Disney to Pay $10 Million to Settle Children's Privacy Case
A complaint alleged that Disney collected information from and targeted ads toward children without parental notice and consent.
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Meta Buys AI Startup Manus for More Than $2 Billion
The deal is one of the first in which a major U.S. tech company has bought a startup with Chinese roots.
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Tesla publicly posts a pessimistic forecast for fourth-quarter sales
Tesla is expected to sell 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, which is fewer than the 1.79 million it sold in 2024 or they 1.8 million it sold in 2023.
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Walmart Outage Affects Thousands of Shoppers
More than 6,500 Walmart customers couldn't access its mobile app and website earlier Tuesday in a brief outage.
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Caterpillar's Surging Stock Is Fueled by AI, Not Yellow Excavators
Sales of generators are powering the manufacturing giant's fastest-growing segment.
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DJT Stock Falls as Trump Media Launches Five 'America-First' ETFs. What Is It Trying to Do?
The launch comes just days after Trump Media agreed to merge with a nuclear fusion company.
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After a Year of Blistering Growth, AI Chip Makers Get Ready for Bigger 2026
Nvidia leads the pack, but faces increasing competition and supply-chain challenges.
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Emboldened Activist Investors Are Circling U.S. Banks
The Trump administration's deregulation push could give activists more room to target banks, where big campaigns are rare.
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Chinese Technology Firms Aim to Raise Over $1 Billion via IPOs
Hong Kong's initial-public-offering market is set to start the new year with a bang, as three Chinese companies line up to list in the city early January.
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Octopus Energy to Spin Off AI Arm Kraken at $8.65 Billion Valuation
The British renewable-energy startup raised $1 billion in its first stand-alone funding round for the artificial-intelligence platform.
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Citigroup to Sell Remaining Business Operating in Russia
Citigroup is expecting to take a pretax loss on the sale of about $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Launches Proxy Fight to Overhaul Board
The founder's proposal seeks to make boardroom revisions before the athletic-apparel company chooses a new CEO.
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