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Tour de France winner will burn the equivalent of 210 Big Macs in 24 days
Imagine you begin pedaling from the start of Stage 12 of this year’s Tour de France. Your very first task would be to…
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Mark Zuckerberg issues dire economic warning to Meta employees
Mark Zuckerberg has issued a chilling message to Meta Platforms Inc. employees: The company faces one of the “worst downturns…
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‘Stranger Things 4’ product visibility is worth up to $25 million for Coke, Jif and other brands
“Stranger Things” is no stranger to shilling things. The fourth season of the hit Netflix series continues the show’s tradition…
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These 10 stocks in the S&P 500 lost $4.2 trillion of investors’ money during the first half of 2022
The first half of 2022 is over, and good riddance for investors: The S&P 500 Index declined 20.6%. Below are…
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Chip sector looks at 10% drop on week as signs point to declining demand
The semiconductor sector was facing one of its worst weeks in an already lousy year following more evidence that the…
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Kohl’s failed takeover was just one of a wave of abandoned deals amid market volatility
Kohl’s Corp. announced Friday that takeover talks with Vitamin Shoppe parent Franchise Group Inc. have ended, adding to a wave…
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The U.S. bets billions of dollars on better COVID-19 boosters as it prepares for a spike in COVID-19 cases in the coming months
The U.S. is gearing up for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall and winter following a flurry of…
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Here’s what investor says he’s learned from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger — and the mistakes he’s made
This year has been inescapably awful for investors, as this chart on first-half performance shows. So in an environment where…
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Dow trims losses as stocks look to finish brutal quarter deep in the red
U.S. stocks pared their losses heading into Thursday’s close during the final trading session of what has been a historically…
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Black patients were rarely included in clinical trials — until the COVID-19 vaccines. Will these changes stick?
Stephanie Walker, a Black retired nurse who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2015, has never been asked to…
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