• ☝️ 🗽🏀 The New York Liberty held their WNBA championship parade yesterday, in celebration of the franchise’s first-ever title (and New York City’s first pro basketball championship since 1973).

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets closed mixed (S&P: +0.2%; Dow: -0.3%; Nasdaq: +0.8%); the Dow is on a four-day losing streak, its first since June. | 💼 227,000 initial jobless claims were filed last week, down from 241,000 the previous week and below the 242,000 economists expected.
• ✈️ Southwest Airlines reached a deal with activist firm Elliott Management to avert a proxy fight.
• 🥤 Keurig Dr Pepper is acquiring energy-drink maker Ghost for $1+ billion. | 👝Tapestry's acquisition of Capri was blocked by a federal judge, who ruled the $8.5 billion deal would reduce competition in the luxury handbag market; a tie-up between the two companies would result in Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, Versace, and Jimmy Choo under the same roof.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🤝 TKO, which owns WWE and UFC, is buying Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG from its parent company Endeavor Group, in an all-stock deal valued at $3.25 billion.
• 🙏 Amir Abdur-Rahim, 43, the head coach of the University of South Florida’s men’s basketball team, passed away due to complications with a medical procedure; Abdur-Rahim led USF to a program-record 25 wins and their first conference title last season.
• 🏈⚖️ Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey missed two practices this week with a unique injury-report designation: jury duty; he’s still expected to play in Sunday night’s game against the 49ers.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🤖💬 Google researchers developed an invisible “watermark” for AI-generated text, and successfully deployed it to millions of chatbot users, per a new study. | 📅 Google Calendar is getting a UI redesign and a new dark mode for web.
• 💉🧠 Ozempic and other GLP-1 treatments may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, per a new study of electronic health records.
• 🤖⚖️ A Florida mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against AI chatbot company Character.AI after her 14-year-old son, who was active on the site, died by suicide.

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🎓📉 Freshman enrollment at US colleges and universities fell 5+% this fall compared to last year, the largest decline since 2020, per new preliminary data.
• 🇷🇺 Russia provided targeting data that helped Houthi rebels in Yemen with their attacks on Western ships earlier this year, per a Wall Street Journal report. | 🇺🇦💰 G-7 allies finalized a new $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral.
• 🚢⚖️ The owner and operator of the cargo ship responsible for the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore this past March have agreed to pay $102+ million in cleanup costs, settling a DOJ lawsuit.

CLICKBAIT

• 🥇🌏 The 25 best places to travel in 2025, according to National Geographic.