First Read

First Read starts your mid-week with news that the Senate has passed an historic cybersecurity bill, the price tag of Walgreen's planned acquisition of Rite Aid is $9.4 billion and Apple’s sales double in China on iPhone growth.

In First Read, Congress and the White House reach a tentative budget deal, Uber is reportedly raising another $1 billion and JPMorgan says it's building a rival to Apple Pay.

First Read kicks off your week with news that Duke Energy is planning on acquiring Piedmont Natural Gas for $4.9 billion in cash, Toyota dethrones Volkswagen as world's top automaker and the new "Steve Jobs" movie flops in its opening weekend, coming in at a measly number 8.

First Read ends your week with news that a U.S. prosecutor is aiming to dismiss insider trading charges in SAC Capital case, British telecom TalkTalk is the latest victim of a major hacking attack and Jack Dorsey is giving away nearly $200 million of his Twitter stock to employees.

First Read starts your morning with news that the EU has ruled that bitcoin exchanges don't have to pay taxes, the Mets advance to the World Series after sweeping the Cubs and Sprint will pay a $2.95 million fine for charging low-credit customers extra fees.

Today we have news that VCs don't slow down the pace of investments in August, the U.K. government's attempts to stop Snowden stories and GoDaddy buys Locu.

To start your week, we have news on Microsoft's plans to cut the price of the Surface Pro, the 10-year crusade to bring Big Macs to Viet Nam and the latest on A-Rod.

To start your Friday, we have lessons from Pebble, Defcon organizers tell the Fed to stay home and most rappers aren't as rich as they say they are.

Is Ben Bernanke the most misunderstood man on Wall Street? Inside the civil suit against Jon Corzine. The truth about Yelp. And much more!

This morning, we have news about Instagram's big change, Oracle weak Q4 results and the Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's bid decision.