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FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses
FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses
October 22, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud losses reported by older adults increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025, leaping from $600 million to $3 billion, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said...

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Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees
Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees
October 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Uber has made OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work available to all its 30,000 employees around the world after initially piloting it with 1,000 employees, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. ChatGPT Work...

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Credit Card Delinquencies Creep Up to 2.6% Among Major Issuers
Credit Card Delinquencies Creep Up to 2.6% Among Major Issuers
October 22, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Credit card delinquencies crept up in September, while net charge-offs declined, according to the latest edition of Seeking Alpha’s Credit Pulse, released Thursday (Oct. 22). This...

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Banks Add AI Agents, Keep Their 40-Year-Old Cores
Banks Add AI Agents, Keep Their 40-Year-Old Cores
October 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Banks keep their core systems because replacing them is costly and disruptive. Keeping them carries its own price. Employees work across fragmented applications, repeat manual...

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Nvidia and Reflection Make Open Models Enterprise-Ready
Nvidia and Reflection Make Open Models Enterprise-Ready
October 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Chinese labs have led the open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) race for most of the year. This week, the U.S. stacked up its own entries, with...

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Wyndham Deploys AI Agents to Boost Hotel Bookings and Cut Franchisee Costs
Wyndham Deploys AI Agents to Boost Hotel Bookings and Cut Franchisee Costs
October 22, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Hotel franchising company Wyndham Hotels & Resorts offers artificial intelligence (AI) tools across the guest experience and has found that they improve franchisees’ top lines, reduce...

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American Airlines Says Loyalty Program Drives Revenues and Margins
American Airlines Says Loyalty Program Drives Revenues and Margins
October 22, 2026  |  Loyalty & Rewards

American Airlines’ loyalty program, AAdvantage, differentiates the company from its rivals and provides a competitive advantage, executives said Thursday (Oct. 22) during a third-quarter earnings...

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Bitcoin-Backed Loans Add Debt to Leveraged Crypto Trading
Bitcoin-Backed Loans Add Debt to Leveraged Crypto Trading
October 22, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin holders borrowing to finance leveraged trading retain their original investment and take on another source of exposure. Their coins continue to fluctuate, the financed...

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Procter & Gamble Sees Resilient Consumer Demand Despite Higher Commodity Costs
Procter & Gamble Sees Resilient Consumer Demand Despite Higher Commodity Costs
October 22, 2026  |  Earnings

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Procter & Gamble expects the costs of raw materials, energy and transportation to be higher throughout its fiscal year 2027,...

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