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Warner Bros. Discovery's merger talks with Paramount Global may bring NBCUniversal to the table.

From using chatbots to predicting demand for items, retailers are experimenting with and expanding use of generative AI this holiday season.

Forecasters expect auto sales next year to increase by between 1% and 4% to roughly 15.6 million to 16.1 million vehicles sold.

Even McDonald's, which outstrips Chick-fil-A by sales and footprint, is leaning into chicken to drive growth.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee wants Shein to share more information on its relationship with China and its data protections ahead of its U.S. IPO.

Citigroup is exiting businesses with poor returns to bolster the bank's odds of hitting Fraser's performance targets.

Paramount Global's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, is reportedly eager for a deal partner.

General Mills and FedEx both cut their revenue outlook for their fiscal years.

It's the second consecutive quarter FedEx has lowered its sales guidance.

Union Pacific, BNSF say the battle over migrants at U.S.-Mexico border key crossings is holding up hundreds of millions of dollars in freight.

The European Union and U.S. agreed to extend the suspension of 50% tariffs on whiskey exports that American distillers had been dreading.

Carriers are re-routing vessels as a direct result of 15 strikes in the Red Sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.

Southwest is the last of the major airlines to reach a labor deal with pilots.

"Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" opens this weekend, and it's expected to gross less than its surprise-hit predecessor.

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances fell to 6.83% from 7.07%.

Wall Street turned its focus to a handful of newer treatments in different disease areas in 2023, including weight loss medications and a new Alzheimer's drug.

The 1,000-store reduction is meant to increase throughput and profits at the remaining stores, according to Duncan Aldred, global head of Buick.

Target blamed theft and violence when it closed 9 stores in New York, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, but crime is worse at locations it kept open nearby.

It's human nature to be optimistic entering a new year, but it's hard not to view 2024 as a year of uncertainty for media and telecommunications companies.

Several shipping lines have suspended services through the Red Sea as more than a dozen vessels have been attacked since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.