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1. Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown

2. Shutdown means another missed jobs report Friday. Here's what it probably would have shown

3. SNAP benefits: Trump admin seeks emergency block on order to pay food stamps in full

4. Airlines cancel more than 700 U.S. flights as FAA-ordered shutdown cuts begin

5. Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

6. Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor

7. How Trump’s tariffs are crushing small businesses while big retailers weather the costs

8. Worried about layoffs? Economists say the job market is cooling but 'not falling off a cliff'

9. Food banks are in 'disaster response mode' due to shutdown and SNAP cuts, leaders say: 'The damage gets worse and worse' every day

10. Big Tech's AI spending spree: Smart long-term bet or short-term risk?

11. Block sinks 10% after weak third quarter results miss Wall Street estimates

12. As FAA order triggers flight cancellations and delays, what to know about credit card travel insurance

13. Archer tanks 12% after air taxi maker sells additional 85 million shares, buys LA-area airport

14. Trump CFPB takes aim at 15 states that ban medical debt on credit reports—it's 'salt in the wound,' says consumer advocate

15. This portfolio stock is one of 'the highest quality' plays on the AI data center boom, JPMorgan says

16. Google's decade-long bet on custom chips is turning into company's secret weapon in AI race

17. Ford reportedly considers ending production of all-electric F-150 Lightning

18. MP Materials CEO warns investors to approach suddenly hot rare earths industry with caution

19. Sam Altman says OpenAI will top $20 billion in annualized revenue this year, hundreds of billions by 2030

20. $1.7 trillion-dollar ETF giant State Street says 401(k) market about to face new low-cost challenger