Biden’s middle finger to Supreme Court

Plus, Apple CEO unloads stock

*past 24-hour performance

  • Keystone pipeline restarts at half capacity: The Keystone crude pipeline, a vital artery transporting Canadian oil to markets in the US and overseas, is operating at about half of its capacity after a brief disruption (Bloomberg)

  • Apple CEO unloads stock: Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook just executed his largest sale of his company’s stock in more than two years, selling $88 million worth of shares (Forbes)

  • VC deals down 24% in Q3: The number of venture deals in the three months ending Sept. 30 dropped 24% and total funding declined 12% to $32.7 billion (Barrons)

  • Intel spinoff: Intel (INTC) plans to spin out its programmable chip unit as a standalone business starting January next year and plans to hold a public stock offering for the business in 2-3 years; it acquired the business for $16.7B in 2015 (Reuters)

  • Major ad deal now live: Ad tech giant Taboola (TBLA) and Yahoo's exclusive 30-year native advertising deal, announced last year, is now live, with Taboola CEO Adam Singolda stating the deal increases the company’s annual top line by roughly $1 billion (Axios)

  • Biden’s middle finger to Supreme Court: President Biden announced Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers (Reuters)

  • Bad news is good news now: The latest reading from payroll firm ADP showed private-sector hiring cooled much more than expected in a sign of economic weakness that was cheered by investors in the hope that they will deter the Fed from more rate hikes (Reuters)

  • IPO the IoT: BlackBerry (BB) shares rose after the company announced it plans to spin off its Internet-of-Things business in an IPO (Marketwatch)

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