🌏 Ken Griffin’s Trump tariff fears

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Ken Griffin is feeling a bit anxious about the incoming Trump tariffs. The billionaire investor says they would start a “long, slippery slope” to reduced corporate profits.

A lot of people are about to be on the road for Thanksgiving. AAA is forecasting a record number of long highway trips this year.

Huawei is feeling the pinch of U.S. sanctions in its chip business. Its Nvidia-fighting (NVDA) Ascend processors are being hampered by trade restrictions against Chinese semiconductor manufacturers.

Walmart (WMT) is raking it in. The retailer posted above-expectations earnings on the back of increased demand for discretionary items.

Nestle (NSRGY) is looking forward to working with RFK Jr. Trump’s HHS pick and the food giant share a love for “more regenerative, cleaner agriculture,” the company said.

Google’s Chrome may have to search for a new home

Chrome is the most popular internet browser in the world, one of many Google (GOOGL) brands imprinted on our collective e-consciousness. But it might not be Alphabet’s for much longer.

As part of its ongoing antitrust scrutiny of the search-and-advertising giant’s stature, the Justice Department might push Google to sell Chrome. If that happens, the company could lose the on-ramp for other services like its Gemini AI chatbot.

What else might the government have in store for Google? Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro looks at other aspects of the company on the chopping block.

Diabetes monitoring is now a ring away

Oura just rolled out its latest smart ring last month, but it just announced a big new feature. The company says its devices will now be able to track blood sugar levels.

The ring’s new ability is thanks to a partnership with the glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom (DXCM). It’s just one of a handful of health metrics that Oura claims it can provide to users.

Quartz’s Bruce Gil runs down the details of the new collaboration and how each company’s respective technology suite stands to benefit.

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Someone’s about to buy a really expensive doorstop. An 18th-century marble bust by Edmé Bouchardon, once used to prop open a storage shed, is set to bring more than $1 million at auction.

Sabrina Carpenter got someone to leave church early. A New York City priest who let her film the “Feather” music video in a church has been relieved of duties.

John F. Kennedy eerily predicted his own assassination. The onetime president pretended to be murdered in a 1963 homemade spy movie. (paywall)

More than a million men are excited by boredom. The Dull Men’s Club is a giant Facebook group dedicated to mundane activities.

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