Industries

Industries

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

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Electric Vehicles

Toyota Invests $500 Million in Air Taxi Startup

Toyota is investing $500 million into Joby Aviation, a California-based startup that wants to make flying taxis.

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Consumer

PepsiCo Adds Tortilla Chip Aficionado to Its Portfolio

PepsiCo announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, another food M&A deal this year.

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Industrials

Boeing Weighs $10 Billion Stock Sale Amid Costly Strike

Boeing is considering an emergency move: selling $10 billion in new stock to score some quick cash amid a union strike.

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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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Patent Drop

Honda Wireless EV Charging Patent Highlights ‘Range Anxiety’ as Adoption Barrier

Charging infrastructure remains one of the biggest hurdles for widespread EV adoption.

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Media & Entertainment

Is Amazon Finally Breaking into the News Industry?

The e-commerce and media titan is in talks with veteran TV news anchor Brian Williams to host an election night special, Variety reported.

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Healthcare

Controversial CEO of Bankrupt Steward Health Care to Resign

Dallas-based Steward Health Care is may just well be the poster child for private equity investment in healthcare gone wrong.

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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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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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