My late dog had one semi-impressive skill: He didn't like being bumped by the Roomba as it crossed the room, and figured out that the big button on top was the power switch. Each time it ran into him, he turned it off with his nose. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Royal Bank of Canada wants its employees to come to the office more frequently, a sign that the country’s big banks may follow their US rivals bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Kevin Orland

In the past year, sitting presidents at some of the top colleges in the US have announced they’re stepping down, triggering the arduous process of finding their replacements bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Pursuits Amelia Pollard Janet Lorin

Occidental rose after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway won approval to buy as much as 50% of the energy company's stock bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Kevin Crowley Katherine Chiglinsky

Scotiabank's years-long turnaround of its Latin America-focused international unit faced a setback last quarter as the division’s lending margins contracted and non-interest revenue slipped. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Kevin Orland

RBC’s capital-markets division dragged down the company’s results last quarter as a slump in investment-banking activity took a toll on revenue bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Kevin Orland

RBC says interest-rate hikes may trigger higher monthly payments for about 80,000 customers with variable-rate mortgages bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Kevin Orland

BMO became another victim of the slowdown in capital markets last quarter, as a slump in equity and debt issuances reduced investment-banking fees bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Kevin Orland

Toronto-Dominion plans to give managers at Cowen, the US brokerage it’s buying for $1.3 billion, “a meaningful and large” role in the Canadian bank’s capital-markets business bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Scotiabank Surprises With CEO Pick as Thomson Takes Top Post bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Kevin Orland Derek DeCloet

The difficult job of rebuilding communities pummeled by Ian is expected to be made even worse by a problem that’s lingered since the early days of the pandemic: snarled supply chains bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Jen Skerritt Olivia Rockeman Sabrina Armaghan Kharrazi Christian Richey

“It’s the most expensive square footage you can put in a new branch.” JPMorgan Chase is no longer renting new safe deposit boxes bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Jenny Surane

James Dyson's family office gets £1 billion cash dividend from his namesake technology firm bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Ben Stupples

With so few hotels near Princeton — and so many alumni returning for reunions — finding a place to stay can be daunting, but the New Jersey school is getting a new hotel bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Amelia Pollard Janet Lorin Katherine Chiglinsky

The pass rate for the first level of the chartered financial analyst exam declined slightly, while remaining above the historic lows set last year, as some candidates delayed taking their tests bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Katherine Doherty

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman suggested job cuts might be coming as senior executives assess headcount at the Wall Street firm Sridhar Natarajan bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Citi, JPMorgan and BofA all reported higher headcounts in the third quarter -- even amid talk of cutbacks bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth Bloomberg Sabrina Armaghan Kharrazi

Big bank bigger than big tech: JPMorgan, the largest US lender, surpassed Meta’s market value this month for the first time since 2015 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology Hannah Levitt

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I admire Daniel Taub's new story on Electro-Harmonix because I feel sure it's the first story to pair Chuck Berry, a fat cigar, the Big Muff, and real-life implications of the Trump tariffs. Plus the photos rule bloomberg.com/news/features/…