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Rolls-Royce Lays Out Mid-Term Targets, Cost Savings

Rolls-Royce Holdings said that it expects to deliver between 400 million and 500 million pounds ($505.1 million-$631.4 million) in cost savings in the mid-term, paving the way to restore capital returns, as it set out its financial targets ahead of…

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The Clearest Sign of India’s Very Good Year

Updated Nov. 28, 2023 12:53 am ET India has had a very good year. The country’s economy is booming, its stock market is near an all-time high and its population is on track to overtake China’s to become the largest…

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Microsoft Needs a Better Seat at OpenAI’s Table

Microsoft played a weak hand rather well in the drama that engulfed OpenAI last week. But the tech giant now has a complicated task ahead: It needs to solidify its relationship with the high-profile startup while also showing it can…

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Buybuy Baby Is Back—and Opening Stores Again  

Updated Nov. 27, 2023 11:55 am ET WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—The new owners of Buybuy Baby recently reopened 11 stores, betting that many expectant parents still prefer to shop for strollers, cribs and car seats in person.  Those stores had been…

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American Oil—Good to the Last Drop?

How low can they go? U.S. shale developers have been on a relentless chase to drill for oil as cheaply as possible. With plenty of cash in their pockets and a hunch that they might soon exhaust their best inventory…

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Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children

Listen to article (2 minutes) Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor.  The Meta Platforms-owned social app does the same…

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Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children

Listen to article (2 minutes) Instagram’s Reels video service is designed to show users streams of short videos on topics the system decides will interest them, such as sports, fashion or humor.  The Meta Platforms-owned social app does the same…

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TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.

SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy game makers.  Now it is winding down those efforts, its latest pullback from experimental forays into education, property brokering and…

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TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.

SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy game makers.  Now it is winding down those efforts, its latest pullback from experimental forays into education, property brokering and…

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Yelp, Strava and Duolingo Are…Dating Apps?

On the internet, every app can be a dating app. Just ask Strava user Courtney Hollingsworth. She has long used the exercise-tracking app Strava to log her runs and workouts, and leave kudos and comments for fellow athletes. Two years…

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