MICHELLE CHAPMAN

May 21, 2025 at 8:51 am

Tariffs, inflation and leery customers are hitting retailers in different ways

Retailers are trying to navigate their way through economic uncertainty in 2025.

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May 20, 2025 at 3:10 am

Home Depot says it doesn’t expect to boost prices because of tariffs

Home Depot doesn’t expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves.

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May 19, 2025 at 6:01 am

Biotechnology company Regeneron buying 23andMe for $256 million

Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy protection.

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May 16, 2025 at 4:13 am

US cable giants Charter and Cox, under assault by streaming services, pursue $34.5 billion merger

Charter Communications is merging with Cox Communications in an approximately $34.5 billion deal that brings together two of the biggest cable companies in the country.

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May 15, 2025 at 7:37 am

Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company this year...

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May 14, 2025 at 4:21 am

American Eagle tumbles after pulling financial guidance for 2025

Shares of American Eagle Outfitters are tumbling after the retailer withdrew its financial outlook for the year citing “macro uncertainty” and said it would write...

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May 13, 2025 at 3:52 am

UnitedHealth Group CEO steps down as company lowers, then withdraws financial outlook for 2025

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down from his post for personal reasons and the health care giant says it’s suspending its full-year forecast...

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May 12, 2025 at 9:01 am

Here’s a look at the sectors getting a boost from the truce in the US-China trade war

Shares of many companies that source at least some of their goods from China are surging on Monday as U.S. and Chinese officials announced that...

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May 7, 2025 at 7:31 am

Disney to build its 7th theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates.

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May 7, 2025 at 4:31 am

Disney parks thrive in second quarter and it adds 1.4 million new streaming subscribers

Disney posted solid profits and revenue in the second quarter as its domestic theme parks thrived and the company added well over a million subscribers...

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