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Business
In the age of AI, running a McDonald’s may soon look a lot more appealing
9 min read
The benefits—and dangers—of optimism
4 min read
Deutsche Bahn could soon have a rival
3 min read
NextEra and Dominion must now win over regulators
Disney turned its flagship film franchise into TV fodder. Can it go back to the big screen?
A Native American tribe is making big bucks from the brand
2 min read
But its users are burning through quadrillions of tokens a month
The world’s second-biggest luxury label is turning heads again
Welcome to the agentic era
What the creator of MSG and the world’s biggest toilet-maker have in common
The corporate world’s Lorem ipsum
But political trouble is brewing
