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Skechers Takes $9 Billion Buyout as Shoe Stocks Skid

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Skechers, known for its comfortable and affordable sneakers, agreed to a $9.4 billion deal to be taken private by 3G Capital.

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Industrials

Boeing Meets With FAA to Lay Out its Improvement Plan

The FAA won’t clear the current production cap and plans to approve every single plane that comes off Boeing’s production lines.

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Energy

The AI Boom Is No Friend of the Green Energy Transition

As juice-sucking tech firms battle for artificial intelligence supremacy, the coal industry has been cleaning up.

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Energy

ConocoPhillips Acquires Marathon Oil in $22 Billion Deal

The deal provides increased operations both outside of and within the highly desirably Permian Basin oil fields of Western Texas.

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Media & Entertainment

Scary Movie ’25? Trump Threatens Tariffs on Foreign Films

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President Trump wants to bring film-making back to Hollywood by imposing 100% tariffs on movies produced outside of the US.

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Technology

Grand Theft Auto VI Delay Steals the Thrills From Video Game Industry

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The delay of Grand Theft Auto VI’s release threw a multibillion dollar wrench in forecasted revenues for a gaming industry in need of a hit.

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Media & Entertainment

Can a Paramount Sale Break the Mold of Media Mergers?

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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Markets

Coca-Cola Sees Glass Half Full Even as Trade War Drains Fizz From Pop Sales

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Coca-Cola was one of several companies whose earnings last week flashed positive signs, despite the hail of uncertainty around tariffs.

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