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EU Tech Sovereignty Bill Faces Pushback Over Cybersecurity Data and Source Code Requirements library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @catstupp $AAPL $AMADF $AMS $AMZN $GOOG $GOOGL $META $MSFT $SAP $ZM

Labor Weekly: Democratic Control of Congress Could Herald Constellation of Individual PRO Act Bills; New Oversight Likely Aimed at DOL Rulemaking; FTC Demands Uber, Delta, Others Disclose Personalized Pricing and Compensation Tactics; NCAA Accused of Conspiring Against Pay for Division III Athletes library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @papscun & @ColeCahill $AMZN $CART $DAL $DASH $JBLU $LYFT $TGT $UAL $UBER $WMT

Cintas/UniFirst: Merging Parties Respond to Follow-up FTC Questions; As of Now, No Concessions Offered to Address Concerns library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @saniya_rao & @joshkosman $CTAS $UNF $VSTS

Red Flags at Dollar General: Underinvestment in Labor and Maintenance Creates Business Risk, Raises Questions About Accounting Controls library.thecapitolforum.com/… $DG

📢 Tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET: Jonathan Kanter joins us to discuss AI-powered legal tech and the future of antitrust enforcement. The former DOJ Antitrust Division chief will discuss FluxCap, competition policy, congressional investigations, and more. RSVP: thecapitolforum.com/events/?…

Downstream4EU: Manufacturing Industries Form Coalition to Push for Changes to EU Trade and Industrial Policy library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @JanosAllAmm

Fox/Roku: States' Group Investigating Deal, Which Continues to Move Toward DOJ Clearance library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @joshkosman, @HanqingC, & @jbliss1987 $FOX $ROKU

Health Care Weekly: Hims Defends Cancellation Policies; Comer Probes PBM Audits of Independent Pharmacies; Baxter Warned on Sterility Issues; Beta Bionics Pulls Application for Next-Gen Dosing Algorithm; FDA Targets 'Gray or Black' Peptide Market; CMS Eyes Premium Tax Credit Rule; Corcept, Genmab Tout Cancer Wins library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @AliceTrace67285 $ADBE $AMRX $BBNX $CI $CORT $CTEV $CVS $FAGR $GMAB $GSK $HIMS $HUM $LLY $SAN $SNY $TEVA $UNH $VTRS

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Clashing Predictions Made on When Supreme Court Will Hear Kalshi, Polymarket Case; Treasury's 'Super Intelligence' Rule to Tighten Restrictions on U.S. AI Investments in Foreign Countries; Coupang Employs Bipartisan Strategy in Lobbying Spend; Data Brokers Could Face Large Fines Under California Privacy Law library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @SaraMorrison, @rebeccamkern, @joshkosman, @sloan_sacha, @NeilTracey79369, & @themaggierhoads $AAPL $AMZN $AVGO $CMPGY $CPG $CPNG $DE $DIS $GOOG $GOOGL $INTC $META $MSFT $NVDA $NXST $PSKY $TMUS $TSM

Gubernatorial Candidates Klobuchar, Weiser, Blackburn Poised to Shape Tech Policy Amid Federal Gridlock library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @sloan_sacha, @Ben_B_K, @EthanEhrenhaft, & @ColeCahill $AAPL $AMZN $AVGO $GOOG $GOOGL $INTC $META $MSFT $TMUS $TSM

Chemed: Georgia Inspectors Placed VITAS's State Operation in 'Immediate Jeopardy' After Patients in Crisis Experienced Lengthy Wait Times; Managers Told Inspectors They Were Unaware of State's One-Hour Response Rule library.thecapitolforum.com/… $CHE

European Antitrust Agenda: UK Gives EU Cover in Approach to Big Tech; Booking Probe Highlights DSA Enforcement Priorities library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @JavierespBX, @kbolongaro, @catstupp, @BeckyWhalleyy, @JanosAllAmm, @JoannaSopinska $AAPL $AMZN $BKNG $GOOG $GOOGL $META $MSFT

Life & Annuity Industry: Regulators Cast Doubt on Insurer Claims Assuring Investors of Pari Passu Treatment of Funding Agreement-Backed Notes library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @kimgeiger & @LisaEpst $BHF $BNT $EQH $GL $PRU $RGA $VOYA

Antitrust Agenda: Lawmakers on Their Post-Election Goal to Enact Populist Data Center Legislation; The Latest on Midterm Polling and Early Voting; Manhattan District Attorney Starts Antitrust Task Force; Lindsay Owens on the Surveillance Pricing Companies Democrats Should Subpoena library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @MaxBerengaut, @SaraMorrison, & @ColeCahill $ACA $AMZN $CI $COF $CRH $CVS $DIS $DKS $FUBO $GOOG $GOOGL $HPE $LYV $NXST $PEP $PSKY $TMUS $UAL $UNH $VTRS $Z $ZG

The Asia Antitrust Agenda: Taiwan Blocks Grab Acquisition of Foodpanda; Korea Probes Alleged Flour Cartel; Japan Checks for Collusion Among Beer Brewers; Hong Kong Raids Offices of Virtual Reality Component Suppliers in Bid-Rigging Investigation; Apple Must Allow Alternative Methods for App Distribution library.thecapitolforum.com/… $AAPL $ASBHY $DELHY $DLVHF $GRAB $JD $KNBWY $MPNGF $MPNGY $STBFY $UBER

📅 This week at The Capitol Forum: 10/27 | Mispriced Assets and Fragility in Private Credit: An Economist’s Findings with Chuck Fang 10/28 | G. Elliott Morris on the 2026 Election Outlook 10/30 | Tech/Media/Hardware Policy Outlook RSVP to join us: thecapitolforum.com/events/

AkzoNobel/Axalta: Bidding Process for Wood Coatings Business That FTC Wants Divested Reaches Mid-Stage library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @HanqingC $AKZOF $AXTA $SHW

Merger-Related Lobbying Declined in Third Quarter as Midterms Neared library.thecapitolforum.com/… h/t @jaarbutus $CSX $CTAS $D $NEE $NSC $UNF $UNP

Webull: Popular Trading Platform Investigated by House Could Face Further Scrutiny Under DOJ National Security Rule library.thecapitolforum.com/… $BULL