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The plenary session of China’s ruling party will likely introduce economic reforms and policies addressing impediments to its growth.

Greece’s government put new labor laws into effect that mean workers can be asked to work a six-day workweek. Meanwhile, in the UK, the campaign for a four-day workweek is gaining momentum.

OpenAI allegedly issued overly-restrictive non-disclosure agreements that could penalize anyone who blows the whistle to government agencies.

Not only is sportswear and sneaker giant Nike faced with struggling financials, but it is also searching for its soul.

Who knew that giving away free investment products wasn’t gonna pay the bills? A Morningstar report found fund fees hit their lowest point on record and may have finally hit rock bottom. In other news, a proposed, let's call it tweak, to a Federal Reserve rule on bank surpluses could put hundreds of billions of dollars back in the hands of the big banks. And what just happened with the $4.5B deal at Envestnet? Read more of the FA Upside newsletter here:

The US economy got a jolt of good news Thursday when the Labor Department reported that monthly inflation fell in June, strengthening the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in the coming months.

On Thursday, the European Commission announced that it had reached an agreement with Apple that the iPhone giant will no longer box out third-party touch-and-go payment apps.

At the Sun Valley conference on Thursday, commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is en route to allowing PE groups to take ownership stakes in franchises.

A video content moderation patent from Google highlights the growing role that AI may play in tracking down misinformation and hate speech. But using AI in this manner comes with its own set of risks, said Brian Green, director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. “Very often, false positive and false negative rates or trade offs, if you minimize one, the other tends to go up. They'll have to figure out what the balance is.” https://lnkd.in/g364EJyY Plus, Ford wants to automate self-driving oil changes with its recent patent: https://lnkd.in/gEd6fbRv And Oracle’s latest patent may track user movements to a T: https://lnkd.in/gJHvQyMB To get to know the tech landscape better, check out Patent Drop: https://lnkd.in/gCkSHGsA