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1. America’s getting hammered on hard seltzers. Canned alcoholic drinks were supposed to be the healthy alternative to beer: They have a beer-ish alcohol content, but a much softer impact on your gut. But now people are turning to canned margaritas and 12% ABV Cutwater spirits that leave them with more than just a light buzz.
2. More than 45,000 port workers are suspending their strike. The strike, which threatened to snarl everything from holiday shopping to auto production lines, was suspended until January after employers and striking dockworkers reached a tentative agreement on wages.
3. Office meltdown who? Though office vacancy is still high, there’s a shortage of high-end, newly built space that developers are rushing to fill. America’s white collar workers are still enamored with remote and hybrid work — but the data predict an office rebound on the horizon. (But one iconic NYC building hasn’t been so lucky.)

In other news

• Starbucks’ mobile orders are a challenge for its new CEO.
• OpenAI’s investors include Silicon Valley’s most prolific bubble-chasers. Is that a bad sign for the company’s future?
• Amazon’s Wondery is launching a new toy line as it aims to build the next big franchises from podcasts.

What’s happening today

• European Court of Justice rules on Meta’s data privacy case, which could set limits on how tech companies use personal data in the EU.
• US Department of Labor releases September employment data report.

The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York. Jordan Parker Erb, editor, in New York. Hallam Bullock, senior editor, in London. Milan Sehmbi, fellow, in London. Amanda Yen, fellow, in New York.