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Bloomberg’s clip flags a concrete corporate move: Salesforce agreed to buy customer-engagement platform Braze for $5.7B, a deal that puts a large price tag on software that helps companies message and personalize customer journeys. The reporter also ran quick checks on Q3 tech earnings and on Walmart’s new membership bundle, packaging three separate market stories into a single market-momentum snapshot. The combination matters because a big M&A headline landed on a day when tech stocks and data-center listings were under pressure, so the deal’s signal competes with broader sector weakness.