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AMC’s Popcorn Bucket Business Is Now Worth $100 Million — Here’s How It Became a Blockbuster
One $50 bucket sold out in seven minutes. Movie theaters can't make these things fast enough.
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Demand for AI Computing Is So High That Apple Is Redesigning Every Mac It Sells
As demand for AI-ready Macs outpaces supply, Apple is updating its entire lineup.
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Cinnamon Is Suddenly the Hot New Ingredient on Restaurant Menus and Cinnabon Is Cashing In
Cinnabon just had its best growth year yet, thanks to a nationwide cinnamon craze and an expanded drink menu.
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Sephora Is Rolling Out ‘Quiet Hours’ Worldwide — Here’s What That Sounds Like
Lower music, dimmed screens, less stimulation. Sephora joins Walmart, Target and AMC in a growing accessibility trend.
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Could This Sport Become the Next Pickleball? Â鶹Éçs Are Betting Big That It Will.
Padel courts have grown from 227 to 1,000 in three years, and everyone from fashion execs and coffee founders want in.
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A Florida Pastor Is Suing OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Gave Him ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Medical Advice
It's reportedly the first lawsuit of its kind, raising hard questions about who's liable when AI gives bad health advice.
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A Third-Generation Veteran Found His Next Mission: Helping Seniors Stay Independent. ‘It’s All About Giving Back’
Before running a $5 million senior care franchise, Rick Cseak toured 29 countries as a singer in the Air Force's entertainment group.
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How Does a Tiny New Jersey Deli with ‘Amazing’ Pastrami End Up Being Worth $100 Million? Ask the Guy Who Is Going to Prison.
James Patten helped inflate a tiny deli's value by 939% in a stock manipulation scheme. Now he's going to the Big House for it.
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You Can Now Lease Your Apple Gear Like a Car — Here’s How It Works
A new program called Apple Upgrade launches July 28, replacing the company's own financing plans with a Klarna-backed lease.
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Referees Can Make Up to $3,000 a Game. But Nobody Wants the Job.
There's a nationwide shortage of referees and umpires, and the pay is better than most people would think.
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The ‘Drake Curse’ Strikes Again at the World Cup: The Rapper is Currently Down $3 Million on 88 Bets
The rapper's $1.5 million loss on the World Cup is just his latest expensive bet gone wrong.
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China Just Released Two AI Models That Claim to Rival OpenAI and Anthropic. And They’re Free.
Moonshot and Alibaba say their newest models rival the best from Silicon Valley, and they're giving them away for free.
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These Companies Offer the Best 401(k) Plans and Are Minting Millionaires
Costco puts money in workers' retirement accounts whether they contribute or not. Some companies go even further.
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Burger King President Says GLP-1 Trend Will Have a ‘Profound Impact’ on Fast Food Restaurants
Wall Street thinks GLP-1s could cost the industry up to $55 billion a year. Burger King isn't waiting to find out.
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Mrs. Fields and TCBY Once Had Over 3,500 Stores Combined. Now Their New Boss Wants to Rebuild From 213.
The once ubiquitous brands have lost their luster. Rich Screnci wants them to return to their former glory.
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Starting a Business Has Become a Lot Easier — Here’s Why 5.7 Million Americans Took the Leap Last Year
There has been a massive uptick in people launching businesses, with AI supercharging their ability to do things faster and more cheaply.
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FIFA Is Selling Pieces of the World Cup Field for $450. Not Everyone’s Thrilled
From record concession sales to cut up pieces of turf as souvenirs, the 2026 World Cup found plenty of ways to cash in.
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Costco Ran Out of Room for Gas Pumps, So It’s Building Entire Gas Stations Without a Store
The first stand-alone Costco gas station opened on a former Bed Bath & Beyond site in Southern California.
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As Threats Against AI Executives Surge, Tech Giants Are Beefing Up Security: ‘People Go for the Pitchfork’
Days after a firebombing at Sam Altman's house, an intruder snuck into Anthropic's lobby to warn of a threat.
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Prozac Maker Eli Lilly Just Bought a Psychedelics Company for $2.8 Billion — Here’s What It Could Mean for Mental Health
Big pharma is making a big bet that a DMT nasal spray could succeed where daily Prozac pills fall short.
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An Explosive Parasite Outbreak Has Americans Skipping Salad. The Lettuce Industry Is In Full Panic Mode.
Restaurants are swapping salads for cooked vegetables, and growers say the $3.79 billion industry could spin out of control.
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He Got Hooked on SweatHouz as a Customer. Now He’s CEO of More Than 100 Studios.
Nico Varano used to evaluate businesses for a living. Then a boxing injury led him into SweatHouz's private suites — he never left.
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Hasbro’s First Attempt at Adult Play-Doh Smelled Like ‘Mom Jeans.’ Here’s Its New Plan.
The toy company's fix includes a brand-new name and zero traditional advertising, with 200 creators doing the selling instead.
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Stripe Wants to Buy PayPal for $53 Billion — Here’s What the Merger Would Mean
The merger would create one of the world's largest global online payments company, processing $3.7 trillion a year.
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A Startup Says It Shrunk an AI Model by 93%. Apple Wants to Talk.
PrismML's AI model is small enough to run entirely on an iPhone, potentially reducing Siri's dependence on the cloud.
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‘Landmaxxing’ Is the New Flex for Billionaires — Here’s What It Is
Luxury land searches are up 97% this year as the ultra-wealthy race to buy out their neighbors and create high-end compounds.
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Bojangles Added EV Chargers to Help Sell More Fried Chicken. Now the Chain Plans to Build 85 More.
Georgia Foods, one of Bojangles's largest franchisees, wants chargers at every location it can get them.
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Chipotle’s Next Big Bet Is Selling Burrito Bowls in Mexico. One Rival Already Flopped There.
The American chain is heading south of the border to sell Mexican-inspired food to Mexican customers, starting in Monterrey.
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The Altman-Musk Feud Is Back: Musk Says Altman ‘Takes Scamming to a Whole New Level,’ Altman Mocks His SpaceX IPO
The tech moguls took to X to rip each other apart again, this time over Apple's lawsuit and Musk's SpaceX IPO.
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Customers Are Now Using ‘Friendly Fraud’ to Get Free Stuff — Small Businesses Are Paying the Price
Some shoppers have found a shortcut to not paying for items: skip the return, just dispute the charge. It's sneaky, and it's technically fraud.
