Finance - CNBC

1. Activist investor Jana Partners takes stake in medical device maker Cooper Companies, WSJ says

2. China’s economy grows 4.8% in third quarter as expected, but investment sees 'rare and alarming' drop

3. This ETF strategy could help risk-averse investors ride out wild market swings

4. ‘The tide went out’: How a string of bad loans has bank investors hunting for hidden risks

5. Gold's record run could usher in biggest change ever to market's classic 60/40 stock bond investing portfolio

6. Moody's says the banking system, private credit markets are sound despite worries over bad loans

7. Chinese robotaxi company Pony.ai to work with Stellantis on Europe expansion

8. U.S. regulators toss out rules requiring banks to prepare for climate change

9. Fed Governor Miran wants a half-point cut this month, while Waller backs another quarter-point move

10. BlackRock’s crypto push deepens with a retooled product to serve stablecoin issuers

11. Alibaba says its AI spending in e-commerce is already breaking even

12. Fintech startup Upgrade valued at $7.3 billion in new funding round

13. CEOs of Wells Fargo and Pfizer caution the U.S. could lose its edge to China without innovation

14. Big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are already using AI to hire fewer people

15. Fed's Miran sees China trade tensions as a further reason for quick interest rate cuts

16. Apple rival Honor launches AI phone tools that help users get online shopping discounts and more

17. Honor reveals a new smartphone with a fold-out robotic camera arm

18. Morgan Stanley posts massive third-quarter earnings beat

19. Bank of America tops expectations on 43% surge in investment banking revenue

20. Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live on policy at the NABE conference in Philadelphia