Industries

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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Industrials

Heavy Metal Rings Out Loud on Wall Street

Shares of US steel and aluminum companies rose Monday, bolstered by a fresh round of tariff threats from the Trump administration.

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Consumer

What to Make of the Egg Shortage

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Industrials

Honeywell Becomes Latest of America’s Vanishing Big Industrial Conglomerates to Split

Among the conglomerates to go this route have been Alcoa in 2016, United Technologies in 2018 and, last year, General Electric.

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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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Policy & Power

US Gains Ground in Hypersonic Arms Race

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The US is breaking past Mach 5 and catching up to China and Russia in futuristic, hypersonic military technology.

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Consumer

Shein Gets Hit with a One-Two Punch from Trump and the EU

With his executive order, Trump nixed the de minimis tax rule that had let the companies ship their unsettlingly cheap products for so long.

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CIO Upside

Big Tech and AI are Quickly Coming for the Healthcare Industry

Tech firms are seeking patents for AI-powered medical devices.

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Healthcare

Let’s Navigate the American Health Care System

Americans make about 150 million trips to emergency departments each year. Their bank accounts wish they made far fewer.

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Industries

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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