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Work & City LifeCanada’s unemployment rate rises to 6.7% in October as youth joblessness hits 13.7% and household financial stress climbsBusinessChina initiates anti-dumping probes into EU and Japanese chemical and aramid materials as seven ministries issue shipping insurance blueprintEnergy & IndustryFAO Food Price Index dips 1.2% to 133.9 in October as US completes 300,000-barrel heating oil reserve exchange and $237M grid solicitationTechnologyOpenAI unveils 100-task BioBasicsBench wet-lab benchmark and partners with Hacktron on cross-service security testingInnovationSEMI Foundation launches global Chip the Future Challenge as IBM unveils 120-qubit Quantum System Two in ChicagoWork & City LifeUS nonfarm payrolls rise by 165,000 in October with +84,000 prior-month revisions as unemployment edges to 4.1%BusinessCanada tables Budget 2026 with $52 billion in new clean electricity commitments and extended investment tax creditsEnergy & IndustryChina’s National Energy Administration publicizes 93 AI-plus-energy pilot projects as MOFCOM renews countervailing duties on US n-propanol
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Issue 2026-10-31

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UK investigates Meta’s commercial terms over publishers’ content; no infringement established

The UK competition regulator is investigating whether Meta’s commercial terms impose unfair conditions on publishers and other businesses that depend on its platforms. The proposed changes have been paused.

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Business/

US employment costs rise 0.8% in the third quarter as real wages remain under pressure

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Cost Index through September. Wage and benefit costs continued to increase, but inflation-adjusted wages fell from a year earlier.

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Energy & Industry/

New US utility-scale solar increasingly pairs with batteries, but operating capacity and plans are distinct

An EIA analysis of power plant reports finds that more than 16% of US utility-scale solar capacity added through September 2026 was co-located with operating batteries. Higher future shares remain development plans.