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Leading AI company to ban kids from long chats with its bots amid growing concern about the technology
Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having…
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SGAG parent company Hepmil sold to French Publicis Groupe for undisclosed fee
Established in 2015, Hepmil has a network of over 3,000 creators with a total reach exceeding 1 billion in six South-east Asian markets…
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Animated Documentary ‘Endless Cookie’ Sells to New Distribution Company Obscured Releasing (EXCLUSIVE)
Obscured Releasing, a new distribution company, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Endless Cookie” and will release the…
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Tapestry: WWD Honoree for Public Company of the Year
When Joanne Crevoiserat, chief executive officer of Tapestry Inc., turned in fiscal 2025 results in August, there was a lot of good news…
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Elisabetta Franchi CEO Gabriele Maggio Exits Company
MAGGIO EXITS: More changes are taking place at the Elisabetta Franchi fashion company. Chief executive officer Gabriele Maggio has exited…
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Trump’s DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to His Son
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor Friday. The Brooklyn native extended his…
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Selling the sun: U.S. company is building satellite mirrors to keep solar farms operating after dark
Thousands of mirrors orbiting the earth could soon light up the night sky if a California startup gets permission from the U.S. government…
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Rivian’s spinoff micromobility company just unveiled its first electric bike
It doesn’t look like a Rivian truck, but a new electric bike took shape at the EV company. A startup called Also, which spun out from the…
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Warner Bros. Discovery confirms offers to buy all—or part—of the company
Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of CNN and HBO, announced Tuesday that it is up for sale after receiving unsolicited interest…
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Layoffs can shake company culture. Here’s how leaders can repair it.
Layoffs might make headlines, but the real measure is how leaders support the remaining employees. Layoffs are undeniably challenging for…
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‘The Chair Company’ Star and Real-Life Suit Salesman on Acting for the First Time With ‘Unbelievable’ Tim Robinson: ‘I Hope I Don’t Make a Fool Out of Myself in Front of My Wife’
SPOILER ALERT: The following article discusses plot details from Season 1, Episode 2 of “The Chair Company,” now streaming on HBO Max.…
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Pakistani Forbidden Love Novel ‘In The Company of Strangers’ Being Adapted by U.K.’s Kids Fight Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
U.K.-based Kids Fight Productions is developing a feature film based on Awais Khan‘s debut novel “In The Company of Strangers,” marking…
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Nestle, the world’s largest packaged food company, will cut 16,000 jobs
Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs, new CEO Philipp Navratil said on Thursday, as the world’s largest packaged food company seeks to cut costs…
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Investors call for greater disclosure in Toyota’s buyout of group company
Global investors have called on Toyota Motor to provide more disclosure about its planned buyout of group firm Toyota Industries,…
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Johnson & Johnson baby powder: Thousands sue company alleging it hid talcum powder cancer risks
A major legal claim has been filed in the UK against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing the firm of knowingly selling baby…
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Laika’s Matt Levin on Launching Live-Action and Taking the Company Into Its ‘New Chapter’ With Lord and Miller, Lulu Wang and More
Filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Lulu Wang and Jon Spaihts have one thing in common — they’ve all got projects lined up at…
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This home battery startup just raised $1 billion to build a new type of power company
When a winter storm took out the power grid across Texas in 2021, Matt Popovits and his family didn’t have electricity for four days and…
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Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters, Asked if Company Is Interested in Buying Warner Bros. Discovery, Says ‘Big Media Mergers Don’t Have an Amazing Track Record’
Will Netflix pursue a large-scale media M&A play? Don’t bet on it. Greg Peters, co-CEO of Netflix, downplayed the company’s desire to grow…
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This company is planning a lithium empire from the shores of the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake isn’t an obvious place to develop a lithium mine. The Salton Sea boasts lithium concentrations of just under 200 parts…
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Thakral to receive S$13.1 million from sale of shares in UK beauty company, ahead of London IPO
Thakral’s remaining TBTG shares will be worth £18.1 million (S$31.5 million) immediately upon listing Singapore-listed Thakral Corp will…
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U.S. takes equity stake in another company: Lithium Americas
The U.S. government is taking a minority stake in Lithium Americas, a company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines…
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How Asics Pulled Off the Most Ambitious Collaboration in Company History
As a general rule, sneaker collaborations tend to involve two brands, usually an athletic footwear company and a partner from the…
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Mercedes-Benz spins out Silicon Valley chip group into new company
For chips used in cars, reliability is key, so critical self-driving functions are often handled by two or more separate chips in order to…
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How to integrate integrity into your company culture
According to a recent study conducted by the global consulting firm, EY, 97% of respondents reported that it is important for companies to…