AGP Executive Report
Last update: 16 minutes agoEnergy Markets: Oil prices climbed after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia prompted the U.S. to order some diplomats’ families to leave the kingdom. Brent rose 1.2% to $110.11 a barrel and U.S. crude gained 1% to $98.12, adding pressure to energy costs. Wireless Competition: SpaceX agreed to buy Grain Management’s nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio for up to $8 billion, bolstering plans to pair Starlink with direct-to-phone service and challenge AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. Meta’s Legal Costs: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over claims it misled Facebook users about data privacy. The company’s third-quarter profit also fell well short of expectations, weighed down by legal costs. AI and Growth: A University of Hawaiʻi analysis estimates AI investment and stock-market gains lifted U.S. growth by more than half a percentage point to just over one point over the past year, though the economy likely would avoid recession without the boom.
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