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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.On this episode of Stock Movers:- TDK shares are up as much as 6.4% after strong gains yesterday, as traders put money into niche corners of the AI ecosystem including component makers and stocks linked to the data center build-out.- Asian Defense stocks such as Hyundai Rotem are down despite ongoing global conflicts, mirroring the drawdown in US defense names amid speculation that after the midterm elections there could be pressure to reduce

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Brand USA welcomes back a familiar face as it fights for congressional reauthorization, a vacation rental roll-up flips the private equity script by letting founders keep control, and Delta is building a media network powered by what it already knows about every passenger who logs into Wi-Fi.On today's Skift Daily Briefing, Bailey Schulz, Skift's Global Tourism Reporter, breaks down why Caroline Beteta's return to Brand USA centers on one urgent mission, how Pavilion's founder-majority ownership

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Elon Musk’s net worth topped $1 trillion Monday morning as stocks for his companies SpaceX and Tesla climbed after the stock market opened, restoring the controversial tech mogul’s trillionaire status after he first hit that milestone in June.ForbesestimatesMusk’s net worth at $1 trillion on Monday, which is up by $30.6 billion over Friday, the last day the stock market was open. The surge cements Musk’s status as the richest person in the world, with Amazon leader Jeff Bezos in a distant second

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