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After a rosy earnings report and outlook from semiconductor giant TSM, investors see early signs that the AI boom is alive and well. Can it continue? Shares of Nvidia Corporation are once again flirting with all-times highs as investors show fresh optimism for AI-focused stocks at the start of Big Tech’s third-quarter earnings season, which begins in earnest this week.

At least 95% of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene was not insured. Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but government and private experts say they will likely join the infamous ranks of Katrina, Sandy and Harvey as super costly $50-billion-plus killers.

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Digital-savvy farmers and countryside dwellers have used nostalgia and authenticity to win over Chinese social media. In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua—though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge—has done something remarkable: She’s taken the pastoral simplicity of rural China and made it irresistible to millions.

Millions of Americans hold private stock as part of their compensation. Daffy’s latest innovation lets them use it for good. Roughly 60% of Americans own stocks of some shape or form, and millions of them own private stock—or shares of companies that are not publicly traded. Private stock is often included as part of a compensation package, given out as equity in the company, to entice employees to keep “skin in the game.”

Improved notifications and better communication with customers and critical facilities, like wastewater treatment plants and hospitals, are among the requirements that Xcel Energy-Colorado must meet when it shuts off power to reduce the risks from hazardous weather. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission endorsed a series of requirements last week after looking into complaints following Xcel’s shutdown of power along the northern Front Range in early April as a precaution during extreme winds.