Big Business This Week

The week's biggest stories about the biggest companies in the world's biggest economies.

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Oct 10, 2024

Helene and Milton: A Tragedy in Two Hurricanes

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Nov 14, 2024

Who's Gonna Pick Your Fruit?

The economic cost of deporting immigrants. Plus, Elon had another busy week, inflation is complicated, and endless shrimp meets its end.

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Is Elon Musk toxic for Tesla?

Plus: Dr. Pepper buys Peet's Coffee and the surprising stock merger implications of the Swift/Kelce merger

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Aug 21, 2025

Never underestimate Microsoft

Plus: The exclusive private members club with quarter of a million members, Trump wants a stake in Intel, and what's going on with tech stocks this week?

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Aug 14, 2025

Never underestimate Microsoft

Plus: The exclusive private members club with quarter of a million members, Trump wants a stake in Intel, and what's going on with tech stocks this week?

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Aug 07, 2025

It’s a numbers game as Trump fires jobs data boss

Plus: Big moves in media, and is AI coming for consultants' jobs?

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Jul 31, 2025

Why are big global investors turning bearish on U.S. equities?

Plus: New mutant Oreos, Microsoft beats expectations, Zuck's "personal superintelligence" push, and is Starbucks back? Or not?

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Jul 24, 2025

Stocks reach new highs on Japan trade deal

Plus: The biggest railroad merger in American history, Tesla's income drops, and Trump sues Rupert Murdoch over his reporters' work on the Epstein files

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Jul 17, 2025

Wall Street leaders caution against Powell vs. Trump showdown

Plus: Nvidia's geopolitical balancing act pays off, it's "crypto week", and Q2 bank earnings score an 'A' from investors

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Jul 10, 2025

Medtech stocks defy spending cuts and soar

Plus: Nvidia breaks $4 trillion, UnitedHealth's woes continue, Merck buys a company to keep its revenue pipeline strong, and Tesla faces AGM reporting challenges.

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Jul 03, 2025

In the crypto casino, the house always wins

Plus: NYC's mayoral race heats up with a socialist candidate aiming to make the city affordable—and rattling the financial sector. Del Monte's U.S. canned food arm declares bankruptcy, while Apple's "F1" movie sees box office success.

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Jun 26, 2025

How to ride the 'roller coaster of oil price volatility'

Plus: Why Krispy Kreme left McDonald's, Boeing's latest woes, the potential Shell-BP merger, Bumble's stumble, Nvidia's cloud ambitions, and Meta's AI recruitment drive.

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Jun 19, 2025

Big Business This Week: Market Is A Big Fan of Turbines

Plus: DNA firm 23andMe is back under old management, Meta is poaching AI talent for its "superintellignce" push, TikTok's sale deadline slips again, we're going natural with food dyes, and WhatsApp introduces ads; not to mention Trump's US steel deal.

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Jun 12, 2025

What’s the smart bet on the future of energy?

Plus: Meta’s "super-intelligence" AI lab, 23andMe's data dilemma, Warner Bros.' split, Apple’s AI focus slipping, and when is a "muggy summer" of inflation brewing?

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