Smaller brands are capturing much of the growth in packaged foods.
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Taylor Swift Has a Hit With ‘Release Party of a Showgirl’
The film, out this weekend only, brought in $33 million.
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Sharpie Found a Way to Make Pens More Cheaply-By Manufacturing Them in the U.S.
Newell Brands invested close to $2 billion and thousands of hours in training to move most production of Sharpie pens to a 37-year-old factory in Tennessee.
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Novo Nordisk Is Ready for Another Round of the Weight-Loss-Drug Wars
Barron’s spoke with Dave Moore, executive vice president of U.S. operations, about Wegovy as a pill, rather than an injection.
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Starbucks’s Roller Coaster Week of Job Cuts and Store Closures
The coffee chain’s “Project Bloom” was months in the making, and days in execution.
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OpenAI’s Hunger for Computing Power Has Sam Altman Dashing Around the Globe
The OpenAI chief executive is looking to East Asia and the Middle East for funding and manufacturing partners for his multitrillion-dollar plan to build more data centers.
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OpenAI Reverses Stance on Use of Copyright Works in Sora
The company will give rightsholders more controls and require opt-in while seeking ways to offset cost of AI video generation..
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BlackRock Group Hunts a $20 Billion Deal to Get In on the AI Boom
The investment giant’s new consortium is nearing a deal to buy Aligned Data Centers.
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This Mini-Berkshire Insurer Looks Cheap After Sale Of California Unit At High Price
White Mountains Insurance Group has a history of steadily growing its book value, and its stock currently trades at a discount to it.
ICEBlock, a widely used app, was removed from the App Store after concerns were raised by the Justice Department that it could put law-enforcement officers at risk.
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Walmart’s OnePay Is Wading Into Crypto as Retailer Expands in Finance
The fintech app will soon allow users to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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Beauty Tech Market Debut Gives Boost to London Exchange
Beauty Tech Group shares rose in early trade, with its listing providing a much needed boost to the London bourse.
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Corning Is Poised for Dominance in AI Data Centers. It’s All About the Optics.
The 174-year-old Pyrex maker could become one of the biggest winners from the AI boom thanks to decades of investment in glass research and manufacturing, said analysts.
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Brazilian Phone Carrier Denied Access to U.S. Chapter 11
Telecom company Oi wanted to terminate its foreign bankruptcy recognition in the U.S. to pursue chapter 11 instead.
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Goldman Sachs’s CEO says he ‘sleeps very well’ over the bull market, but a pullback is coming
David Solomon said the bull market for stocks doesn’t keep him awake at night. But a reckoning will be coming for AI technology’s winners and losers.
