Business
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Key Union Votes Down Freight Rail Contract, Making Strike More Likely
Members of a union that primarily represent freight rail conductors have narrowly voted down a tentative labor contract, their union…
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Disney Brings Back Bob Iger After Ousting Chapek as C.E.O.
In a move that dropped jaws in Hollywood and prompted comparisons to an implausible screenplay, the board of the Walt…
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Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries
For a while, it seemed Beyond Meat was taking over the world. Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on…
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Inside a Crypto Nemesis’ Campaign to Rein In the Industry
In March, eight months before his cryptocurrency empire imploded, Sam Bankman-Fried joined a video call with Gary Gensler, a longtime…
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Investors Cheer Leadership Shakeup at Disney
In happier times. Bob Chapek (left) and Robert Iger at the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World last year.Credit...Joe Burbank/Orlando…
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Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.
In recent weeks, Microsoft has accused Sony, its chief video game rival, of misleading regulators. Its lawyers have showed off…
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News Corp Investors Raise Concerns About Proposed Merger With Fox
An activist investor escalated its pressure on News Corp on Sunday, asking it to reconsider a proposal by Rupert Murdoch…
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Start Film Production Company
Hollywood’s most powerful stars, directors and writers have been increasingly vocal about their dissatisfaction with streaming-era paychecks ...
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The Week in Business: FTX’s Collapse
Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (Nov. 13-19) Crypto Chaos In the course of days, the collapse of one of the largest cryptocurrency…
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Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous
A RISKY WAGER Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous Lobbyists kept tabs on sports betting…