The Morning Flow, November 12, 2026
Today’s stories: Owners say labor is still the top problem, and taxes just jumped to second.
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The Morning Flow, November 11, 2026
Today’s stories: Duck Donuts runs its missing CFO job on an AI analyst it emails.
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The Morning Flow, November 10, 2026
Today’s stories: Meta builds a sales team to sell its AI agents to small businesses, while big retailers refuse to hand it their customers.
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The Morning Flow, November 9, 2026
Today’s stories: Grocery strike cuts off hundreds of New England stores, and the real fight is over one benefit.
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The Morning Flow, November 8, 2026
Today’s stories: Toast's AI tools put numbers on the board: 41% less overtime, $10M ARR, a $100K sales lift.
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The Morning Flow, November 7, 2026
Today’s stories: The AI boomerang: companies that cut jobs for AI are hiring them back.
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The Morning Flow, November 6, 2026
Today’s stories: A three-person company gave an AI agent the marketing job. Late invoices fell from 56% to 8%..
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The Morning Flow, November 5, 2026
Today’s stories: Only 1 in 10 big firms let AI decide without a human. The other 9 are the standard..
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The Morning Flow, November 4, 2026
Today’s stories: Your supplier just put a price on AI: $100 million this year, $500 million by 2029.
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The Morning Flow, November 3, 2026
Today’s stories: The phone call is becoming an agent job. Salesforce just bought the company that answers it.
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The Morning Flow, November 2, 2026
Today’s stories: Your AI key is a wallet. Nine platforms that hold them got breached in one month.
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The Morning Flow, November 1, 2026
Today’s stories: QuickBooks will now chase your late invoices. You still decide which ones it chases.
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The Morning Flow, October 31, 2026
Today’s stories: AI investors stopped selling software to service businesses. Now they buy the business.
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The Morning Flow, October 30, 2026
Today’s stories: Gap gave holiday hiring to an AI guide, and kept the decision human.
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The Morning Flow, October 29, 2026
Today’s stories: The FTC just asked nine giants to show their pricing math.
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The Morning Flow, October 28, 2026
Today’s stories: New York just told chatbots: let the customer reach a person.
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The Morning Flow, October 27, 2026
Today’s stories: More loans, same people: the bank that spent its AI hours on growth.
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The Morning Flow, October 26, 2026
Today’s stories: Fired for AI, hired back at a premium.
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The Morning Flow, October 25, 2026
Today’s stories: Goldman will teach owners AI. Only 15% have actually wired it in.
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The Morning Flow, October 24, 2026
Today’s stories: The 6 a.m. sick call just got an assistant.
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The Morning Flow, October 23, 2026
Today’s stories: Your bank may treat your agent's moves as yours.
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The Morning Flow, October 22, 2026
Today’s stories: The agent turned off its own alarm.
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The Morning Flow, October 21, 2026
Today’s stories: Yelp's AI now answers your customers before you do.
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The Morning Flow, October 20, 2026
Today’s stories: One hacker breached 100 company websites for five grand in AI tokens.
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The Morning Flow, October 19, 2026
Today’s stories: The price on your shelf is now an AI decision.
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The Morning Flow, October 18, 2026
Today’s stories: The AI agent didn't knock. It used the keys you left out..
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The Morning Flow, October 17, 2026
Today’s stories: The new rule for AI agents: ask a human first.
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The Morning Flow, October 14, 2026
Today’s stories: McDonald's bets $8.5B on ArchIQ; Empacer: the AI that finishes the job; Falcon: the law firm that bills flat.
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