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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Media & Entertainment

Spotify Just Turned an Annual Profit for the First Time Ever

To give some perspective on Spotify’s long road to steady profitability, the company was founded all the way back in 2006.

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Healthcare

Merck, Pfizer Wade into a New World for Vaccines

Pharma giant Merck on Tuesday announced in its earnings report that it would halt all shipments of HPV drug Gardasil to China.

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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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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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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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Autos

Tesla and Toyota Are on Two Different Paths

Toyota is selling the present, while Tesla is selling the future — an arguably really far-flung version of the future.

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Industrials

Hypersonic Missiles Startup Raises $100 Million for “Non-Nuclear Deterrent”

The startup promises to fill a void in one area where US military research and development has been caught flat-footed.

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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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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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