Brian Boyle

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Brian Boyle (he/him) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside. His writing has previously appeared in outlets such as Vice, Slate, and The Los Angeles Times, where he was a contributing writer on the opinion section. He lives in Los Angeles.

Private Equity

Private Equity Group Dodges FTC Antitrust Lawsuit

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A US judge ruled Tuesday that private equity groups still have legal cover from lawsuits involving their portfolio companies.

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Energy

US Oil Industry Faces Wave of Antitrust Trouble

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US shale producers are on the receiving end of a wild well of class-action lawsuits alleging anticompetitive behavior.

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Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

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After a slump through the latter half of the last decade, the US is experiencing a startup tsunami, according to The Economist.

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

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The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Consumer

Uber Takes a U-Turn Back to Unprofitability

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A $721 million loss from equity investments in other companies pulled the entire company down to an overall loss of $654 million.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Streaming Unit is Finally (Sort of) Profitable

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The company’s Disney+ and Hulu platforms eked out $47 million in operating income. Just don’t ask about ESPN+.

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Blockchain

Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Receives SEC Wells Notice

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The move follows the SEC’s suit against crypto exchange Coinbase for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange.

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Energy

Shell Sold Millions of ‘Phantom’ Carbon Credits

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Oil industry titan Shell has sold millions of carbon credits linked to CO2 removal that never actually occurred, the Financial Times found.

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Banking

UBS Mulls a Massive Cost-Cutting

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The slow integration of Credit Suisse has only exacerbated existing problems with UBS’s asset management unit.

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Media & Entertainment

Cable Dispute Blacks Out MLB Games in 15 US Markets

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As the latest MLB season kicks into full gear, fans in 15 markets across the US can’t watch local game broadcasts.

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Regulation

FTC Challenges Hundreds of Pharma Patents

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The regulator sees some patents as ploys to keep companies from developing cheaper generic versions of 20 different brand-name drugs.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Ousts CEO Amid Sale Effort

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As Paramount Global very publicly pursues a sale, longtime executive Bob Bakish has found himself increasingly on the outs.

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Consumer

Blade to Launch Hamptons-Bound Luxury Bus Line

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Tickets start at $195, with passengers treated to free Sweetgreen salads and espresso martinis.

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Markets

General Catalyst Closes $6 Billion Fund

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It’s a possible sign that the VC industry’s newest chapter is a story of the haves and have-nots.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

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The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Regulation

FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality

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When the rules are in place, internet service providers must allow equal access to all websites and domains.

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Personal Finance

The Small Business Bankruptcy Surge is a Race Against the Clock

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A special $7.5 million debt threshold for filing is due to expire in June, when it will revert to the previous $2.7 million limit.

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Healthcare

Moderna Is Fighting Pfizer, BioNTech over mRNA Patent

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Moderna says it was willing to licence the tech but now wants to be repaid by rivals for vaccine revenue generated since then.

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Markets

Bigger Is Still Better in the S&P 500

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The top 50 companies in the index have seen a collective 4.5% skid so far in April, while the bottom 50 have slipped 8.6%.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Stock Has Hit the Skids

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Shares are at a 15-month low amid a pile-up of bad news, as analysts call for a course correction, and production woes continue to mount.

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