Sept. 8, 2025
Robinhood Joins the S&P 500, Mortgage Rates Plunge, and Anthropic Pays $1.5 Billion
Stocks and headlines are moving across tech, housing, and entertainment. Robinhood and AppLovin are surging after being added to the S&P 500, while EchoStar scored another major spectrum deal—this time with SpaceX. The U.S. is weighing annual chip permits for Samsung and SK Hynix as trade tensions with China continue, and Hollywood is ramping up its push into gaming franchises like Call of Duty. Mortgage rates plunged to 10-month lows after soft labor data fueled Fed cut expectations, Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with authors over AI training data, and OpenAI is preparing to launch a jobs platform that could directly rival LinkedIn.
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