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Stocks slipped from record highs on Friday as shoppers turned gloomy, but the S&P 500 still banked a third straight winning week, and Reddit joins the index on Tuesday. China's Z.ai shipped a coding model it calls the best open-weights system yet, a day after Google and OpenAI cut prices and boosted speed. Pizza Hut's CEO is leaving as the chain's sale closes, while Nelson Peltz moves to take Wendy's private. The Celtics learned they open October 20 in Detroit, and the Red Sox are in Pittsburgh tonight. At home, lawmakers aim to override the toll plan veto next week, and the state's school voucher tab could top 60 million dollars.

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