Brian Boyle

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Brian Boyle (he/him) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside. His writing has previously appeared in outlets such as Vice, Slate, and The Los Angeles Times, where he was a contributing writer on the opinion section. He lives in Los Angeles.

Big Tech

FTC Says Meta is a Monopoly. But in Which Markets, Exactly?

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Central to the trial is one question: Just who, exactly, are Meta’s competitors? The FTC’s answer may be narrower than you’d expect.

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Markets

Market Meltdown Prompts Investors to Ditch ‘Digital Gold’ for the Real Thing

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So far this year, investors have greatly gold compared bitcoin. So if it’s not digital gold, what is bitcoin exactly?

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Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

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As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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International Economics

A Tale of the Tape in the US-China Heavyweight Trade Bout

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The Budget Lab projects that, with the current tariff levels, US and Chinese economies would both be 0.6% smaller in the long run.

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Inflation & Prices

Just in Time for Tariffs, Consumer Prices Finally Drop

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That’s right: CPI fell 0.1% in March, according to the US Labor Department, marking the first month-over-month decline since May 2020.

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Consumer

Levi Strauss is Stitching Together Success Amid the Trade War

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It seems quality never goes out of style for Levi Strauss, even amid a a tariff-induced global financial meltdown.

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Media & Entertainment

Can ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Reboot Hollywood’s Tough Year?

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A Minecraft Movie is lighting the box office on fire. It’s a much-needed win for the battered Warner Bros Discovery.

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Electric Vehicles

Musk’s Empire Feels the Burn of DOGE

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Elon Musk’s departure from the Department of Government Efficiency still remains something of an “if,” not a “when.”

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Media & Entertainment

No Longer Trending, Legacy Media Balks at Bidding for TikTok

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The contestants in Washington’s long-running game show are now known, we think. And Hollywood is nowhere to be seen.

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Personal Finance

E Pluribus Unum: Individual Investors Become Market-Moving Force

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According to a recent JPMorgan analysis, individual investors now account for 60% of US equities, an all-time high.

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International Economics

Just Who Exactly Are Bessent’s ‘Dirty 15’?

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Liberation Day is finally upon us. We’re still pretty fuzzy about the whole thing, but here’s what we know and don’t know.

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Media & Entertainment

Newsmax Outstrips Top-Rated Fox in Trading Bonanza

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The company’s initial public offering is one of the most ascendant ever. And it couldn’t have happened at a better time.

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Real Estate

Rocket Mortgage Acquires Mr. Cooper to Create an Industry Giant

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Combined, Rocket and Mr. Cooper will service a $2.1 trillion loan book across 10 million clients, accounting for one in six US mortgages.

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Media & Entertainment

Fox News Crushing Cable Rivals in Trump 2.0 Era

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The network has averaged 3 million viewers during its primetime programming this year, up roughly 50% from a year ago.

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Consumer

Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ Buys Hillandale Farms

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The $1.1 billion acquisition comes just as egg prices are ever so slightly starting to trend down in the US.

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Banking

Wall Street Scored Record Bonuses Just in Time for a Slump

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The good times, they don’t last. But on Wednesday, we at least found out just how good the good times were.

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Personal Finance

As Wall Street Retreats, Retail Investors Buy the Dip

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Wall Street’s panic cycle is retail investors’ opportunity cycle. In other words: the Redditors are at it again.

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Consumer

Walmart, Target Work to Limit the Impact of Tariffs

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Setting prices is a contact sport for retailers, and companies have been warning all year that things would get a little rough.

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech Wants to Settle the ‘Fair Use’ AI Question Once and For All

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Several years into the great AI revolution, it still remains an unsettled question whether firms are committing mass copyright infringement.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

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This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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