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Apple Raised Mac Prices by Up to $300 Overnight. iPhones Could Be Next.

The price hikes Tim Cook warned about last week are here. MacBooks are up $100 to $300, iPads up $150 to $200. iPhones may be next.

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FIFA Clumsily Tried to Hide the Logos of These Banned Brands at the World Cup. It Put Them in the Spotlight Instead.

FIFA covered the Levi's logo, taped over Heinz bottles and masked Beats headphones. The strategy backfired badly.

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Restaurant Franchises Have Found One Ingredient That Makes Customers Switch Brands. New Data Proves It Works.

McDonald's, Arby's and Zaxbys are all piling on the protein in a market where customers just can't get enough.

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Forget Forty Thieves — Anthropic Says Alibaba Used 25,000 Fake Accounts to Steal Its AI

Anthropic sent a letter to Congress accusing Alibaba of running 28.8 million fake conversations with Claude to train a competing AI for free.

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New Cars Cost Too Much. Jeff Bezos Is Backing a $24,950 EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows to Fix That.

The Slate has hand-crank windows, no radio and no paint job. It also costs half the price of the average new car in America.

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Reddit Decided to ‘Save Wendy’s’ and Its Stock Jumped 42% in ‘Abnormal Retail Buying’

Wendy’s joins GameStop as a meme stock after surging in value following a Reddit post urging fans to boost the brand.

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The CEO of Dave’s Hot Chicken Says Speed Is No Longer the Point of Fast Food: ‘It’s Not 1999’

Jim Bitticks of Dave's Hot Chicken says speed is dead in fast food. Here's what really matters to customers.

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Snap Bet $2,195 on the Future of Smart Glasses. Meta Answered With a $244 Version.

A week after Snap launched its pricey $2,195 AR glasses, Meta is going the opposite direction with a $244 version.

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Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’ to AI Sounds Crazy. It Might Actually Work.

A new survey finds 86% of office workers are being polite to their AI tools — and most say it actually changes what comes back.

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Mountain Dew Is Charging 5 Cents for a Can — Here’s the Strategy Behind the Stunt

The iconic soda brand is dropping 1,948 commemorative bundles for a nickel each — a nod to its 1948 origins.

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Beer Sales Are Going Flat Everywhere But Guinness Keeps Growing: ‘It’s a 267-Year-Old Overnight Success.’

Since taking over the helm, Gráinne Wafer has turned a 267-year-old brand into one of the fastest-growing in the world.

23.06.2026 6

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The World’s Largest Franchisee Just Revealed His Playbook for Scaling. These Are His Rules.

Greg Flynn built a $5 billion empire spanning 3,000 restaurants across eight brands. Here's how he did it.

23.06.2026 4

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Tide Owns 40% of the Detergent Market — So Why Is P&G Reinventing It With Something Industry Experts Say Nobody Needs?

P&G already dominates the $25 billion laundry market. Rather than wait for a rival to disrupt it, the company reimagined its own bestseller.

23.06.2026 6

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Who Will Be the Next Trillionaire After Musk? Here’s What the Prediction Markets Say.

Prediction market traders give Mark Zuckerberg the best shot at joining Elon Musk in the 13-digit club — but put his odds at just 32%.

23.06.2026 6

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For 11 Years Chick-fil-A Ruled the Roost In Customer Satisfaction. Jersey Mike’s Just Dethroned It.

The New Jersey sandwich chain edged Chick-fil-A by a single point, ending an 11-year reign just as it races toward a $12 billion IPO.

22.06.2026 7

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Hollywood Was Supposed to Be Dead. ‘Toy Story 5’ Just Powered Its Best Summer in Seven Years.

"Toy Story 5" opened to $160 million, making it the biggest debut of 2026. The audience driving its success is the one everyone wrote off.

22.06.2026 4

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Summer Bummer — Why Teen Hiring Is on Track for Its Worst Year Since 1948

A new forecast projects a paltry 790,000 teen jobs this summer. Inflation, older workers and AI are all to blame.

22.06.2026 8

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Mars Is Spending Millions to Make M&M’s Without Synthetic Dyes. These Two Colors Didn’t Make the Cut.

Candy maker Mars is responding to pressure to remove synthetic dyes from its candy coating. It's easier said than done.

22.06.2026 5

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Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’

The company behind the once-viral wool sneaker sold off the shoe brand entirely, changed its name and has become an AI service.

18.06.2026 6

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The Next iPhone Pro Could Cost $1,299 — Here’s Why Tim Cook Says It’s ‘Unavoidable’

Tim Cook says the AI boom has made memory chips so scarce and expensive that jacking up the prices has become necessary for Apple.

18.06.2026 4

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Snap Has Lost Money Every Year It’s Been Public. Now the Company’s Betting on Specs, Its New $2,195 ‘Wearable Computer.’

CEO Evan Spiegel thinks people are so sick of staring at phones they'll pay $2,195 for AR glasses. Wall Street isn't convinced.

18.06.2026 6

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SpaceX’s First Big Move After Its Record IPO: Buying a $60 Billion AI Coding Startup

xAI has struggled to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI on AI coding tools. Cursor is Musk's answer.

17.06.2026 5

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This Retailer Shut Its Fitting Rooms and Angered Customers. It Might Boost Sales Anyway.

The teen retailer has quietly shut its fitting rooms across its 55-plus US stores. Customers are furious, but sales are up.

17.06.2026 4

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Apple Is Developing AirPods With Cameras — But They Won’t Take a Single Photo

According to Bloomberg, the cameras will act as eyes for Siri, letting the AI assistant understand the world around you.

17.06.2026 3

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The Investor Who Turned Arby’s Into a $20 Billion Empire Just Bought Pizza Hut for $1.5 Billion

Yum Brands has agreed to sell Pizza Hut to LongRange Capital, which engineered Arby's comeback and now wants to do the same for pizza.

17.06.2026 6

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SpaceX Hits $2.5 Trillion. Retail Investors Bought as Much of It as the Entire Stock Market.

Elon Musk is now worth more than three times the world's second-richest person.

16.06.2026 7

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He Built a Knicks Championship Team Out of NBA Players Others Overlooked — Here’s the Lesson for Any Leader

Knicks President Leon Rose bet on undervalued players others passed over. The strategy ended the team's 53-year title drought.

16.06.2026 6

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A SpongeBob Menu Boosted Burger King’s Traffic 19%. Now Every Chain Wants a Piece of Hollywood.

This summer alone, KFC, Papa Johns, Dunkin, Wendy's and Subway all have major film promotions launching.

16.06.2026 5

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This 25-Year-Old’s Sleep Problems Gave Him Vertigo. His Response? An AI Mattress Cover That Hit Eight Figures Within Three Months of Launch

Harry Gestetner of Orion wants to make better sleep available and affordable to all. Will his smart mattress cover be the solution?

16.06.2026 7

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Fox Had the Content But Not the Platform. Now It’s Buying Roku for $22 Billion.

The deal pairs Fox's live sports and news with Roku's 100 million-plus streaming households.

15.06.2026 7

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Mark Zuckerberg Admits Meta ‘Made Mistakes’ as AI Reshapes 20% of Its Workforce

In a leaked internal memo, the Meta CEO owned up to the chaos caused by May's layoffs, but says there will be no more this year.

15.06.2026 10

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She Turned Celebrity Gossip Into a $22 Billion Company — Here’s How Kalshi’s Co-Founder Did It

At 29, Luana Lopes Lara is the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Her road to riches started with celebrity gossip.

15.06.2026 10

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He Spent 15 Years Quietly Buying SpaceX Shares. Now His Stake Is Worth $20 Billion.

Justin Fishner-Wolfson's firm, 137 Ventures, made its first SpaceX investment in 2011. He never looked back

15.06.2026 9

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How a Free Cookie Became This Hotel Brand’s Most Valuable Asset

DoubleTree's 700-plus hotels hand out more than 20 million chocolate chip cookies a year. The cookie has even been baked in space.

15.06.2026 10

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The Real Winner of the NBA Finals? A Sneaker Brand You’d Never Expect.

OG Anunoby's game-winning play in Game 4 was made in Skechers — a brand that launched its first technical basketball shoe three years ago.

12.06.2026 10

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KFC Asked a Bold Question: What Would the Colonel Build Today? Here’s the Surpising Answer.

This summer the chain opens a completely reimagined restaurant in Texas to test what the brand's next decade looks like.

12.06.2026 9

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Missed the SpaceX IPO? You May Already Be an Investor.

Missed Friday's record debut? You may already own a piece through your index funds — here's how to find out.

12.06.2026 10

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Forget Learning to Code. Meta Just Launched a $115 Million Program to Train Electricians and Plumbers.

The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train workers to build the infrastructure of its data centers.

11.06.2026 4

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She Paid Under $100 for a Thrift Store Painting. Google Gemini Helped It Sell for $254,000.

Helene Plotkin bought the painting in 1966 and loved it for decades. Her son's five-minute experiment with Google Gemini changed everything.

11.06.2026 1

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They Just Opened Their 1,700th Cafe and Have 900 More Signed. Here’s the Strategy Fueling This $1.5 Billion Franchise.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe's secret is getting smoothie customers to also eat there.

11.06.2026 3

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KFC Went From Seven Straight Losing Quarters to Three Straight Winning Ones — Here’s the Recipe for Their Turnaround

To reinvigorate the company, KFC's new president, Catherine Tan-Gillespie, tried something unusual — she told customers the truth.

10.06.2026 5

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The World Cup Is Days Away. So Why Can’t FIFA Sell Out Its Opening Matches?

According to FIFA, the World Cup is sold out. According to StubHub, it very much is not. Excitement is in the air, so what is going on?

10.06.2026 4

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Forget Golf. The Ultra-Wealthy Are Joining This Private Racetrack for $450,000.

Singer Drivers Club, outside of LA, is a members-only club where car enthusiasts can race their $3 million Porches and Ferraris.

10.06.2026 7

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While the U.S. Fights Over Where to Put AI Data Centers, China Just Built One on the Ocean Floor — But How Safe Is It?

The $226 million structure sits 115 feet below the ocean and runs on wind power. Some scientists are questioning its impact on marine life.

10.06.2026 7

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Someone Stole 1,000 Racks of Shake Shack’s Baby Back Ribs. It Almost Killed Their Hottest New Sandwich.

A truckload of ribs vanished in Mexico last month, nearly killing Shake Shack's newest menu item. The CEO says the chain almost ran out.

09.06.2026 9

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After Two Years of Delays, Apple Finally Unveiled Its Completely Rebuilt Siri AI. Here’s What It Can Do.

Built partly on Google's Gemini technology, the long-anticipated new Siri takes direct aim at ChatGPT and Claude.

09.06.2026 9

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A 26,000-Pound Truck Full of Doritos Is Heading to Walmart. Nobody Is Behind the Wheel.

PepsiCo's 41 autonomous trucks have hit a 99% on-time delivery rate with zero accidents. The Teamsters union is not happy about it.

09.06.2026 8

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He Gave Up Medical School to Make Better Ice Cream in His Parents’ Garage. Now He Has 16 Locations and $6.8 Million in Annual Sales.

Danny Golik built a machine named Lola that flash-freezes orders in under six minutes. CEO David Leonardo is now scaling it nationwide.

08.06.2026 10

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Kevin O’Leary Said Demands to Shrink His Utah Data Center Were ‘Outrageous.’ Now He’s Admitting He ‘Screwed Up.’

After facing fierce public opposition over environmental concerns, O'Leary agreed to cut the project's developed land by 75%.

08.06.2026 9

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Are Billionaires Done Investing In AI Startups? Here’s the Surprising Thing They’re Betting On Instead.

Goldman Sachs says 25% of family offices already invest in sports. Another 25% want in. A $225 million pickleball deal explains why.

08.06.2026 7

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