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President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday opened the door to seizing the patents of certain costly medications from drugmakers in

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Members and supporters of Starbucks Workers United protest outside of a Starbucks store in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Starbucks said it wants to resume contract talks with the union representing its baristas, starting in January.

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Ronald McDonald balloon floats down Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023, in New York City. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images McDonald’s executives painted a rosy portrait of the fast-food giant’s strength and ability to

In this article PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Paramount logo is seen on a building in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 2023. Nurphoto| Getty Images Paramount Global shares surged Friday following reports from Deadline and Puck News that Skydance and RedBird Capital were exploring potentially taking over the media giant. Paramount shares

In this article F 7203.T-JP GM STLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2023 Prius Prime on display, April 6, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT — As sales of all-electric vehicles grow more slowly than expected, major automakers are increasingly meeting their customers in the middle. More and more companies are reconsidering the viability

In this article VRTX CRSP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the country’s first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for use in patients with sickle cell disease. The approval comes about a decade after the discovery of CRISPR technology for editing human DNA, representing a significant scientific advancement.

Visitors enter the venue at The NRF 2020 Vision: Retail’s Big Show, held in New York, the United States, Jan. 12, 2020. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The leading retail lobbying group has walked back a key claim about shrink, or inventory losses from various sources, after a news investigation revealed

In this article LULU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Black Friday shoppers at a Lululemon store at the Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. Mike Calia | CNBC Lululemon on Thursday said it saw strong third-quarter demand and a positive start to the holiday shopping season, but the retailer’s shares fell in extended trading

Jon Rahm of Spain celebrates making a putt for birdie on the 18th green during the final round of the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) on June 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. Sean M. Haffey | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Golf superstar Jon Rahm is gearing up

In this article CERE ABBV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign stands outside a Abbvie facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 20, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters AbbVie on Wednesday said it will acquire neuroscience drugmaker Cerevel Therapeutics for roughly $8.7 billion.  Under the terms of the deal, AbbVie will pay $45 per share

In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT McDonald’s CosMc’s Restaurant. Courtesy: McDonald’s McDonald’s will open the first location of its new spinoff brand CosMc’s this week in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The fast-food giant plans to open 10 CosMc’s locations, including nine restaurants in Texas, by the end of 2024 in a test. McDonald’s

In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Holiday shoppers are turning to Walmart for groceries and gifts, but CEO Doug McMillon said it’s hard to predict how sales will look in the months after the peak shopping season. In an interview with Sara Eisen that aired Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the

In this article CHTR CMCSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Charter shares closed down by more than 8% Tuesday after its Chief Financial Officer Jessica Fischer said the company could lose broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter. Charter competitor Comcast‘s stock also closed down by more than

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Activist investor Ancora on Tuesday urged Disney to put Nelson Peltz on its board, days after Peltz and his firm, Trian, launched a proxy fight with the entertainment giant.

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign outside a CVS Health store in Miami, Aug. 1, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images CVS Health on Tuesday said it will revamp how it prices prescription drugs and scrap a complex model that typically sets how much pharmacies get reimbursed and what

Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty Images The free version of ChatGPT may provide inaccurate or incomplete responses — or no answer at all — to questions related to medications, which could potentially endanger patients who use OpenAI’s viral chatbot, a new study released Tuesday suggests. Pharmacists at Long Island University who posed 39 questions

A stack of freshly pressed gold vinyl records at United Record Pressing. CNBC This story is part of CNBC’s new quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have been transformed into business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and workers. Once considered a dying industry, the vinyl record business

In this article ALK HA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alaska Air Group has agreed to buy rival Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal, setting up another potential regulatory battle in the second proposed airline merger in less than two years. Alaska would pay $18 a share for Hawaiian and would take on

Shoppers walk around Twelve Oaks Mall on November 24, 2023 in Novi, Michigan.  Emily Elconin | Getty Images Retailers are cheering after shoppers spent big on gifts and decor in the days after they gobbled up turkey and stuffing. But the strong showing does not necessarily mean those companies will have blowout success in their

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 aircraft lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, May 7, 2023. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Southwest Airlines and its pilots union are closing in on a new contract that would raise pay for the