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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Consumer

Will the Drink Industry’s Hangover Last Through 2025?

In a 2023 Gallup survey, 62% of American adults under 35 said they drink alcohol, down from 72% twenty years earlier.

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Media & Entertainment

Will 2025 be the Year Regulation Comes for Sports Betting?

The odds of an increase in regulation of the massive, and growing, sports-betting industry may be shifting.

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Healthcare

2025 is the Year of the Weight Loss Pill

Traditionally, New Year’s resolutions to lose weight involve getting to the gym more. In a post-GLP-1 world, that’s looking less necessary.

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