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Rio Tinto to Roll Out New Tech in Hunt For More Metals, More Cheaply

Miners are seeking new ways to bolster production of metals they expect will be highly sought after for a boom in clean energy and data centers.

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Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI

xAI is aiming to win the tech arms race with its "Colossus" data centers, thrown up at lightning speed, but Memphis is divided over the massive power and water demands.

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Asahi Group Partially Restarts Beer Production, Shipments in Japan

Operations at the Japanese maker of beer and other beverages were disrupted by a ransomware attack last week.

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Startups Are Eating Big Food's Lunch

Smaller brands are capturing much of the growth in packaged foods.

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Amazon's Prime Event Is a Test of Holiday Shopping Demand

The e-commerce company, Target, and Walmart are fighting for early-season dollars with major sales.

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Taylor Swift Has a Hit With 'Release Party of a Showgirl'

The film, out this weekend only, brought in $33 million.

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Novo Nordisk Is Ready for Another Round of the Weight-Loss-Drug Wars

Barron's spoke with Dave Moore, executive vice president of U.S. operations, about Wegovy as a pill, rather than an injection.

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Sharpie Found a Way to Make Pens More Cheaply-By Manufacturing Them in the U.S.

Newell Brands invested close to $2 billion and thousands of hours in training to move most production of Sharpie pens to a 37-year-old factory in Tennessee.

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Starbucks's Roller Coaster Week of Job Cuts and Store Closures

The coffee chain's "Project Bloom" was months in the making, and days in execution.

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OpenAI's Hunger for Computing Power Has Sam Altman Dashing Around the Globe

The OpenAI chief executive is looking to East Asia and the Middle East for funding and manufacturing partners for his multitrillion-dollar plan to build more data centers.

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BlackRock Group Hunts a $20 Billion Deal to Get In on the AI Boom

The investment giant's new consortium is nearing a deal to buy Aligned Data Centers.

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Walmart's OnePay Is Wading Into Crypto as Retailer Expands in Finance

The fintech app will soon allow users to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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Apple Drops ICE-Tracking Apps From App Store

ICEBlock, a widely used app, was removed from the App Store after concerns were raised by the Justice Department that it could put law-enforcement officers at risk.

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Corning Is Poised for Dominance in AI Data Centers. It's All About the Optics.

The 174-year-old Pyrex maker could become one of the biggest winners from the AI boom thanks to decades of investment in glass research and manufacturing, said analysts.

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October 06, 2025 05:15 ET (09:15 GMT)