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Auto Supplier First Brands Files for Bankruptcy Amid Accounting Jitters
First Brands enters bankruptcy protection after lenders raised red flags over the company’s billions of dollars of off-balance-sheet debt.
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GSK Chief Emma Walmsley to Step Down, Luke Miels Named Successor
Luke Miels is to succeed Emma Walmsley as the British drugmaker’s chief executive starting from Jan.1.
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AstraZeneca to List Shares Directly on New York Stock Exchange
The Anglo-Swedish company said the direct listing would replace the existing listing of its American depository receipts on the Nasdaq.
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Sony Group Lists $9.5 Billion Financial Business to Focus on Entertainment
Shares of Sony Financial Group were listed in Tokyo Monday and the company said that a planned spinoff would take effect on Wednesday.
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Drug Tariffs Are a Sideshow. Trump’s Next Move Could Hit Pharma Harder.
What unnerves investors is a lack of clarity on drug pricing.
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ASML Builds Machines that Make AI Chips. Why It’s Missing Out on the Boom.
ASML stock has lagged behind other companies in the AI supply chain. What’s holding the chipmaking equipment company back.
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Warner Bros. Notches Another Box Office Win. ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops Sales.
The crime thriller puts Warner Bros. on pace to match or beat its 2011 record of top movie debuts, according to Comscore.
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First Amazon conquered retail. Now it’s quietly building a $35 billion business that’s changing how companies operate.
The company is increasingly focusing on supplying businesses with what they need, from janitorial supplies to kitchen equipment.
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Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Nears Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private
Investors including Silver Lake are eyeing a deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Walmart CEO Issues Wake-Up Call: ‘AI Is Going to Change Literally Every Job’
The country’s largest private employer says its head count will stay flat over the next three years, despite plans to grow, as AI eliminates some roles and transforms others.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says OpenAI Will Be the Next ‘Multi-Trillion-Dollar’ Company
The remarks come days after the two companies announced a partnership focused on AI data center capacity.
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Sinclair, Nexstar Will Bring Kimmel Back to Their ABC Affiliates
The broadcasters said they have had discussions with Disney and remain committed to free speech.
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Gramercy Collects $760 Million for Private-Credit Deals
The emerging-markets specialist is aiming to raise $1.5 billion for the pool and targets investments in Latin America.
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September 29, 2025 07:15 ET (11:15 GMT)
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