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Market Snapshot: Stock market surges toward 2023 high. Will holiday shoppers put it over the top?

The S&P 500 jumps nearly back to its summertime high, a big rebound as investors enter the holiday season with Black Friday just days away.

Earnings Watch: Nvidia is expected to be the biggest contributor to Q3 corporate profits. ‘The bar is very high,’ analyst says

Shares of chip maker Nvidia Corp. are up more than 240% this year, helped by this year's AI boom and record quarterly results. The company, worth around $1.2 trillion now, is big enough that it is expected to be the largest driver of profit growth for the S&P 500 index SPX overall for the third quarter.

: Israel and Hamas reach tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause conflict, free dozens of hostages – Washington Post

Israel, the United States and Hamas have agreed to a tentative deal that would free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

: OpenAI investors trying to get Sam Altman back as CEO After sudden firing – WSJ

OpenAI investors trying to get Sam Altman back as CEO After sudden firing - WSJ

Weekend Sip: Is this bourbon the world’s best whiskey? The brand just earned a special global honor.

Michter's was named 'the world's most admired whisky brand' by Drinks International, a British publication

: How Amazon Prime shoppers can protect themselves from scammers on Black Friday — and any time of year

In one 12-month period, scammers cost Amazon customers $27 million, according to the FTC

Lawrence G. McMillan: Bulls control the stock market now and a new S&P 500 high is within reach

Rally's speed could be problematic but there's solid support at the 4400 level.

Brett Arends's ROI: IBM’s new 401(k) strategy could threaten its workers retirement plans

The big change that IBM is making in its retirement plan is a lot simpler than many people are making it out to be.

Help Me Retire: I’m 60 with $6,100-a-month in Social Security disability and a pension. I want my money to work for 20 years — what do you recommend?

"I live in a small town home. I refinanced my $185,000 mortgage a few years ago at 3.1% interest."

: SpaceX’s Super Heavy Rocket explodes in dramatic second Starship flight test

SpaceX’s Super Heavy Rocket booster exploded shortly after separation from the Starship spacecraft

: Fed’s Nov. meeting minutes highlight of next week’s Washington’s economic radar

The highlight for markets and economists this coming week will be the summary of the discussion at the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting on Oct. 31 - Nov. 1.

: Landlords are in the crosshairs as advocates and politicians question rising rents

Unusually high rent hikes over the past few years have attracted concern from different groups.
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