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Consumer

FDA Reverses its Ban on Juul

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The regulator had banned the company’s e-cigarettes in 2022, but they stayed on store shelves while an appeal process played out.

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Regulation

UK Sets Up Framework to Eventually Ban Cigarettes for All

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he plans to raise the legal smoking age by one year every year.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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Banking

2024: The Year a Rising Star of US Banking Had Its Wings Clipped

TD Bank was fined more than $3 billion by regulators in October in what’s arguably the biggest banking scandal of the year.

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M&A

2024: The Year Europe’s Bank Merger Dominoes (Maybe) Started to Fall

Europe’s bank M&A scene has been noticeably stagnant for a while, but that could all be about to change next year.

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