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US nonfarm businesses produced more per hour in the third quarter, allowing labor costs per unit of output to fall even as hourly compensation rose. For Bitcoin, that offers a potential offset to jobs-driven rate fears: if lower cost pressure helps cool inflation and expected interest rates, financing could become less expensive.

DoorDash and Instacart have struck an acquisition deal for roughly $17 billion. What does it mean for retailers and merchants who rely on these platforms to get items to customers, and could the deal turn into a game-changer for home delivery in the US?

Polls and prediction markets have spent weeks pointing to a Democratic sweep. History says the outcome has shaped stocks for about three months, then barely at all.

Despite ad revenue growing 54% year-over-year, Reddit’s stock took a nosedive after the closing bell following the release of its Q3 earnings Thursday, largely due to slowed user growth and plunging referral traffic. Revenue overall grew 53% to $895 million YoY. 

Consider a familiar e-commerce scenario. A customer purchases a refrigerator online after comparing specifications, reviewing product images, and evaluating prices. The transaction completes successfully, generating revenue for the retailer and boosting its conversion metrics. However, when the refrigerator arrives, the customer discovers that it cannot fit through the intended installation space.

I regularly see early-stage tech founders fixated entirely on their product roadmaps, user acquisition costs, and server architecture. When a term sheet finally arrives from an overseas angel syndicate or a cross-border incubator, the immediate instinct is to sign it, wire the funds, and get back to writing code.

Investing.com — Consumer AI agents could challenge long-standing sources of friction across financial services, but trust, data access, and regulation remain major barriers to widespread adoption, Bernstein analysts said.

Early data suggests that AI-aided shopping could lower product returns, one of ecommerce’s most persistent costs.

India’s digital commerce companies are preparing for a future in which personal artificial intelligence (AI) assistants could increasingly make online shopping decisions and carry out transactions on behalf of consumers.   Ecommerce platforms, online travel agencies and insurance marketplaces have begun reassessing product pricing, customer acquisition costs and bot-verification systems as AI agents capable of…

More targeted attacks and blind spots are complicating how brokers assess clients’ exposure