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Today on The Open Bell: The Fed held rates steady, but two of its own members voted to raise them, and if you think that makes December's meeting a done deal, the Fed's own internal math would like a word. Alphabet reported $128 billion in quarterly revenue, beat almost every number on the sheet, and still watched its stock tumble roughly 9% after hours, because Google's search business missed by $2 billion and Wall Street is now asking out loud whether AI chatbots are actually chipping away at the world's biggest advertising engine. Yemen's Houthi movement is claiming a ballistic missile strike on Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery, processing 550,000 barrels a day, and even with Saudi air defenses saying they intercepted it, the global oil market didn't wait around to find out who was right. If today's episode was worth your commute, a five-star rating takes ten seconds and helps the next listener find the show. New episodes every weekday morning at theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Fed Holds at 3.75–4.00% in 10-2 Vote as Two Officials Push f 03:14 Alphabet Misses on Revenue and Search; Stock Tumbles ~9% Aft 05:58 Houthi Ballistic Missile Strike Claimed on Saudi Ras Tanura 08:06 Closing thoughts

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