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CCLXXXVIII NO. 94  \n[WSJ.com](WSJ.com)  \nU.S. Edition  \nDJIA 51966.03 g 36.38 0.07% NASDAQ 26430.89 À 1.1% STOXX 600 639.56 g 0.8% 10-YR. TREAS. g 9/32 , yield 5.135% OIL $103.66 À $2.25 GOLD $4,139.00 g $20.50 EURO $1.1213 YEN 158.52  \nWhat’s News  \nBusiness & Finance  \n􀀂 Wall Street and viewers will be looking for answers to their questions when Netflix reports its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. A1  \n􀀂 U.S. stocks ended mixed, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rising 0.4% and 1 .1%, respectively, and the Dow falling by less than 0.1% . B10  \n􀀂 Elon Musk said he would give every child in the U. S. one SpaceX share, following pledges by other high-profile billionaires to donate some of their wealth. B1  \n􀀂 The Saudi national accused of bugging an OpenAI conference room had earlier been in touch with a Saudi royal about job opportunities in the kingdom, prosecutors said. B1  \n􀀂 Nvidia-backed startup doubleAI said it was set to unveil what it called a new category of artificial intelligence that can help companies lower their computing costs. B1  \n􀀂 Lindt replaced Chief Executive Officer Adalbert Lechner with Dieter Weisskopf, the company’s former boss, as the chocolatier tries to revive growth. B2  \n􀀂 JPMorgan Chase said it has financed $230 billion of projects through its $1 . 5 trillion national-security initiative that it announced last year. B1  \n􀀂 Roche entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with Hansoh Pharmaceutical that could net the Chinese drugmaker more than $15 billion. B6  \n􀀂 KKR agreed to sell Infinity to Ares Management for about $2 .9 billion after owning the railcar-leasing company for roughly five years and helping it more than double its book value. B10  \nWorldwide  \n􀀂 Saudi Arabia postponed its flagship investor conference following missile attackson the kingdom’s airports and capital city by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. A1  \n􀀂 The riots sweeping France handed Marine Le Pen on the political right the opportunity to present herself as a leader in waiting and the sole candidate in next year’s presidential election willing to restore order. A1, A8  \n􀀂 Trump said he would be open to meeting the leaders of Russia and China to discuss denuclearization, a comment that came after Putin proposed that the three men meet to discuss Ukraine. A7  \n􀀂 The Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to remove artificial-intelligence technology developed by China’s DeepSeek from their IT systems. A2  \n􀀂 Vice President JD Vance declined to back Netanyahu in Israel’s coming elections, in a break from Trump. A10  \n􀀂 Israeli police said they arrested 10 people in connection with settler violence in the occupied West Bank. A10  \n􀀂 Hedge-fund billionaires Steve and Sue Mandel have  \nregional distribution .  \npoured at least $20 million into political, policy and media projects that are challenging the  \nlocally for  \nreprinted  \nDemocratic establishment. A6  \n􀀂 The campaign of Republi-  \ncan David Flippo, who is running for a House seat in Nevada, credited a dead woman for a donation. A4  \n􀀂 The Tampa Bay Rays won the American League championship and will face the Milwaukee Brewers in baseball’s World Series.  \nCONTENTS Markets..................... B10  \nArts in Review..... A15 Opinion................ A17-19  \nBusiness & Finance B2,6 Personal Journal A13-14  \nBusiness News...... B3 Sports   A16  \nwas originally published in the United States and  \nThis edition of The Wall Street Journal  \nCrossword   A15  \nFrom Page One.. A12 Heard on Street... 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