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Good morning. US stock futures ticked higher in Wednesday morning trading as traders looked ahead to minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting — seeking further insight into the prospect of an interest rate cut.

💼 US judge blocks Biden admin ban on worker non-compete agreements

📝 Our report: It seems the idea of a little friendly competition is still up for legal debate! A Texas judge has halted a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that aimed to ban non-compete agreements, ensuring workers can still sign those “stay-away-from-the-rivals” contracts. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas said the FTC, which enforces federal antitrust laws, does not have the authority to ban practices it deems unfair methods of competition by adopting broad rules.

 🔑 Key points:

• Brown had temporarily blocked the rule in July while she considered a bid by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country's largest business lobby, and tax service firm Ryan to strike it down entirely.

• The Democratic-controlled FTC approved the ban on noncompete agreements in a 3-2 vote in May. The commission and supporters of the rule say the agreements are an unfair restraint on competition that violate U.S. antitrust law and suppress workers' wages and mobility.

• About 30 million people, or 20% of U.S. workers, have signed noncompetes, according to the FTC. Business groups have argued that Congress never intended to give the FTC those broad powers, and that banning noncompetes will make it difficult to safeguard trade secrets and other confidential information.

💡 So what: The judge's decision to block the FTC's ban on non-compete agreements means that employers can continue using these clauses to limit employees' ability to join rival companies or start their own businesses, which could restrict job mobility and entrepreneurial ventures. This ruling introduces legal and regulatory uncertainty, potentially leading to further legal disputes or changes in regulations. It also allows companies to maintain their current practices for protecting trade secrets, impacting competitive dynamics, while workers might face challenges in negotiating new job opportunities or advancing their careers.

Wednesday - Minutes of Fed's July FOMC Meeting

Thursday - Initial Jobless Claims

Friday - Fed Chair Jerome Powell Speech at Jackson Hole Retreat

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🛒 YouTube, Shopify expand partnership to stave off TikTok

WHAT: YouTube announced it is ramping up its partnership with Shopify to add more brands to its Shopping affiliate program. The expanded partnership means creators will get access to thousands of new brands to tag in their shopping videos, marking a significant increase from the few hundred brands they currently have access to.

WHY: The expanded partnership will also allow YouTube to be better poised to take on TikTok, which is reportedly aiming to grow its TikTok Shop U.S. business tenfold to $17.5 billion this year.

📽️ Movie studio pledges billions to Nevada film production

WHAT: Warner Bros Discovery announced plans to drop $8.5 billion on a shiny new studio in Las Vegas—but only if Nevada sweetens the deal with promised tax incentives. The media giant is partnering with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and family-owned real estate firm Birtcher Development to lease and operate a production facility that will be known as "Warner Bros. Studios Nevada".

WHY: Such financial incentives are attractive to Hollywood studios as they grapple with mounting production costs, further exacerbated by cord-cutting by consumers and slump in ad dollars.

🤖 OpenAI strikes partnership with publishing house

WHAT: Condé Nast has signed a multiyear agreement with OpenAI to license its content, proving that even AI appreciates a touch of high-quality journalism and style! OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT and other AI tools, will display content from brands like Vogue, the New Yorker and Wired within its products, the company said in a statement. The deal also allows OpenAI to use Condé Nast’s content to help train its AI models, which require vast amounts of data to learn.

WHY: The announcement marks an expansion of OpenAI’s efforts to cut deals with media companies, rather than battle them over how the company uses news articles and other content in its AI tools.

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