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How Executives Navigate the Outrage Treadmill

Earlier this year, the town of Easthampton, Mass., made international headlines over an executive search for a new superintendent.

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Real Estate

Private Equity Giant Starts a Vacation-Rental Side Hustle

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TPG, a San Francisco-based investment firm, has begun purchasing single-family homes in Florida tourist destinations.

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Consumer

Nestlé Pours $100 Million into Food Delivery Startup Wonder Group

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Nestlé is investing $100 million into Wonder Group, Marc Lore’s food-truck-turned-regular food delivery startup.

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Technology

ByteDance Is Scaling Back its VR Ambitions

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ByteDance is undergoing a sweeping restructuring and scaleback of its VR division, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday.

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Media & Entertainment

Money Talks: The NCAA’s NIL Era is Already Evolving

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This is the third school year of the NCAA’s NIL era, granting student-athletes the right to benefit from their Name, Image, and Likeness.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Smart Speakers May Add to Global Data Melting Pot

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Google wants its smart speakers to learn from their mistakes. The company’s latest patent reveals plans for its devices to take feedback.

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Finance

Berkshire Hathaway Has Built a Massive Mountain of Cash

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Berkshire Hathaway’s third-quarter earnings report on Saturday revealed how Warren Buffett weathered the past three months.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Wants to Create a Back-up Plan for Lost Crypto

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This signals that financial institutions are seeking to make blockchain safer, though it challenges the decentralized nature of the tech.

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Media & Entertainment

Music Copyright Revenue Is Reaching a High Note

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Annual global revenue generated by music copyrights has grown to $41.5 billion, the Financial Times reported.

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Consumer

Chinese Consumers Are Pulling Back on Big Western Brands

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From cosmetics to apparel to tech, Western brands are seeing revenues dip in China as consumers navigate a struggling post-pandemic economy.

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Patent Drop

Sony Wants to Check for Bias With “Human-Centric” AI Model

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Like any AI-based system, the model itself that makes these determinations needs to be properly trained.

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Healthcare

Moderna Takes $1.3 Billion Hit From Sluggish Covid Vaccine Uptake

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Moderna posted a quarterly loss of $3.63 billion, half of which was accounted for by unused Covid-19 shots past their expiration date.

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Consumer

Starbucks, Coffee Drinkers Don’t Have Time for a Struggling Economy

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Shares of Starbucks jumped more than 9% Thursday after the company posted better-than-expected Q4 earnings.

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Big Tech

FTC Gets Specific in its Amazon Antitrust Case

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Amazon, at the behest of its billionaire founder, intentionally packed its search results pages with junk ads, the FTC alleges.

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Industrials

Sugar Shortages Loom as Supply Gets Sticky

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Logistical holdups at ports in Brazil combined with poor sugar crops in other major sugar-producing nations is stretching supply of the crop.

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Regulation

Betting Startup Sues Feds After Election Markets Plan is Rejected

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Financial exchange startup Kalshi has sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, arguing that the regulator overstepped its authority.

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Real Estate

Washington DC Sues Landlords, RealPage in Alleged Rent-Fixing Scheme

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Washington, DC’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against property management software maker RealPage, along with 14 commercial landlords.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

A Bottomless Congressional Conflagration

Another month, another potential government shutdown. The U.S. House of Representatives did manage to briefly overcome its deep divisions long enough to…

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

SBF’s Own Words Prove His Downfall

For Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, it is safe to say his gift of gab – which briefly…

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Power Corridor

Fed’s Tea Leaves Get Murkier

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The U.S. Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady Wednesday, but the economy is still scorching – beating expectations in…

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Musk’s xAI Holds Talks for Another Massive Fundraising Round

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Oil Prices Spike as Israel-Iran Conflict Threatens Production, Shipping

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Proposed Crackdown on Pharma Ads Leaves Cable TV Fearing $10B Withdrawal

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