Shoppers at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2025, the final weekend of Christmas gift buying. Myung J. Chun | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images U.S. consumers showed resilience this holiday season, driving retail spending up 4.2% year over year, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by Visa. The report from […]
The logo of pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is displayed in front of its offices in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 24, 2025. Tom Little | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first-ever GLP-1 pill for obesity from Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk, a landmark decision that health experts
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Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix and David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Mario Anzuoni | Mike Blake | Reuters Hours before Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix, Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, called WBD CEO David Zaslav to inform him Netflix wouldn’t be bidding any higher.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the NBA’s board of governors at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Chase Stevens | Las Vegas Review-journal | Getty Images The NBA is looking to
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Formula 1 cars and a circuit made with Lego are displayed at the 2025 Canadian International AutoShow at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, Feb. 21, 2025. Nurphoto | Getty Images Lego is rebuilding how consumers engage with motorsport brick by brick. In 2025, Lego kicked off a partnership with Formula 1 that brought officially
US film producer David Ellison arrives for Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” premiere in New York City on June 5, 2023. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Paramount Skydance on Monday guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in an amended offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — a clear response to questions raised
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President Donald Trump’s move Thursday to sign an executive order easing federal restrictions on marijuana — and clearing the way for a Medicare pilot program covering CBD — caps a coordinated, yearlong push by the cannabis industry that combined traditional lobbying, sizable political donations, data-driven messaging and direct outreach to the president’s inner circle, industry
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While discounts drive purchasing in the early days of the holiday shopping season, consumers are shifting into more thoughtful, quality gifts in the back half of the season as total spending growth slows. U.S. consumers had spent $187.3 billion so far online between Nov. 1 and Dec. 12, up 6.1% from the same stretch last
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80% during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Several of the largest U.S. and European-based drugmakers inked deals with
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A ”For Sale” sign is outside a residential home in Oro Valley, Arizona, on December 12, 2025. Michael Yanow | Nurphoto | Getty Images High home prices, stubbornly high mortgage rates and now less supply are all weighing on potential homebuyers. Sales of previously owned homes rose just 0.5% in November from October and were
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