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    Private Equity Healthcare Deals Hit $191B in 2025

    TL;DR: Private equity poured a record $191 billion into healthcare in 2025, according to Bain & Company , driven by a surge in billion dollar deals and a rebound in exits to $156 billion. The mon…

    October 1, 2026

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    What an Angel Investment Network Actually Does

    TL;DR: An angel investment network is a membership organization of accredited investors that screens startups, splits due diligence work among members, and pools capital through syndicates or single …

    September 30, 2026

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    Fitch Warns AI Spending Collapse Could Trigger Recession

    TL;DR: Fitch Ratings modeled a scenario in which a 35% US equity decline and a sharp AI capex pullback push US GDP down 0.6% in 2027 and drag global growth below 1%, according to Firstpost's report o…

    September 30, 2026

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    New Zealand sees smaller budget deficit before election

    TL;DR: New Zealand’s government cut its fiscal year 2027 operating deficit forecast to NZ$8.73 billion from NZ$14.09 billion, according to Yahoo Finance , and now expects surplus in 2028 29. For inve…

    September 30, 2026

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    S&P 500 Earnings Are Growing 24%-32%

    TL;DR: Analysts now expect S&P 500 EPS to grow 24% 32% this year, according to The Motley Fool , a pace the report says has appeared only twice before in the modern era. I would treat that as a p…

    September 30, 2026

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    AIRE and OceanLight Sign $1B Merger Deal

    TL;DR: AIRE signed a merger agreement with OceanLight Acquisition that gives AIRE a Company Net Value of $1.0 billion, according to GlobeNewswire . The deal still needs shareholder approvals, regulat…

    September 30, 2026

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    Fed, ECB, BOJ Raise Rates as Energy Shock Hits

    TL;DR: The Fed, ECB, and Bank of Japan all raised rates in September 2026, reversing 2025's easing cycle, after a fresh energy shock pushed inflation back above target, according to LSEG. US energy p…

    September 30, 2026

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    Protego Ventures Closes $125M Debut Defense Tech Fund

    TL;DR: Protego Ventures closed its debut fund at $125 million, per TechCrunch . Led by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser, the fund writes $5M–$15M checks into Israeli defense tech. I care less about the tot…

    September 30, 2026

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    EliseAI Raises $350M at $4B, Doubling in a Year

    TL;DR: EliseAI, a New York based AI company automating housing and healthcare operations, raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation on September 29, 2026, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer …

    September 30, 2026

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    Anthropic's IPO Filing Warns Its AI Poses Existential Risk

    TL;DR: Anthropic's leaked IPO prospectus spends about 80 of 261 pages warning its AI could pose a "catastrophic or existential risk to humanity" and can "resist shutdown," per a R…

    September 30, 2026

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    Trump's Crypto Empire vs. Retail Investors' Losses

    TL;DR: President Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in crypto related income in 2025, according to his financial disclosure, while nearly one million retail buyers of his $TRUMP memecoin lost an e…

    September 28, 2026

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    Gold Price Today, Sept. 28, 2026: What's Behind the Slide

    TL;DR: Gold fell for most of September 28, 2026. CNBC's spot check had it at $4,153.57 an ounce near 9 a.m. ET, down from $4,297.51 at the same hour Friday, according to CNBC . Reuters and Mettis Glo…

    September 28, 2026