In the days since President-elect Donald Trump won the presidential race, Nicole Bivens Collinson’s phone has barely stopped ringing. Collinson, who helps lead the international trade and government relations division at the lobbying firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg,…
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Elon Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter, now known as X, and at least $130 million to help get Donald Trump elected president. It’s a combination that’s paid off handsomely. Since Trump’s victory last week, Musk is about $70 billion…
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Netflix’s cheaper, ad-supported tier has reached 70 million global monthly active users two years after it was launched. The company said Tuesday more than 50% of its new sign-ups are for ad-supported plans in countries that offer…
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Mattel pulls thousands of ‘Wicked’ dolls off shelves after printing adult website on packaging
Thousands of Mattel’s “Wicked”-branded fashion dolls are flying off shelves, but not because of consumer demand. The toy company has been forced to pull its line of character dolls after a package misprint. Instead of listing the…
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Cryptocurrencies and stocks, including Tesla, rallied Monday, picking up where they left off last week in the wake of the President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of more than…
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Warner Bros. Discovery adds 7.2 million Max subscribers, the streamer’s largest single-quarter jump
Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday its streaming platform Max added 7.2 million global subscribers in the third quarter. It marked the biggest quarterly growth for the streaming platform since its inception. Max now had 110.5 million…