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Forget France: China Is the New Foie Gras Champion

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Forget France: China Is the New Foie Gras Champion
The Asian country makes 11,000 tons of the bird-liver delicacy annually—and it costs a little more than half the French kind.

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Regis Resources Won’t Match Genesis Bid For Vault Minerals

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Regis Resources Won’t Match Genesis Bid For Vault Minerals
Regis Resources said it won’t match a rival US$3.9 billion bid for Vault Minerals made by Genesis Minerals, as a planned merger of the gold-mining companies would then no longer meet its thresholds for value and returns.

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Disney’s ‘Moana’ Remake Crashes at Box Office

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Disney’s ‘Moana’ Remake Crashes at Box Office
The live-action version came just 10 years after the original animated hit.

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EV Batteries Are Lasting Longer Than Expected. Readers Share Their Experiences.

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on EV Batteries Are Lasting Longer Than Expected. Readers Share Their Experiences.
Readers have strong opinions about the durability and viability of electric cars—and plenty of skepticism.

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Europe’s easyJet Gets Rival $7.6 Billion Bid From Apollo

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Europe’s easyJet Gets Rival $7.6 Billion Bid From Apollo
Shares in the low-cost airline jumped to a four-year high after it agreed in principle to a takeover bid from the U.S. asset manager.

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Warburg Pincus Near Over $7 Billion Deal for Specialty-Pharmacy Company

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Warburg Pincus Near Over $7 Billion Deal for Specialty-Pharmacy Company
Pantherx Rare has been owned by a group of private-equity firms since 2022.

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Vodafone Shares Surge After French Billionaire Xavier Niel Becomes Biggest Shareholder

July 12, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Vodafone Shares Surge After French Billionaire Xavier Niel Becomes Biggest Shareholder
Shares rose as much as 14% in early London trade after the French businessman agreed to buy a 16.2% stake in the U.K. telecoms company.

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A New Foe Has Emerged for Data Centers: Farmers

July 11, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on A New Foe Has Emerged for Data Centers: Farmers
Growers, ranchers and companies warn of too much farmland being used for AI data centers, siphoning water.

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Washington’s Bet on Intel Is Starting to Pay Off

July 11, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Washington’s Bet on Intel Is Starting to Pay Off
Plus, Texas goes after Wall Street’s stock-exchange duopoly, and Apple alleges OpenAI stole trade secrets to develop competing devices.

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The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%

July 10, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off on The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%
Getting an offer from Bending Spoons, which owns AOL, has become harder than getting into Harvard.

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