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California, Other State AGs Sue to Block Paramount-Warner Megadeal
A coalition of a dozen states alleged the Hollywood merger would boost prices for consumers and lower quality for film and television.
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CEO of Jack Daniel's Maker Brown-Forman to Retire
Lawson Whiting, who has led the spirits giant since 2019, will remain in the role until a successor is appointed.
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Appeals Court Revives Lawsuits Alleging Tylenol Causes Autism and ADHD
The decision puts mass litigation against the drugmaker back on course by overturning a ruling that the science was unreliable.
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Volkswagen Warns It May Need to Cut 50,000 More Jobs
German automaker seeking to cut costs amid growing competition from China.
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SpaceX Plans Starship Test Flight After End of FAA-Required Investigation
The company said it is preparing to launch the flight test as soon as Thursday, with a launch window set to open in the evening.
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Former Sequoia Head Roelof Botha Exits Firm After More Than Two Decades
Botha, who led the firm between 2022 and 2025, plans to focus on his board seats and work with founders of several emerging private companies.
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First Hawaiian to Merge With TriCo Bancshares in $2 Billion All-Stock Deal
The parent company of First Hawaiian Bank has agreed to acquire TriCo Bancshares in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.01 billion.
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Williams Gets $5.34 Billion Investment from Blackstone-led Group
As part of the deal, Blackstone and its partners will receive 49% noncontrolling equity interest in five power-infrastructure projects.
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Intel to Invest â¬5 Billion for Expanded Manufacturing in Ireland
The upgrade is part of chipmaker's effort to meet AI chip demand and strengthening Europe's semiconductor supply chain.
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Serta's Landmark Liability Management Deal Backfires on Participating Lenders
A bankruptcy judge last week ordered the mattress maker's lenders in the 2020 debt exchange to pay damages to nonparticipating creditors based on loan face values.
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EU Proposal to Curb Minors' Access to Social Media Coming Later This Year
The bloc is working to curb minors' access to social media with a proposal likely to land after the summer.
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Meta Lifts Cost of Louisiana Data Center to $50 Billion
The company scaled up the size of its massive data-center project in Northeast Louisiana to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity and said it would now cost more than $50 billion.
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Nippon Paint Makes $8.6 Billion Bid for AkzoNobel's Decorative-Paints Unit
The move for the Akzo unit follows an earlier attempt by Nippon Paint to buy the group as a whole and split it with Sherwin-Williams.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 13, 2026 21:15 ET (01:15 GMT)
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