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Media & Entertainment

Can a Paramount Sale Break the Mold of Media Mergers?

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Just what, exactly, would Sony and Apollo Global Management be getting out of a Paramount Global acquisition?

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Consumer

Good Luck: Travel Should Be a Mess This Weekend

If 3 million people pass through security checkpoints Friday, it’d mark the busiest travel day ever recorded.

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Autos

Inflation Has Helped Make the Average US Car Older Than Ever

The average age of cars and light trucks reached a record high of 12.6 years in 2024, up by roughly two months from last year.

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Energy

Utility Stocks Surge on AI and Cloud Computing Boom

In an era when seemingly every tech company is vying to win the AI race, power has become the name of the game.

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Consumer

Target Slashes Prices to Entice Shoppers Tired of High Prices

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The retailer will cut prices on up to 5,000 grocery items to keep pace with lower-cost rivals like Walmart.

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Healthcare

Hims & Hers Stock Jumps On New Discount Weight-Loss Drug Offering

A loophole lets the company create a back-door offering of a generic drug before the patents of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly expire.

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Media & Entertainment

Has Fox Turned Tubi into a Streaming Success?

The service has grown to 74 million monthly active users, a bigger audience than the Max paid-subscription platform.

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Industries

The Future is Almost Now for Flying Cars and eVTOLs

Hundreds of aviation startups are funneling billions of dollars toward what they hope will be a new form of low-emission air travel.

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Consumer

Walmart’s Market Cap Jumps to All-Time High After Stellar Earnings

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The retail giant posted $161 billion in quarterly revenue, marking a 6% increase and beating its earlier sales target.

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Technology

Sony Is Past its PlayStation 5 Peak

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Sony said Tuesday that Playstation 5 sales rose over the past fiscal year, but it lowered its sales guidance over the next year.

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Consumer

Temu Gets Spooked by Possible TikTok Ban

The-commerce app, which has spent a fortune marketing itself in America, is reportedly starting to hedge its reliance on the US market.

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Energy

US Oil Industry Faces Wave of Antitrust Trouble

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

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Electric Vehicles

Biden Reportedly Planning a 100% Tariff on Chinese EVs

But the ramped-up protectionist wave hasn’t extended to investor interest in new shares of Chinese companies.

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