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2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

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In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Banking

2024: The Year a Rising Star of US Banking Had Its Wings Clipped

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TD Bank was fined more than $3 billion by regulators in October in what’s arguably the biggest banking scandal of the year.

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Banking

2024: The Year the Rates Were Cut

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The Fed’s September rate cut turbo-charged the stock market, but can the market keep up its bull run for 2025?

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M&A

2024: The Year Europe’s Bank Merger Dominoes (Maybe) Started to Fall

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Europe’s bank M&A scene has been noticeably stagnant for a while, but that could all be about to change next year.

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Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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US Trade War Saps China’s Economic Momentum

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Economic Anxiety Leaves McDonald’s Digesting Biggest Sales Drop in Five Years

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