Business & Markets — October 27, 2026

Nvidia invests $3 billion in Meta. Nvidia will invest $3 billion in Meta. The social media company also announced plans to raise $95 billion to fund its AI infrastructure buildout.

CNBC framed the deal as a deepening of the partnership between the two technology companies as both pursue artificial intelligence ambitions. The chipmaker's stake comes alongside Meta's separate, much larger capital-raising effort, underscoring the scale of spending the company anticipates for data centers and related computing capacity. Details on the structure and timing of the investment were not provided in the report.

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FTC sues Dollar General over shelf prices. The FTC and 20 states accused the bargain chain of long-running deceptive pricing practices, alleging it charges customers more at the register than advertised on shelves.

The complaint is a joint action, with 20 state governments joining the federal regulator against the discount retailer. According to the AP, the agencies characterize the alleged conduct as long-running, centering on discrepancies between posted shelf prices and what shoppers are ultimately charged at checkout. The filing of a complaint begins the legal process; the material provided does not indicate what remedies the FTC and states are seeking or how Dollar General has responded.

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HSBC earnings miss hits shares. Shares of Europe's biggest bank fell as much as 7% after third-quarter results missed expectations, with customers increasingly shifting deposits into higher-rate products.

MarketWatch tied the stock decline to a broader pressure facing large lenders: depositors moving money out of standard accounts and into products offering higher interest rates, a shift that can squeeze the margins banks earn on customer funds. The outlet suggested the trend is bad news not only for HSBC but for similar institutions. The quarterly shortfall triggered an intraday drop of as much as 7% in the bank's shares.

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