’s midterm elections deliver a so-called blue wave, one thing is for certain: More volatility will likely ripple through financial markets. Midterm years have been historically weak for the U.S. stock market, delivering annual gains of just 7.5% versus an average return of 12.4% during non-midterm years, according to figures compiled by BlackRock. And even though more money has been pumped into this year’s midterm campaign than any other in history—to the tune of nearly
U.S. job postings rose sharply in September
U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday, largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices. U.S. job openings jumped to 7.5 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It is the largest number of openings since May and up from a recent low of 6.9 million in March. The department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (J
Fortescue hails successful ammonia-powered bulk carrier trial in Western Australia
Global mining, metals and energy company Fortescue says green ammonia was successfully transferred to an ammonia-powered dry bulk carrier at Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, marking a major step towards lower-emission shipping. This trial proceeded after all safety and opera
The next big subscription service could be sunlight. And it might cost $5,000 an hour
A satellite startup wants to fill the night sky with ultra-powerful beams of redirected sunlight. What could go wrong? According to astronomers, almost everything. Reflect Orbital’s plans to launch 50,000 satellites equipped with giant mirrors is akin to “a bullet in your head,” says one astrophysicist, citing threats to both the natural world and the future of astronomy. Selling the sun Reflect offers “sunlight-as-a-service,” planning to use its constellation of satellites to beam down
Mesirow announces Shawn Beber as Chief Executive Officer
/PRNewswire/ -- Mesirow, a leading independent, employee-owned financial services firm, announced today that Shawn Beber will serve as the firm's next Chief...
No IIT, no NIT: Mahesh Babu invests in Mumbai gaming company. Who are co-founders Jeet Chandan and Vidhit Mehta?
Mahesh Babu has joined Mumbai-based Shotgun Games as a strategic investor. Founded by Jeet Chandan and Vidhit Mehta, the studio is developing Project Takedown, an action-adventure game set in a futuristic Mumbai. The founders studied at Jain International Residential School and Anil Surendra Modi Sc
Personality is the new fuel for marketing
Through the annals of advertising history, the gospel of brand building has been written around a single capital letter: P. The classical four P’s of price, product, place, and promotion were drilled into marketing minds in college. The major brand totem, P for positioning, is where companies spent millions defining razor-thin functional benefits, establishing category ladders, and staking claim to owned territory in the consumer’s mind. The last decade’s reverence has been for the all-
Midterm voters to decide on these key ballot measures, putting Trump’s agenda to the test
A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments, including some that could affect voting for future elections.The ballot measures provide a political undercard for a high-profile midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress, state legislatures and gubernatorial offices in many states.Some measures put President Donald Trump’s priorities to a public test by gauging support for his a
‘Blue tsunami’ watch: 4 ways to track the midterm election results today
Election Day 2026 is here. By the end of today (Tuesday, November 3, 2026), the balance of power in Washington is almost certain to have shifted. But the big question is, by how much? Voting in the 2026 midterm elections across the country is now underway, and most political analysts say it could be a blowout for the Democrats, with polls showing that voters are broadly concerned about the economy—especially inflationary pressures and rising gas prices. What do the latest polls say? The
Leverage Dynamics in Product-Market Networks
We examine whether corporate leverage persistence reflects only firms' own adjustment frictions or also the past financing choices of economically connected firms. We combine annual firm fundamentals with time-varying text-based product-market networks and estimate a heterogeneous dynamic partial-adjustment model with interactive effects using defactored instrumental variables. The estimator accommodates time- varying network weights and spatial dependence in firm-specific coefficients. Network-
Election Day is unfolding across America after a surge in early voting for the midterms
The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose.Millions of Americans already have cast their ballots, with early voting turnout on pace to eclipse that of the last midterm elections. In contrast to the president’s continued rhetoric about election cheating, voting so
Shadow ‘accidental landlord’ housing market supply could be looming, says giant institutional landlord
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Invitation Homes, one of the nation’s largest single-family rental landlords with 85,961 wholly owned homes, says the rental supply picture is improving recently in some markets that have been hardest hit by the multiple-year cyclical cooling that followed the pandemic housing boom. But on its Q3 2026 earnings call on Thursday, management flagged a wild card it’s keeping an eye
Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. (AOMR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. (AOMR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call November 3, 2026 8:30 AM ESTCompany ParticipantsRandy Chrisman - Chief Marketing & Corporate...
Major League Baseball’s new look pays homage to the sport’s history
Major League Baseball has a new look, courtesy of an all-star lineup of type designers. In 2020, after MLB moved to its new headquarters in New York City, it reached out to Mother Design, the branding and design agency behind work for brands like Cadillac, Tripadvisor, and the scented water bottle Air Up. The league was looking to expand professional baseball’s fandom and talent, and it wanted its visual identity to feel unified. Beginning in late 2022, Mother Design started buildin
Sharp Identification for Regression with Interval-Observed and Missing Covariates
Researchers frequently estimate regressions when key variables are missing or observed only through intervals. Imputation or assumptions about the observation process can yield seemingly precise but misleading conclusions. We develop methods for identification and inference that remain robust to such incomplete data. For a broad class of conditional moment models, we characterize the sharp identified set, the set of all parameter values consistent with the observed data and maintained regression
US Midterm Elections 2026: What time do polls open in Pennsylvania and which IDs are accepted? Can you still vote if you are in line at 8pm
Pennsylvania polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voters casting a ballot in a precinct for the first time need an approved ID, but it doesnt have to include a photo.
Sharp Fréchet--Hoeffding Bounds under Selectively Incomplete Observation
Incomplete records can sharpen bounds on joint outcome probabilities even when no pair of outcomes is jointly observed. I derive sharp pointwise Fréchet--Hoeffding bounds combining known population marginals with selectively observed records, without restricting the observation mechanism. I establish an exact reduction of the identification problem to finite-dimensional optimization, yielding computable characterizations of both bounds. Illustrations involving income mobility, potential outcomes
How soon will we know who controls Congress? It could be a while. Here’s why
The stakes in Tuesday’s election — which party will control Congress — are crystal clear. But when that will be known is impossible to say.The Associated Press will be calling races in all 435 House districts and the 35 Senate contests that are up for election this year.Control of the House depends on which party reaches 218 seats. Currently, 219 members caucus with Republicans, just one more than the minimum needed for a majority when all seats are filled. There are two vacancies now.The
Staypineapple to Donate to American Humane Society's Pups4Patriots™ in Honor of Veterans Day
/PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of Veterans Day, Staypineapple, the national boutique hotel brand, is supporting American Humane Society's Pups4Patriots™...
The midterms’ biggest branding trend? Centrism
When Griffin Glaze, a graphic designer, got the job to design James Talarico’s campaign branding, she had just 10 days to do it. Talarico, a Texan who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, wanted something that looked unique and nonpartisan. “A lot of what they were looking for was something that felt different,” Glaze tells Fast Company. The North Carolina designer came up with a visual identity inspired by hand-painted signage at Baptist churches, with texture and imperfection des
School Holiday Tomorrow, November 4: Will schools remain closed on Wednesday? Check updates from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha & Kerala as IMD issues heavy rain alerts
School holiday news: The IMD has issued heavy rainfall warnings for parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Odisha and Chhattisgarh on November 4, 2026. The weather alerts have raised the possibility of school closures in affected districts. However, no statewide school holiday has been confirme
How will the 2026 midterms impact the stock market? Experts warn of ‘uniquely difficult’ year, despite history of post-election rallies
Historically, midterms have been good for business in the months following the elections. Over the past 70 years, U.S. stocks, for the most part, have made gains in the months between midterm elections and the end of the year—and since 1980, the S&P 500 index has gone up 13.7% on average in the year after the midterm elections, according to a CNBC analysis. But 2026 could be different. As things stand, it remains “uniquely difficult” to predict how this year’s midterms will affect t
Unconfoundedness as an Information Constraint
This paper provides an information-theoretic characterization of unconfoundedness within a general class of models allowing for endogenous selection. We impose a conditional mutual information (CMI) restriction requiring that the information about treatment contained in a potential outcome, conditional on covariates, does not exceed that contained in its latent heterogeneity. Under the maintained model conditions, this restriction is equivalent to a multiplicative factorization of treatment prob
ATTOM ENHANCES RENTAL AVM WITH AI-POWERED MODEL COVERING NEARLY 100 MILLION U.S. HOMES
/PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered intelligence, and real estate analytics solutions, today announced enhancements to its...
Hanjin KAL Soars 25.5% as Hoban Group Challenges Cho's Stake
Shares in Hanjin KAL, the holding company of Hanjin Group, have surged as the battle for management control over the company reignites. Hoban Group has increas
Taco Bell says it has a ‘magic formula’ for bringing customers back. Here’s what it is
Yum! Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell—as well as KFC, and The Habit Burger Grill—reported third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, beating analyst expectations, in part, from KFC’s global expansion and higher revenue from its franchises. However, an outbreak of cyclospora linked to tainted shredded lettuce at Taco Bell, what the company considers its “growth engine,” affected the company’s same-store sales which dropped 4% in the U.S. for the quarter. Despite that, it appears
Self-checkout was supposed to cut costs. Instead, it created a problem retailers didn’t anticipate
Stores are cutting back on self-checkout lanes. According to an April survey from Toast, a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform, approximately 36% of 340 small and midsize retail operators said they used self-checkout lanes this year, down from 43% in 2025. That decrease could be attributed to merchandise losses. According to a report from ECR Retail Loss, grocery stores experienced an average 22% increase in merchandise losses in the year after installing self-checkout la
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[Closing Market] KOSPI Plunges 3.6%, Sliding to 5,640 Amid AI, U.S. Election Fears
On Nov. 3, the domestic stock market closed with a massive plunge, taking a shock from the aftermath of uncertainties surrounding the United States midterm ele
This cheap stock has surged 49% in the past month. Time to Buy?
Jon Smith notes a cheap stock that's down 80% in the past five years, but is staging a short-term comeback worthy of attention.
Hackers may have found a surprising new target: Your grocery store’s frozen food aisle
Grocery stores across Europe faced an overnight cyberattack on Monday, affecting the refrigerated and freezer sections and leading to product losses. The new wave of cyberattacks affected grocery stores in Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Estonia, Reuters previously reported..The attacks took place overnight, raising the temperatures both freezer and refrigerator units to 122 degrees Fahrenheit resulting in widespread food spoilage and some units catching fire. Th
Fewer women are in top security roles under Trump, Democrats report
The number of women working for the Trump administration, specifically in top national security roles, keeps falling. That finding comes from a new report by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The October 30 report, titled “Trump’s War on Women: The Systematic Dismantling of Decades of Progress at Home and Abroad During the Administration’s Second Term,” demonstrates a sharp drop in the number of women in diplomatic and national security posts in what it calls “t
US strategy links Myanmar peace talks to rare-earth access
The re-engagement is a departure from years of US policy aimed at isolating the military Read more at The Business Times.
Why the heart will matter more in an AI-driven world
I am an Alfista. The word is Italian for someone devoted to the cars produced by Alfa Romeo. Together with the thousands of others who share that devotion, I am one of the Alfisti. Nobody chooses to join the ranks of the Alfisti on the numbers alone. We love the brand for reasons that have little to do with logic, and we choose these beautiful, difficult, idiosyncratic cars because of how they make us feel. October was an exciting month to be an Alfista. Alfa Romeo brought a new concept car t
US to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free trade access
The US intends to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from its flagship duty-free trade program for sub-Saharan Africa, its trade chief said on Monday, a move that would hit exports including South African auto parts, wine and Rwandan coffee. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the two countries
Schell Games cuts 40% of workforce in second round of layoffs this year
The Station Square studio employed about 125 people after its first round of layoffs this summer. The cuts follow industrywide turbulence.
What’s happening with AO3? Fan fiction readers are not okay as outage drags on longer than planned
The world of fan fiction is bracing for an apocalypse as one the world’s largest repositories of fan-written stories has gone dark—and may not return anytime soon. The panic began on October 29 when Archive of Our Own (AO3), the online library for fan-created stories ranging from Harry Potter and Heated Rivalry to K-pop and boy band fandoms, announced it would take the site offline for maintenance. The website housed around 18.8 million stories across thousands of fandoms, and is ope
TotalEnergies says Iran war could accelerate energy transition
TotalEnergies sees potential for the war with Iran to accelerate the energy transition after a surge in electric vehicle sales in recent months, its sustainability chief said on Monday, though the trend will need to continue for it to revise its forecasts. CEO Patrick Pouyanne said the company still
Latitude Food Allergy Care Expands to Long Island, Bringing Specialist-Led Care to Nassau County Families
/PRNewswire/ -- Long Island families living with food allergies can now see dedicated food allergy specialists in Great Neck. The new clinic from Latitude Food...
Elon Musk wants to take on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. He may have found a way
If he can’t build it, he’ll buy it. The world’s richest man commands electric vehicles, spacecraft, a fleet of satellites for an internet network, robots, an AI tool, a social media platform, and more. Now, Elon Musk is eyeing wireless phone service. SpaceX, the parent company of various Musk ventures including Starlink, is reportedly in talks to acquire low-cost carrier Boost Mobile—or at the very least, gain access to its network—according to reporting by The Washington Post. This deal c
The busiest man on Broadway talks about the art of staying focused while multitasking
Hustle culture. Productivity porn. The business world has no shortage of stereotypes to describe the dangers of overwork, and probably for good reason. But on the flip side, sometimes you just have to get stuff done, and few people are getting more done these days than Michael Arden. At 44, the Tony Award-winning theater director has emerged as one of the busiest practitioners on Broadway, with a diverse portfolio of credits that includes A Christmas Carol, Parade, The Queen of Versailles