Industries

Patent Drop

Apple’s Digital Car Key Patent Hints at Additions to the Walled Garden

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Apple never wants you to lose your keys again. The company filed two patents for digital car key pairing.

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Industries

Choice Hotels Puts an $8 Billion Merger Squeeze on Wyndham

Choice Hotels International went public on Tuesday with a nearly $8 billion hostile bid to acquire Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

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Healthcare

Corporate America is Fretting the Rising Costs of Employee Healthcare

Health insurance costs are expected to surge by as much as 6.5% next year, according to a recent survey from consulting firm Mercer.

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Electric Vehicles

EV Makers Still Waiting for Their Cars To Be the Next Big Thing

People are buying EVs, just not at the hyper-pace most automakers were hoping would be here by now, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Media & Entertainment

The Show’s Over: Is Hollywood Moving Past Peak-TV?

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A scale back in production was inevitable to achieve positive cash flow. But can Hollywood’s streaming era survive with fewer new TV shows?

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Consumer

Ikea Slashes Prices Amid Cooling Inflation

On Thursday, Ikea announced that cooling inflation means it can finally return to its customer-friendly ways.

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Electric Vehicles

Chinese EV Suppliers Look to Tap US Market With a Little Help From Friends

Chinese raw materials companies are cozying up with battery makers in Morocco and South Korea as a way of bypassing US restrictions.

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Energy

ExxonMobil Buys Pioneer in Massive $60 Billion Deal

ExxonMobil announced it will purchase Pioneer Natural Resources for just under $60 billion, marking the largest oil-and-gas deal in decades.

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Big Tech

Amazon’s Prime Day Isn’t About Sales Anymore

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Amazon’s October Prime sales event wrapped up Tuesday, and this year saw a massive shift in consumer behavior.

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Healthcare

Pharma Giants Combine Forces to Fight New M&A Rules

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Some of pharma’s biggest players — including Merck, Amgen, Abbvie, and Gilead — formed an alliance to fight looming M&A reforms.

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Consumer

Macy’s is Pivoting From its Legacy of Anchoring Malls

Macy’s is going less colosseum and more cozy in a cost-cutting shift away from large locations in malls and into small-format stores.

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Industrials

Blue Origin Grounds Commercial Space Station Plans

Blue Origin is expected to back out of plans to build a commercial space station in conjunction with corporate partners.

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Electric Vehicles

Rivian Finally Sees Sales Increase, But Not Nearly Fast Enough

On Monday, Rivian announced an expectations-beating jump in deliveries for its third quarter. But a new report says it’s still losing money.

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