Industries

Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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Healthcare

Walgreens Plans to Shutter Stores and Refocus after Weak Earnings

Walgreens’ new leader is planning a rebound for the chain, starting with shuttering a substantial, if unspecified, number of US locations.

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Consumer

Amazon Sets up a Rival to Shein and Temu

Amazon’s setting up a discounted shop that will fly products to consumers from China. It’s meant to copy Shein and Temu’s business models.

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Energy

Oil Executives Predict US Production Dip If Acquisition Spree Continues

A quarterly survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas polls around 140 energy firm executives in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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Industries

DoorDash Scoops up British Rival Deliveroo in Global Push

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DoorDash binged Wednesday on British delivery rival Deliveroo, which it is set to acquire in a $3.9 billion deal.

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Consumer

Forget Burgers, Chicken, and Coffee. Chipotle is in a League of Its Own.

Chipotle is the only food chain among the top 20 best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 this year. So what’s the secret to its success?

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Energy

After Oil, the UAE Wants to be a Renewables Giant

With oil in decline, Masdar, the United Arab Emirates state-backed renewables company, is on an acquisition shopping spree.

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Media & Entertainment

Does TV News Have a Home in the Streaming Era?

Big Tech loves movies, TV shows, and live sports. So why has it shown remarkably little appetite for the TV news business?

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Industries

Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

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Microsoft hasn’t signed off on OpenAI’s dramatic reversal of its onetime plan to become a for-profit venture.

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