Nvidia expands AI ties with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver  TechCrunch Three billionaires went out for chicken and beer, and paid for everyone’s meal  CNN Three billionaires dropped by a fried-chicken joint—and Jensen Huang bought everyone dinner  Fortune Nvidia expands global AI rollout with bumper South Korea deals  BBC Nvidia, Samsung and Hyundai C.E.O.s Meet in Seoul Ahead of Business Deal Announcement  The New York Times

Nasdaq and S&P 500 close higher, thanks to Amazon, to cap off a strong week: Live updates  CNBC Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq climb to cap winning month as strong earnings, easing rates fuel Amazon, tech stocks  Yahoo Finance US stocks ride AI hype and trade truce to 6-month winning streak  Financial Times Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Leads Charge As Nvidia Sees 'AI Virtuous Cycle' (Live Coverage)  Investor's Business Daily Stock Market Today: Amazon Surges to Record High, Boosting Nasdaq  The Wall Street Journal

Exxon Beats Estimates as New Guyana Field Helps Lift Production  Bloomberg.com Oil Giants Plan Production Boost  Rigzone Big Oil earnings expected to edge up as analysts eye 2026 outlook  Reuters Exxon and Chevron boost output despite falling oil prices  Financial Times Exxon and Chevron hike oil production despite global glut and see more 'frontier exploration' as U.S. shale boom slows  Fortune

Chocolate's reign over Halloween is under threat from inflation, tariffs and high cocoa prices  CNBC US candy makers haunted by Halloween discounts as retailers scare up sales  Reuters Halloween candy prices rising, spooked by Trump’s tariffs and climate change  The Guardian Has Halloween candy gotten more expensive? Here’s what the historical data shows  WESH US retailers lowering prices on Hershey's candy ahead of Halloween: report  Fox Business

Big Tech To Wall Street: AI Spending Boom Will Intensify  Investor's Business Daily A.I. Spending Is Accelerating Among Tech’s Biggest Companies  The New York Times Tech companies Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon will all increase investment in AI next year  Yahoo One force is propping up the economy. Now it’s getting stronger.  The Washington Post The great AI buildout shows no sign of slowing  Reuters

China ‘made a real mistake’ by ‘firing shots’ on rare earths, says Scott Bessent  Financial Times What are rare earth minerals, and why are they central to Trump’s trade deal with China?  CNN Trump Touts Rare-Earth Win in Talks Showing Xi’s Strong Hand  Yahoo Finance What the US-China deal means for rare earths, soybean farmers and TikTok  ABC News China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know  The New York Times