Profits

Autos

Mercedes-Benz Profits Drop More than 50% in Third Quarter

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Mercedes-Benz is en route to cut costs after profits in the third quarter more than halved year-over-year due to weaker demand in China.

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Consumer

Gym Group Finally Profitable Again Post-COVID

The Gym Group announced on Wednesday that in the first six months of this year it swung back to a profit for the first time since 2019.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Gets Virtual (plus more from Square & Disney)

Roaming in VR, Video analysis of food service counters, and Gaze tracking displays

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Patent Drop

Nike Wants You to Take a Seat (plus more from Uber & Adobe)

Nike’s game chairs, Uber’s walking profiles & Adobe’s real-time content personalization

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Patent Drop

Disney Introduces Smart Toys (plus more from Microsoft & PayPal)

feat. Disney’s Fitbit for kids, Chat bots that mirror their users & AR Commerce3 new patent summaries this week from Disney, Microsoft and PayPal

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