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Boston Beer Co. May Be Swallowed by Japanese Whiskey Giant

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The brewer is reportedly in early talks to sell to Japan’s Suntory, which owns American spirits brands Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark.

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Microsoft Is Going for a Gaming Hail Mary

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The company is putting a huge game on its subscription service but may be leaving a staggering amount of revenue on the table.

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Hollywood Streamers Suddenly Want to Pay Stars Like the Good Old Days

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The big services are working on a structure that will weigh factors such as viewership time, production budget, and new subscriptions added.

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Humane Patent Hides AI Pin From View

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The critically panned device received backlash for a lot of functionality issues. Hardware packaging largely wasn’t one of them.

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Can Upstart Entrants Shake Up the Soda Industry?

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Once thought to be fizzling, fizzy drinks are bubbling with growth and investment at a pace not seen in years.

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Midday Market Brief: Tech Tanks

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Some glum news from both the PC and semiconductor sector has tech investors feeling a little more cautious.

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Boeing Meets With FAA to Lay Out its Improvement Plan

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The FAA won’t clear the current production cap and plans to approve every single plane that comes off Boeing’s production lines.

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Google Just Can’t Quit the Metaverse

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It announced a partnership with Magic Leap, which after some rough years might be finding a new lease on life.

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The AI Boom Is No Friend of the Green Energy Transition

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As juice-sucking tech firms battle for artificial intelligence supremacy, the coal industry has been cleaning up.

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Midday Market Brief: Slugged by Salesforce

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The Dow is lower because of a rough outlook from the business-software giant, but the broader market is hanging tough.

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Meta Wants it’s AR Devices to Suck Up Less Power

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The filing highlights that battery efficiency and form factor remain a major roadblock in artificial reality adoption

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ConocoPhillips Acquires Marathon Oil in $22 Billion Deal

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The deal provides increased operations both outside of and within the highly desirably Permian Basin oil fields of Western Texas.

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Samsung Faces Strike Action as Big Tech Labor Mobilization Goes Global

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Its biggest union announced Wednesday that it will stage a one-day walkout on June 7 with workers using their paid annual leave.

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Walgreens Price Cuts Confirm More Consumers Are Getting Picky

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The drug-store chain lowered prices on more than 1,500 items including vitamins, chips, lotion, and Squishmallow plushies.

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Google Patent Turns Search Results into Conversations

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Google wants to give search results more back-and-forth.

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Ford Wants to Make EV Charging Easier as Demand Wanes

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Ford filed two patents to make EV charging adoption quicker, cheaper and easier.

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Midday Market Brief: Nvidia Can’t Do All the Work

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The chipmaker was flat on Wednesday, and the other 499 stocks in the S&P 500 didn’t have enough oomph to drive the market higher.

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Japanese Automakers Turn to Gas, Biofuel Engines as EV Adoption Stalls

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Toyota is partnering with petroleum firms to develop carbon-neutral fuels and make them available in Japan by 2030.

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The Inverted Yield Curve Usually Predicts a Recession — Until Now

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The yield curve has now been inverted for around 400 trading sessions, and there’s no recession in sight. So what gives?

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PayPal Grows a New Ads Business

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PayPal is harnessing purchase data to join the ever-growing list of companies with a new offshoot advertising business.

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Trump Media Delays Registration for Bitcoin ETF

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Vanguard’s Joe Davis on AI and the ‘Second Half of the Chessboard’

Joseph Davis, Vanguard’s global chief economist and global head of the Investment Strategy Group.

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China’s Revolutionary DeepSeek Turns to American Hardware for Upgrade

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