Volkswagen Job Cuts: The Number That Matters Isn’t 50,000
Volkswagen’s board approved 50,000 more job cuts and four plant closures. The decision that matters more is halving the model lineup.
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Salary Cap Circumvention: Why the Clippers’ $30 Million Fine Is Exactly Four Times the Maximum
The NBA’s maximum fine for cap circumvention is $7.5 million, but the Clippers paid $30 million. The math explains what the league actually found.
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General Mills Artificial Dyes: Why Trix Went Colorful Again Without Them
General Mills says every US cereal — Cheerios, Trix, Lucky Charms — is now free of artificial dyes. The company tried this exact move once before, in 2015, and brought the dyes back within a year. Here’s what’s different this time.
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GoPro Starman Merger: Why the Stock Jumped 40% in a Day
GoPro’s stock jumped 40% after announcing a $285M merger with Starman Optical, pivoting the 23-year-old camera brand into AI data center hardware. Here’s what the deal actually changes — and what it doesn’t yet prove.
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Semiconductor Tariff: Why SK Hynix Broke Ground on a Factory Before the Rules Even Existed
Lutnick confirmed a quota-based semiconductor tariff tied to U.S. investment — and SK Hynix’s $4B Indiana plant looks like it saw this coming.
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Amazon FTC Lawsuit: The Auction Bidder Who Wasn’t Real
The FTC says Amazon used a hidden “soft reserve price” and an internally described “invented auction participant” to overcharge advertisers for seven years. Here’s how the auction actually worked — and why it matters for AMZN’s highest-margin business.
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Hormuz Tanker Attack: Why Going Dark Didn’t Save This Ship
Two oil supertankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz on August 31 — even with their trackers switched off. Here’s what the renewed attacks mean for oil markets and the shipping companies betting on the risk.
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ChatGPT Search Engine: The EU Just Made It Official, and OpenAI Has Four Months to Prove It’s Safe
The EU just classified ChatGPT as a search engine under its toughest tech law. Here’s what that label actually requires OpenAI to do.
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Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Called It the Biggest in History. The Numbers Tell a Different Story
Trump called the Venezuela oil deal the biggest in history. Here’s what the 65-billion-barrel agreement actually means for both countries.
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TAE Technologies Merger: A $6 Billion Deal for a Reactor That Doesn’t Exist Yet
TAE Technologies is merging with Trump Media in a $6 billion all-stock deal. One side brought cash and a stock listing, the other brought thirty years of fusion research — and no revenue.