Industries

Industries

Lab-Grown Diamonds? Turns Out They’re Not De Beers’ Best Friend

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De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, said it plans to shutter its lab-grown jewelry brand LightBox.

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Consumer

Climate Change Insurance Startup Arbol Raises $60 Million

The new fundraising comes just a month after Arbol spun up a subsidiary catering to homeowners in US coastal communities

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Consumer

McDonald’s May Have to Tap Out on Raising Prices

First-quarter revenue rose, but global same-store sales grew just 1.9%, slightly below what Wall Street had predicted.

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Media & Entertainment

Paramount Ousts CEO Amid Sale Effort

As Paramount Global very publicly pursues a sale, longtime executive Bob Bakish has found himself increasingly on the outs.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via CC BY 2.0.

The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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Consumer

Blade to Launch Hamptons-Bound Luxury Bus Line

Tickets start at $195, with passengers treated to free Sweetgreen salads and espresso martinis.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Autos

A Mercedes With Autonomous Driving Just Hit the US Market

Cars with Drive Pilot are only available for sale in California and Nevada, and even there it only works on certain freeways.

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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

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

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