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French AI startup backed by Arnault plans to raise more funds

H, the French AI startup founded by veterans of Google’s DeepMind AI lab and backed by billionaires including LVMH's Arnault, is preparing for...

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Benoit Berthelot

Google’s departing EMEA president is a former Olympian and likes to kick off his morning rowing on the river Thames

Fortune sat down with Matt Brittin to discuss how European leaders can narrow the productivity gap with the U.S., uncover his favorite book, and...

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Alex Wood Morton

Angela Merkel, once celebrated as one of the world’s most popular politicians, now faces growing scrutiny over her legacy

"Freedom", co-written by Merkel and her political adviser Beate Baumann, will be published on Tuesday just as Germany grapples with a deep...

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Pierrick Yvon

Inflation, China’s stumbling economy, and apocalyptic fear are driving a new gold boom. Investors think this time there’ll be no bust

Elko, Nev., site of the largest gold mine in the world, bears little resemblance to the gold rush town it once was.

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Will Daniel

Big Tech is the nuclear industry’s new best friend: Amazon, Microsoft and Google rush to sign deals

The companies are depending on nuclear energy to power their massive AI operations.

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David Meyer

High demand for weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is impacting employer health care costs—but it can be critical for retaining talent

“While the rising costs of health benefits pose challenges, ensuring employees have access to quality care is paramount."

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Brit Morse

Ark’s Cathie Wood lets retail investors bet on Elon Musk’s private startups and potentially  profit from his proximity to Trump

The fund has 15% exposure to Musk’s private companies.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

IKEA CEO on the ‘massive economic advantages’ of climate action

For companies leading rather than lagging in the field, it “has given massive economic advantages.”

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Peter Vanham

Trump says he wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean

He has picked Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, to lead the department. But like many conservative politicians before him, Trump has...

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The Associated Press

Staff at a British bank are quitting their ‘grey corporate hellscape’ after CEO demands they come to the office—even without space to seat them

Starling Bank operates entirely online—however, it's 3,000-plus-strong workforce will be required to come into the office more.

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Prarthana Prakash

Rene Magritte painting ‘Empire of Light’ nets auction record of $121 million at Christie’s in New York

"Empire of Light" was part of the private collection of Mica Ertegun, an interior designer who fled communist Romania to settle in the U.S. where...

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Comcast to spin off NBCU cable TV channels

The new $7 billion company would reportedly include MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, E!, USA Network, Syfy, and Golf Channel.

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Andrew Nusca

Exclusive: Oishii, vertical farming startup, closes its Series B at $150 million

Vertical farming startup Oishii has closed its Series B at $150 million, Fortune can exclusively report.

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Allie Garfinkle

Elon Musk wants to meet Alex Soros to ‘understand his goals’ after comparing his billionaire dad George to an X-Men villain

Alex Soros replied: "I often learn most from people whose views are different than my own. Open to meeting."

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Eleanor Pringle

Here’s how escalating Russia tensions could impact markets and supply chains, according to experts

The conflict could affect natural resources used in the production of semiconductors.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Oaktree’s Marks says ‘uninvestable’ China offers bargains

“I’ve made my whole career buying assets that other people consider uninvestable."

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Finbarr Flynn

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is back, revolutionizing warfare with a $14 billion startup. And this time he wants you to like him

“I realized too late that my reputation is actually very important,” Luckey told Fortune.

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Jessica Mathews

Here are Donald Trump’s key administration picks so far

Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears focused on remaking the federal government...

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Thomas Beaumont

Airline exodus leaves Israelis and their companies isolated

Of the 20 airlines that dominated the market before the war, Israeli companies are nearly the only ones remaining.

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Galit Altstein

Goldman Sachs tells investors Trump’s tariffs pose a major ‘event risk’ and to expect growth to slow in 2025

The investment bank forecasts 11% growth in the S&P 500 next year and warns the economy will be pulled in two different directions.

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Paolo Confino

‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 1 as it cuts power to over 600,000 and downs trees

The storm system is considered a “ bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.

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Hallie Golden

A Great Resignation 2.0 is simmering as employees feel overworked and underpaid, forcing them to look for greener pastures

The Great Resignation never really ended. But now employees’ challenges include their being overworked, underpaid, and not ready for AI.

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Prarthana Prakash

Trump’s casting call for administration hopefuls prizes one trait—TV experience

Trump loves that "central casting" look, as he likes to call it.

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Colleen Long

California voters reject nation-high $18 per hour minimum wage ballot measure

Proponents estimated that the measure would have benefited 2 million workers, including hotel and grocery employees.

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The Associated Press

Walmart’s automation boom means lower delivery costs and better careers, says CFO

Some of the retailer's physically demanding jobs are evolving, John David Rainey told Fortune.

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Sheryl Estrada

Uber unveils new XXL service and offerings for holiday travelers

Finally, a ride that’s big enough to fit your jumbo suitcase.

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Chris Morris

From TV doctor to Trump insider: How Dr. Mehmet Oz built his empire and found political power

Trump appointed Oz to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition during his first term.

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Jonathan J. Cooper

Target shares plummet on weak third quarter report as price cuts fail to pull in inflation-weary customers

The week quarterly performance is concerning particularly because Target has cut prices on holiday goods.

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Anne Dinnocenzio

Ford plans 4,000 more job cuts in Europe as EVs lose momentum

The reductions amount to around 14% of Ford European workforce and will primarily hit operations in Germany and the U.K. by the end of 2027.

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William Wilkes

Winning with a sports and entrepreneurial mindset

Success in business and athletics requires many of the same habits, including innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. 

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Raul Fernandez

The CEO of Glassdoor breaks the power shift in the labor market and how the hiring landscape has changed

The Great Resignation is over and it's an employer's market now.

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Brit Morse

Climate change has made hurricane winds 18 mph stronger since 2019, study says

For most of the storms — 40 of them — the extra oomph from warmer oceans made the storms jump an entire hurricane category, according to the...

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Seth Borenstein

A key lesson for leaders from SAP’s CEO: ‘You cannot solve everything with technology.’

Christian Klein started with SAP as an intern. Now he's the CEO. Here's what he learned along the way.

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Fortune Editors

Delta CEO Ed Bastian calls Trump administration a ‘breath of fresh air’ for airlines

Bastian noted that President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to reform the federal government and reduce its size.

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David Koenig

The CEO of Glassdoor says doubling down on remote work has turbocharged its ability to ‘tap into talent’

Christian Sutherland-Wong talks anonymous reviews, the current labor market and your future AI job application concierge.

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Brit Morse

Monkey Tilt raises $30 million in push to make online gambling more social

The site already has $200 million in monthly volume and plans to launch crypto payments.

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Catherine Mcgrath

The new academy companies

In an era where talent is scarce and continuous learning is key, academy companies deserve a second look.

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Diane Brady

The home insurance market is turning to creative solutions as climate change leads to a record number of high-risk properties

Insurers evaluate both the frequency and the severity of extreme weather events to determine the extent of coverage and premium rates.

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Cindy Zobian

Jaguar exec promises his team have not been ‘sniffing the white stuff’ as the luxury carmaker’s rebrand receives online backlash

Tesla CEO Elon Musk mockingly asked, “Do you sell cars?” after Jaguar release rebrand video.

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Christiaan Hetzner

Cava—the ‘Mediterranean Chipotle’—is one of Wall Street’s hottest stocks. Here’s why

Cava is leading 2024's fast-casual boom, with the stock dramatically outperforming the market along with salad chain Sweetgreen.

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Greg Mckenna

Universal Music’s Jody Gerson says that women can learn a lot from Taylor Swift and her ‘unapologetic’ ambition

Jody Gerson was the first woman to serve as CEO of a major music publisher.

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Ellie Austin

Greece grinds to a halt: Thousands go on general strike over rising cost of living

Nearly 20,000 Greeks marched on the streets, while thousands of staff at bus, metro and train services, schools, courts and hospitals walked out in...

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William Wilkes

Nvidia crushes expectations, more than doubling its profit amid a 94% surge in revenue as AI demand booms

Nvidia topped analyst estimates across all metrics on its third quarter earnings call.

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Paolo Confino

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang pledges to ‘comply fully’ with Trump trade policies as uncertainty looms over chip industry

Despite Trump's tough-on-China stance, previous comments casting doubt on America’s commitment to help Taiwan defend itself against a potential...

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Greg Mckenna

Cheaper turkey prices make Thanksgiving 2024 a little easier on your wallet

A 10-pound frozen turkey averages $10.40 this year, a 19% decrease from 2023.

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Anne Dinnocenzio

How Dr. Oz could change Medicare under President Trump

What you might expect from Oz if he runs Medicare, Medicaid, and management of the Affordable Care Act at the 6,000-person CMS.

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Richard Eisenberg

OpenAI CEO received $76,001 in pay last year, filing shows

Altman, who is worth at least $2 billion, has previously said he gets paid “whatever the minimum for health insurance is.”

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Biz Carson

Inside Elon Musk’s plans for a private pre-school in Texas, which just got a permit to open and where children will learn to sweep, draw, and explore

Ad Astra — Latin for "to the stars" — just received its initial permit, and can now open its doors in Bastrop, Texas, near Elon Musk’s...

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Jessica Mathews

What, exactly, is a bomb cyclone?

Storm blasts Oregon, Northern California and Washington.

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Chris Morris

UK retailer Argos offers a baffling new take on the Christmas tree

Meet the umbrella tree…

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Chris Morris

How the real-life cowboy behind ‘Yellowstone’ went from a broke unemployed actor sleeping in a tent to a one-man television empire

A real-life cowboy, Yellowstone's Taylor Sheridan's path required a lot of grit.

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Chloe Berger

The real estate industry is gearing up for Trump 2.0 — ‘opening the financial spigot will help the industry as a whole,’ top CEO says

Executives are painting a rosier picture either way.

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Alena Botros

Trump’s commerce secretary pick Howard Lutnick: a Wall Street titan who lost his brother—and nearly 70% of his employees—in the 9/11 attacks

Some call Howard Lutnick the ‘most hated man on Wall Street.’ Others applaud his keen business acumen and consistent charity efforts after the...

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Jane Thier

The key to a long life is avoiding the ‘poisonous 5 P’s,’ says one of the world’s top anti-aging experts

Italian kids aren’t actually following the Mediterranean diet, says Valter Longo.

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Alexa Mikhail

Jersey Mike’s CEO is now worth almost as much as Mark Cuban after agreeing to sell his sandwich chain to Blackstone in a deal worth $8 billion

Peter Cancro has been with the sub sandwich chain for more than 50 years.

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Sydney Lake

Elon Musk asked people to upload their medical data to X so his AI company could learn to interpret MRIs and CT scans

Healthcare experts are worried about Grok’s potential to breach patient privacy.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Bitcoin billionaire Barry Silbert talks about his next big bet—on ‘decentralized AI’

Silbert will be CEO of Yuma, a new DCG subsidiary focused on the AI ecosystem tied to Bittensor blockchain.

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Jeff John Roberts

Tapestry’s $8.5 billion merger with Capri was just scrapped. Here’s what that means for the CIO

With Tapestry's $8.5 billion merger with luxury retail peer Capri called off, CIO Yang Lu can dedicate her focus on innovative technologies, like...

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John Kell

Short seller takes aim at beloved Gen-Z makeup brand e.l.f. Beauty

A Muddy Waters report claims the company "materially overstated revenue."

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Sheryl Estrada

Who is Matt Whitaker? Former football player with a controversial past and now Trump’s NATO pick

Whitaker has faced questions about his past business dealings, including his ties to an invention-promotion company that was accused of misleading...

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Jill Colvin

Microstrategy breaks into top 100 U.S. publicly traded companies as Bitcoin reaches $94,000

Microstrategy has acquired a total of 331,200 Bitcoin since 2020, currently worth over $30 billion.

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Catherine Mcgrath

Wall Street avoids Nvidia sell-off after blowout earnings call

Last quarter, a modest revenue and earnings beat was not enough to prevent a massive sell-the-news event, but that didn't happen this time.

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Greg Mckenna

What’s Russia’s nuclear doctrine and how did Putin change it?

Irrespective of whether Putin is prepared to go nuclear, the threat is intended to show the world that Russia remains a major power and that...

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Laurence Arnold

Employees are spending the equivalent of a month’s grocery bill on the return to the office–and growing more resentful than ever, survey finds

The average employee returning to the office spends $561 per month–that's the average two-person household’s grocery bill in the U.S. for the...

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Christine Carter

A billionaire titan and the former third-wealthiest person in the world was just charged in a mammoth $2 billion bribery scheme

The alleged plot involved code names, PowerPoints, and bribe notes as a way to pay out hundreds of millions in bribes to government officials,...

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Amanda Gerut

At Web Summit last week, no sign of an AI slowdown—even if some wouldn’t mind one

AI application companies are valued on what they can do with today's tech, not on future progress.

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Jeremy Kahn

Tropicana reignited a 15-year feud with customers over its packaging design, slimming down bottles

The orange juice giant lost 20% of sales in less than two months in 2009 after a wildly unpopular brand redesign.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Walmart exec warns customers Trump’s tariffs could mean higher prices

“Our model is everyday low prices,” CFO John David Rainey said. “But there probably will be cases where prices will go up for consumers.”

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Sasha Rogelberg

TSA braces for what it says will be the ‘busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record’

More than 18 million people are expected in airports.

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Chris Morris

Germany says it won’t be intimidated by new Russia nuclear doctrine: ‘Putin is playing with our fear’

"Putin is playing with our fear," Baerbock said. “He didn’t just start doing this 1,000 days ago. He started back in 2014."

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The Associated Press

Blackstone acquires Jersey Mike’s sandwich chain with plans to ‘accelerate its expansion’

The transaction is "intended to help enable Jersey Mike’s to accelerate its expansion across and beyond the U.S. market," the companies said.

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The Associated Press

A mystery buyer is secretly snapping up condos in a 22-story tower flanked by billionaire Ken Griffin’s empire

Is it him?

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Alena Botros

Trump expected to tap billionaire crypto booster Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

Trump expected to tap billionaire crypto booster Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

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Luisa Beltran

Nvidia analyst predicts ‘jaw dropper’ Q3 earnings—others on Wall Street are not so sure

Multiple analysts said Wednesday’s call could prove to be a “sell the news” event, just like last quarter.

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Greg Mckenna

Oakland accidentally publishes draft report saying city is nearly bankrupt before swapping it with official document

The draft report, briefly posted on the city’s website, claimed that Oakland faced a $93 million budget shortfall and warned of insolvency if...

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Brooke Seipel

Xockets board member: Our case against Nvidia and Microsoft is about the future of American innovation

Xockets claim Nvidia and Microsoft are infringing by appropriating the small innovator’s patented DPU chip and boycotting its efforts to sell the...

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Robert Shapiro

Move over peanuts. Shake Shack burgers are coming to Delta flights

The Shake Shack meal will also come with chips, a Caesar salad, and a dark chocolate brownie.

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Brooke Seipel

Musk and Trump watch SpaceX launch together as Elon earns ‘uncle’ status among president-elect’s family

Trump’s granddaughter Kai Trump posted a photo of her with Musk at one of Trump’s golf resorts, writing that Musk was "achieving uncle status.”

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Chris Megerian

Quiet Capital raises $377 million for new fund: Filing

The San Francisco-based venture firm has invested in companies including Rippling and MasterClass.

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Leo Schwartz

Trump and Coinbase CEO speak by phone—a sign of crypto’s new political clout

The call came at a time when the crypto industry is poised to enjoy unprecedented power in Washington DC.

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Jeff John Roberts

Trump taps Dr. Oz, a heart surgeon famous for appearing on Oprah’s show who was later criticized for pushing fad diets, to lead Medicare and Medicaid Services

Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted "The Dr. Oz Show," which focused on health and wellness advice and won nine Daytime Emmy Awards.

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Fatima Hussein

A teen boy has been removed from school after fake images of nude female students appeared in a chat room

Pennsylvania students held a walkout this month, marching around the campus and chanting, “Hear us. Acknowledge us. See us."

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Mark Scolforo

Walmart has mastered the dupe, sending the wealthy flocking to its stores

The company said about 75% of its gains this quarter came from customers making more than $100,000 per year.

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Sydney Lake

Two brothers were indicted for running a streaming service with live NFL, NBA, and NHL games—for as little as $10 a month

Authorities pegged the economic harm done by the illegal streamers at more than $100 million

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Amanda Gerut

Do energy drinks come with health risks? An expert’s warning

One expert cautions how much you should indulge in energy drinks—if at all.

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Ani Freedman

China’s SpaceSail to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink in Brazil

Elon Musk’s Chinese rival in the satellite internet business plans to start operations in Brazil in 2026.

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Daniel Carvalho

SEC’s Mark Uyeda waves off rumors he could be Trump’s pick for Chairman

Uyeda signaled that SEC chair Gary Gensler's time is nearing its end.

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Leo Schwartz

Instagram feed filled with junk? Site tests way for you to ‘reset’ suggestions

Update “will soon roll out globally,” Meta says.

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Chris Morris

A new, potentially more dangerous version of mpox has been found in the U.S.

Case in California is the first in the nation.

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Chris Morris

Food waste is full of surprisingly low-hanging fruits to help tackle climate change, a growing body of evidence shows

The vast volumes of food we send to landfill account for an estimated 20% of current methane emissions.

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Lisa Moon

Europe on edge: What Trump 2.0 means for Ukraine, NATO, and the EU

'Trump will divide Europe’s long-term response to the war,' write former Estonian President Toomas Ilves and Yale political scientist Lauren Young.

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Toomas Ilves

Gen X founder of $63 million-a-year ice-cream company grows raspberries, blueberries and bok choi from her central London abode

Little Moon’s co-founder Vivien Wong lives near Mayfair, wears vintage Chanel and enjoys coffee in bed every morning.

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Orianna Rosa Royle

NYC is pausing aqueduct repairs to bring in more water as it issues first drought warning in 22 years

Mayor Eric Adams upgraded the drought warning and temporarily halted a $2 billion aqueduct repair project that had stopped drinking water from...

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The Associated Press

Pizza Hut is introducing a tomato wine

No… really.

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Chris Morris

Millennials choosing to be DINKs could push GDP down by as much as 4%

"By the time you get to 2030, you're talking about a birth rate that is wildly different to what was in the assumptions made at the beginning of...

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Eleanor Pringle

Exclusive: Manufacturing platform Keychain raises $15 million in Series A funds, including from the maker of iconic breakfast cereals

Keychain is an online platform that connects food and beverage brands to manufacturers.

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Paolo Confino

As Elon Musk pushes driverless cars, one company is already testing autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires

Rotor Technologies has built two autonomous Sprayhawks and aims to have as many as 20 ready for market next year.

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Michael Casey

The soft skills crisis: 1 in 4 execs wouldn’t even think of hiring an entry-level Gen Z grad

Even 40% of Gen Zers admitted there’s a huge gap between the soft skills they need for an entry-level job and what they have.

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Jane Thier

Spirit Airlines CFO faces ‘uphill battle’ as airline navigates Chapter 11 process

Fred Cromer started his CFO role at the company on July 8.

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Sheryl Estrada

DOJ will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly

The case was filed under the first Trump administration and continued under President Joe Biden.

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Leah Nylen

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