Wall Street Journal

Jeff Zucker Cameos In ‘Primetime’ and Calls ‘To Catch a Predator’ ‘Important’

Jeff Zucker Cameos In ‘Primetime’ and Calls ‘To Catch a Predator’ ‘Important’

‘Primetime’ reconsiders the early 2000s NBC hit about sting operations targeting adults pursuing minors....

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Trump Weighs Diesel Export Ban as Fuel Prices Soar

Trump Weighs Diesel Export Ban as Fuel Prices Soar

The president said a decision would come “fast” on a potential restriction that several Republicans are championing....

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K-Pop Is Betting on AI and Robots. Will Fans Buy It?

K-Pop Is Betting on AI and Robots. Will Fans Buy It?

Watch how South Korea’s music industry is embracing robotics and artificial intelligence, even as fans and performers ra...

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What Is the White House Press Pool?

What Is the White House Press Pool?

President Trump’s decision to ban three news outlets from the White House escalated tensions between the president and t...

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Amazon Stops Meta’s Muse at the Door

Amazon Stops Meta’s Muse at the Door

Plus, DTC caviar puts the sector’s premium prices in question and Gap partners with a rookie boy band for a nostalgic ma...

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AI Stock Rally Loses Steam, Oil Prices Fall Below $100

AI Stock Rally Loses Steam, Oil Prices Fall Below $100

Nasdaq futures were flat after a global rally in AI-linked stocks stalled, and oil prices reversed course to fall on ris...

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Gap Is Getting Into the Boy-Band Business

Gap Is Getting Into the Boy-Band Business

The clothing company is making a foray into “fashiontainment” as it looks to cement its brands more deeply in popular cu...

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DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Resolve NYC Investigation Into Minimum-Pay Law Compliance

DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Resolve NYC Investigation Into Minimum-Pay Law Compliance

The company said that the settlement includes $12.3 million in direct payments to delivery drivers on its platform....

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AutoZone Sales Rise and Further Growth is Expected

AutoZone Sales Rise and Further Growth is Expected

The auto-parts retailer posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $931.6 million, or $56.05 a share, compared with $837 m...

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The Morning Risk Report: Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal

The Morning Risk Report: Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal

Plus: British Columbia sues OpenAI over mass school shooting and executives flock to New York to tout lowering emissions...

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A New Hollywood? Plus, CarMax Cuts Jobs Again

A New Hollywood? Plus, CarMax Cuts Jobs Again

Also, OpenAI pushes U.S. to lead in global AI safety standards....

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Phaseout Spurs Hunt for New Ways to Launch Payloads

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Phaseout Spurs Hunt for New Ways to Launch Payloads

Plus, Trump says a deal to lower fertilizer costs is in the works, and Houthi attacks force Saudi Arabia to return to Ho...

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Trump’s U.N. Speech and China Talks Put Tariffs, AI and Energy in Focus

Trump’s U.N. Speech and China Talks Put Tariffs, AI and Energy in Focus

Plus, the Magnificent Seven has roared back, and we unpack the concessions that helped David Ellison end his stalemate w...

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Discount Caviar Is Everywhere—and the Luxury Food Is Having an Identity Crisis

Discount Caviar Is Everywhere—and the Luxury Food Is Having an Identity Crisis

Now sold by DTC brands that seemingly pop up overnight, caviar is no longer just for special occasions. Some are bingein...

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Smiths Group Shares Rise After Better-Than-Expected Results

Smiths Group Shares Rise After Better-Than-Expected Results

The industrial-engineering company was one of the top gainers in the FTSE 100 index after it projected an acceleration i...

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Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Risks Persist

Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Risks Persist

While renewed escalation could push crude prices higher, confirmation of direct U.S.-Iran talks at this week’s U.N. Gene...

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Travel Group TUI Tightens Earnings Guidance, Citing Strong Vacation Demand

Travel Group TUI Tightens Earnings Guidance, Citing Strong Vacation Demand

It said its updated outlook reflected strong demand in the fourth quarter for its vacation portfolio, combined with impr...

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A Rocket Supply Crunch Is Making It Harder to Hitch a Ride to Space

A Rocket Supply Crunch Is Making It Harder to Hitch a Ride to Space

There’s a rush to secure flights as SpaceX winds down its flagship vehicle and rivals try to ramp up....

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These Tiny Startups Are Getting Even Smaller With Help From AI

These Tiny Startups Are Getting Even Smaller With Help From AI

By holding off on hiring, and sometimes eliminating existing positions, entrepreneurs are growing their products but not...

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How David Ellison Ended His Stalemate With California

How David Ellison Ended His Stalemate With California

Investment in domestic production, quiet mediation from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the threat of relocating helped Paramount ...

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Shopify to Use Meta’s Muse for Agentic Checkout

Shopify to Use Meta’s Muse for Agentic Checkout

Shopify plans to allow Meta’s personal AI agent to complete purchases on behalf of users with the e-commerce platform’s ...

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Opinion | The Hidden Agenda Behind the AI Panic

Opinion | The Hidden Agenda Behind the AI Panic

A mathematical model doesn’t rebel. Anthropomorphizing it helps obscure human errors and accountability....

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Opinion | Rob Bonta’s Paramount Bounty

Opinion | Rob Bonta’s Paramount Bounty

Democratic AGs bless the Warner Bros. deal for a political price. Will David Ellison sell CNN?...

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Private-Equity Firms Buy Indie-Author Publisher Podium for More Than $400 Million

Private-Equity Firms Buy Indie-Author Publisher Podium for More Than $400 Million

Shamrock Capital and Flexpoint Ford are taking on a company that focuses on audiobooks and self-published authors—two in...

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Radar, Radio Outage Roils Flights Around New York City, Northeast

Radar, Radio Outage Roils Flights Around New York City, Northeast

Flights began to stack up after a contractor apparently accidentally cut 600 feet of fiber communications line in New Je...

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CarMax Cuts Jobs for Third Time in 12 Months Amid Soft Auto Market

CarMax Cuts Jobs for Third Time in 12 Months Amid Soft Auto Market

The nation’s largest used-car retailer slashed 145 white-collar jobs, about 4% of its corporate staff, as part of a turn...

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Ethan Allen Launches Search for Next Chief Executive

Ethan Allen Launches Search for Next Chief Executive

The move comes after investor Doug Bergeron, who owns a more than 5% stake in the furniture maker, started a proxy battl...

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Television Networks Suspend Some Coverage of Trump After Bans

Television Networks Suspend Some Coverage of Trump After Bans

The decision came after the White House removed CNN from a rotating group of television journalists who cover the presid...

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Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal

Paramount Settles States’ Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal

Paramount won’t have to sell cable channels under the $81 billion merger poised to reshape Hollywood....

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Silver Lake Takes On Carl Icahn and All of Merger Arbitrage in Endeavor Fight

Silver Lake Takes On Carl Icahn and All of Merger Arbitrage in Endeavor Fight

In a continuing battle over its $13 billion deal for talent agency Endeavor, Silver Lake seeks to ban arbs who buy after...

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Auto Industry Workers Protest in Germany Against Job Cuts, Industrial Policy

Auto Industry Workers Protest in Germany Against Job Cuts, Industrial Policy

The protest comes as the industry grapples with intensifying competition from Chinese rivals, both in China and increasi...

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Why Stellantis Is Stopping Dealers From Advertising Rock-Bottom Prices

Why Stellantis Is Stopping Dealers From Advertising Rock-Bottom Prices

Plus, what’s the endgame for social-media marketing after undisclosed ads run wild in feeds?...

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Bayer Sells Cancer Drug to Gruenenthal for Up to $431 Million

Bayer Sells Cancer Drug to Gruenenthal for Up to $431 Million

The drug, approved to treat various forms of cancer, is due to lose patent protection in the EU in 2029 and in the U.S. ...

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on HaItian International, Telix Pharmaceuticals and more in the latest Market Talks covering Health Care....

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Priority Technology CEO to Take Firm Private in $1.6 Billion Deal

Priority Technology CEO to Take Firm Private in $1.6 Billion Deal

The payment-technology company agreed to be taken private by an investor group led by its chair and chief executive, Tho...

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Tanker Shortage Sends Oil-Shipping Rates Soaring

Tanker Shortage Sends Oil-Shipping Rates Soaring

Plus, Kuehne+Nagel struck a deal with Amazon, and scientists see progress in fighting disease destroying Florida’s orang...

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Qatar Says It’s Ready to Resume LNG Operations Within Weeks of Hormuz Reopening

Qatar Says It’s Ready to Resume LNG Operations Within Weeks of Hormuz Reopening

Qatar, one of the world’s top three LNG exporters before the Iran war, halted production earlier this year following att...

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CNN Removed From White House TV Press Pool After Trump Ban

CNN Removed From White House TV Press Pool After Trump Ban

The network had been scheduled to be the primary TV representative for a rotating pool covering the president Monday....

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The Morning Risk Report: Polymarket’s Rush to Grow Left a Door Wide Open for Fraudsters

The Morning Risk Report: Polymarket’s Rush to Grow Left a Door Wide Open for Fraudsters

Plus: Crypto blew its big moment and now everyone is pointing fingers, and how Harley-Davidson became a tariff punching ...

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