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Consumer

Is the Restaurant Industry at the End of an Era?

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Across-the-board inflation — including food costs, labor costs, and real estate costs — is pummeling restaurants. Can the industry survive?

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year YouTube Became TV

YouTube may have started off as a platform for small screens, but now it’s increasingly dominating the living room TV.

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Autos

Honda and Nissan Officially in Talks to Merge Into World’s Third-Largest Automaker

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Spurred by “the rise of Chinese power,” Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan announced Monday that they are in talks to merge.

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Industries

Posh Soho House Gets Premium Buyout Offer as It Balances Prestige with Scaling Up

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The offer would put an 83% premium on Soho’s Wednesday closing price and comes a year after it had to close off admissions in three cities.

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Consumer

Concert Tickets and Vacation Rentals Get Hit by FTC’s War on Junk Fees

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Don’t get too excited for cheaper Taylor Swift tickets: The rules just force sellers to present all the extra fees upfront.

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