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The Other Kushner Steps Into the Spotlight With $12.5 Billion Lakers Deal

Thrive Capital, Joshua Kushner’s venture-capital firm, is expanding beyond tech investments....

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Nvidia Downsizes Plans for $250 Billion Guarantee of OpenAI Data Center

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Jane Street Suffers Loss of About $15 Billion Following Troubles at Situational Awareness

The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund soured....

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3 Reasons Extended Carrier Deployments Take Such a Heavy Toll at Sea

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MSG Sports Files to Spin Off Rangers from Knicks

MSG Sports has filed a registration statement with regulators for a new company to manage the New York Rangers business separately from its New York Knicks operations....

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Navy Deployment in Middle East ‘Not Nearly Long Enough,’ Trump Says

Plus, PayPal is in talks to sell itself, and NATO shot down a drone in Latvian airspace....

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How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In

Hiroki Totoki says the future of the electronics business is entertainment....

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Diana Shipping Drops Bid to Acquire Genco Shipping & Trading

The decision ends a nearly year-long takeover battle between the two shipping companies....

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Opinion | Keeping Up With the Jones Act Waiver

Waiving the law has cut fuel costs, but Gulf of Mexico protectionists are upset....

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Charlie Ergen Agrees to Take Controlling Stake in MobileX

With the acquisition, Ergen will control wireless services Boost Mobile and MobileX through EchoStar and a SPAC, respectively...

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Stripe, Advent in Talks to Buy PayPal

The fintech startup and private-equity firm Advent offered to buy the struggling payments company in July...

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Canada Union Says Stellantis Eyeing Sale of Toronto-Area Plant

The company last year said it would shift manufacturing to Illinois, as pressure mounted from President Trump for car companies to shift operations to the U.S....

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Readers Weigh In on the Risks of Investing in Funds Promising Pre-IPO Shares

A WSJ article last week featured an investor still trying to figure out what happened to his SpaceX fund investment. Many readers said they were in similar situations....

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The Biggest Blockbuster Disney Ever Made Was a TV Channel in Connecticut

The hosts of the Acquired podcast found that ESPN was the perfect multidecade funding source for acquisitions and theme parks...

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Opinion | Paramount-Warner: Hollywood’s Political Waterloo?

Politicized antitrust cases are the neutron bomb that might drive filmmaking to leave California....

16 hours ago

Jeff Bezos Bets on Sports With $7 Billion Liverpool Deal

The billionaire is part of a consortium buying a minority stake in the storied Premier League soccer team....

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Silicon Valley Loves Jargon—and ‘Hill-Climbing’ Is Its Favorite New Phrase

A term that describes a computer-science algorithm is the metaphor du jour among AI types—and coming soon to a boardroom near you....

17 hours ago

Why Is Everything Pickle-Flavored Now?

A deluge of sour, briny snacks have infiltrated the market. Blame Gen Z....

19 hours ago

As AI Rewrites Search for Marketers, Reddit Fights to Stay the Same

Plus, Flock moves to calm a backlash over its license-plate scanners and Instagram gets a new wordmark....

19 hours ago

Minerals Companies Are Changing Their Names to Sound More American

As Uncle Sam pumps billions into the industry, even Australian companies are rebranding to be red, white and blue....

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The Morning Risk Report: BAE Systems Fined $36 Million for Illegal Exports

Plus, Justice Department maps out priorities for fraud probes, and Polestar dealer claims automaker ‘orchestrated’ U.S. ban in lawsuit...

21 hours ago

China’s Booming Auto Exports Test Shipping Industry

Plus: Tyson plans to close another beef plant; tariff-refund process proves smoother than expected....

21 hours ago

How CFO of Baby Wipes Maker Honest Revamped Its Finance Office

Finance chief Curtiss Bruce talks about his first year—and how the company retooled the baby and personal-care brand; Elon Musk bets on fossil fuels....

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Marubeni Favors Strong Yen to Better Leverage $12 Billion Investment Plan

The Japanese trading house favors a stronger yen to better leverage a $12 billion investment plan, its CEO said, as a firmer currency gives it greater firepower for overseas acquisitions....

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Agility’s CEO on What It Takes to Break Ideas Out of the Lab

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The $121 Billion in One-Time Gains Boosting Big Tech’s Profits

Gains on investments in companies like Anthropic are inflating earnings at some of the biggest technology companies....

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Aviva Posts Strong First-Half Profit Growth

The insurer and asset manager’s operating profit rose in the first half, though it cut full-year expectations for its health business....

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BP, XRG Partner on Venezuelan Offshore Gas Development

The Loran field in the Plataforma Deltana area holds an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, the companies said late Thursday....

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There Aren’t Enough Ships to Handle China’s Booming Car Exports

As demand slumps at home, Chinese cars are flooding other markets—and testing the shipping industry....

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Charter Gets Final State Approval for $21.9 Billion Cox Deal

Cable and broadband providers have received regulatory clearance from California after agreeing to some concessions on affordability....

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Bird Remains Found in Engine of Ryanair Plane That Depressurized Over Greece

The Federal Aviation Administration required engine fixes on the Boeing 737 model, but airlines had until July 2028 to complete them....

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Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions

The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults....

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Rick Perry’s Fermi Finally Finds a Customer for Its Giant Texas AI Power Bet

The startup, which went public in a splashy IPO last year, also named a new CEO following months of legal and C-suite turmoil....

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Guilty Plea Expected in Luigi Mangione’s Federal Case

Plus, a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard, and concerns grow over living conditions aboard the USS Lincoln....

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Applied Materials Posts Higher Profit, Revenue on Continued AI Demand

Artificial-intelligence adoption continued to drive demand for the company’s semiconductor solutions....

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Tyson Foods to Exit More Beef Plants, With Cattle in Short Supply

Meatpackers have been squeezed by a shortage of cattle....

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Flock to Add Safeguards to AI Surveillance Tools After Backlash

The surveillance-technology company has faced criticism over the risks of police abuse of its AI-enabled camera system....

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OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer to Depart After Less Than a Year

OpenAI said Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser will be stepping down to pursue other opportunities....

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Elon Musk, the World’s Most Famous EV Pioneer, Is Now Leaning Into Fossil Fuels

SpaceX is planning a Texas natural gas plant to power a new chip facility, while gas turbines are already being used for campuses in Tennessee and Mississippi....

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Polestar Dealer Claims Automaker ‘Orchestrated’ Its U.S. Ban in Lawsuit

The New Jersey dealer is seeking at least $25 million in damages after the Chinese-owned automaker’s exit from the U.S....

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World Cup Ticket Fiasco Erases StubHub Profits, Sending Stock Down

Revenue surged but so did expenses as the ticket reseller dealt with customer complaints and refunds....

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Why Everybody Wants a Mascot Now

Plus, ex-Liquid I.V. marketer Stacey Andrade-Wells joins Bobbie to power the formula brand’s next growth spurt....

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Tapestry’s Coach Still Driving Sales as Company Gives Soft Outlook

Tapestry said its Coach brand led sales growth for another quarter, while giving a soft outlook for its new fiscal year....

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The Morning Risk Report: Paramount Has Discussed Creating a Board to Ensure CNN’s Independence

Plus: Eli Lilly alleges black market weight loss drug sellers; shippers don’t buy Trump’s Hormuz strait claims...

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Accelerant to Go Private in $4.4B Deal with Thoma Bravo

The data-driven risk exchange agreed to go private in a deal with private-equity firm Thoma Bravo worth more than $4 billion....

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Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on RWE, Korea Electric Power, Ampol and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities....

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Mexico Presses U.S. to Cut Auto Tariffs

Plus: AI build-out fuels warehouse demand; war throttles another chokepoint: the Black Sea....

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SMIC Posts Earnings Beat as Mature-Node Orders Surge

China’s biggest chip foundry recorded a surge in net profit and revenue in the second quarter, cashing in on robust orders for legacy and specialty semiconductors....

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