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For Johnson & Johnson, the courtroom loss in Baltimore was historic and devastating. A jury has ordered the company and its related businesses to pay more than $1.5 billion to a woman who says years of using its baby powder exposed her to asbestos and caused a rare, aggressive
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is on the brink of formally rejecting a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance Corp. after a key financial backer pulled out of the deal, people familiar with the matter have told reporters. Paramount had offered $30 per share in cash for WBD, valuing the company
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With Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink valuations surging in tandem, Elon Musk has become the first person in history to be worth $600 billion, a milestone that says as much about this economic moment as it does about the man himself. At $600 billion, numbers begin to lose their familiar shape.
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Inflation is no longer running hot, wages are up on paper, and yet for millions of Americans, the cost of living still feels stubbornly out of reach. The inflation charts look calmer now. That part is true. Prices are no longer jumping the way they did during the pandemic years,
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In a landmark three-year deal, the entertainment giant will let fans generate short AI-powered videos with over 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have announced a major strategic partnership that stands to change the entertainment industry’s engagement with artificial intelligence,
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Just days after WBD agreed to sell its studios and streaming business to Netflix, Paramount Skydance fired back, offering $30 per share, full ownership, including cable assets. On Monday, Paramount Skydance shocked the entertainment world by submitting a hostile all-cash tender offer to acquire every outstanding share of Warner Bros.
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The fight over who gets to cover America’s military hits the courts as independent journalism confronts government-enforced control. It began in mid-October 2025 when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled a new media policy for the Pentagon requiring all credentialed journalists to sign a 21-page agreement that forbade them from
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Once a poster child of the events economy, Eventbrite finds a rescue route as Bending Spoons bets on restructuring and renewed momentum. Once one of the bright hopes of the digital events economy, Eventbrite, founded in 2006, helped thousands of creators, organizers, and music and culture venues manage events, ticketing,
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A 70% rally in 2025 has transformed Alphabet from a company defending its relevance to a frontrunner in AI and enterprise infrastructure, even as regulators, investors, and rivals question whether the momentum can hold. Alphabet’s stock closed the week at a valuation just shy of $3.82 trillion, placing
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In one of the largest Hollywood shake-ups in years, three major players have entered bids for Warner Bros. Discovery, setting up a potential bidding war and a strategic crossroads for the entire entertainment industry. With Warner Bros. Discovery’s board setting the deadline of November 20, 2025, for first-round bids,
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A pharmaceutical giant once known for predictable growth now dominates a booming global market, changing the future of drugmaking and investor expectations overnight. When Eli Lilly officially crossed the trillion-dollar valuation threshold this week, it was the clearest indication yet of how radically the weight-loss drug revolution has transformed the
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Stunning Q3 results quiet some concerns, yet the question of an AI bubble still looms. On November 19, 2025, Nvidia announced earnings that catapulted it into record territory, yet the message implied that they are just getting started. With revenue of roughly $57 billion and data-centre sales up 66 percent