Friday, October 30, 2026
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ExxonMobil and Chevron reported blockbuster third-quarter results as global conflict pushed buyers toward U.S. refineries for fuel. The profits show how geopolitical tensions have become a windfall for American energy producers. The war-driven supply crunch keeps running in their favor.
Amazon's net income topped $20 billion for the quarter, but free cash flow plunged and investors were unimpressed by the cloud results. Even the strongest cloud growth in years wasn't enough to offset the Wall Street miss. The stock dropped as analysts dug into the numbers.
Investigators suspect a Chinese executive, Alice Huang, of passing information to China, recruited on the basis of her relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The case ties directly into the high-stakes tech rivalry between the United States and China. Details of the probe remain closely held.
Google, Meta and other tech companies are pushing back against broad data demands from ICE, which has been scouring platforms for immigration-related speech. The resistance comes as the firms face possible Democratic scrutiny after the midterms. It is a rare moment of alignment between Silicon Valley and immigrant advocates.
The prediction-markets platform paused trading after some users reported that their funds were drained in a security breach. The company said affected traders would be made whole. It is the latest in a string of attacks on crypto-adjacent platforms.
DoorDash said it will acquire Instacart for $17 billion, valuing the grocery-delivery company at $65 a share. The deal adds grocery delivery to DoorDash's growing lineup of services. CEO Tony Xu's push toward delivery dominance continues.
After a series of high-profile partner defections and failed merger talks, the storied Wall Street law firm's leaders confirmed plans to dissolve the partnership. Weil Gotshal was once famous for advising companies in distress. Now it is turning that expertise on itself.
The administration's $30 billion spending spree would give the federal government stakes in chip firms, miners and more than 40 other companies. The portfolio blurs the line between Washington and corporate America. It marks a sharp break from the usual hands-off U.S. approach.
The Trump administration has promised to ease tariffs on automakers that commit to more U.S. manufacturing, according to people familiar with the talks. The pledge was made in negotiations to secure a U.S. Audi factory. It is the clearest sign yet that tariff relief is on the table as a deal sweetener.
Voting standoffs between federal and state officials are growing as Election Day nears, amid high levels of distrust on both sides. The battle lines are hardening over how the vote is run. Tuesday's contests come with unusually frayed nerves.
Prosecutors have been feeling pressure to make progress on the president's priorities before Election Day, the Journal reports. The push brings the department's machinery to bear on Trump's political foes. The timing raises fresh questions about prosecutorial independence.
New York's attorney general is facing calls to be removed from a Cornell investigation after a social-media post expressing solidarity with the accuser. Critics say the post compromises her impartiality in the probe. The case has put her under an unforgiving spotlight.
Proposition 40, on California's ballot Tuesday, represents the closest a group of four academics has come to enacting a billionaire tax. The measure is the product of years of nerdy advocacy. Its fate will be watched as a test of wealth-tax politics nationally.
Falling birthrates are squeezing school budgets, forcing districts into difficult trade-offs about which schools to keep open. Communities are being forced to make choices they have long avoided. The demographic shift is now reshaping public education in real time.
Dolores Huerta, the longtime labor organizer and farmworker champion, has died at 96. Once called the most vocal activist you'd never heard of, she gave other women permission to step into union leadership. Her legacy runs through decades of the labor movement.