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Consumer

Walmart’s Market Cap Jumps to All-Time High After Stellar Earnings

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The retail giant posted $161 billion in quarterly revenue, marking a 6% increase and beating its earlier sales target.

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Real Estate

Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux

Some of the more reliable office building tenants are reversing course by letting leases expire or subleasing space across major cities.

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Technology

Gender Gap Narrows in US Tech Industry

Things still aren’t great, but they’re better with females now comprising 35% of the industry workforce.

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The Great Talent Crisis

Fewer people are working than almost any other time in U.S. history.

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Industrials

Companies Keep Refueling the Corporate Jet

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Both money and time spent on executive corporate jets are still climbing well past pre-pandemic highs, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Power Corridor

Goldin Wins Nobel Prize for Studies of Women in Workplace

Harvard University labor economist and historian Claudia Goldin, 77, won the Nobel Prize in Economics women in the workforce.

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Consumer

Is the Restaurant Industry at the End of an Era?

Across-the-board inflation — including food costs, labor costs, and real estate costs — is pummeling restaurants. Can the industry survive?

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year YouTube Became TV

YouTube may have started off as a platform for small screens, but now it’s increasingly dominating the living room TV.

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