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DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1

By Jordan Valinsky, Ramishah Maruf and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the streaming era. As platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon’s Prime Video have gained traction,

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Stellantis shares plunge as carmaker follows Volkswagen in warning on profits

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in Chrysler parent Stellantis plunged almost 14% in Milan Monday after the Italian-American carmaker slashed its forecasts for full-year profitability and cash flow, citing weaker global sales and increased competition from Chinese rivals. Stellantis (STLA), which also makes Ram Trucks and Jeep, Citroen and Peugeot cars, said

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Brian Williams is set to anchor election night coverage on Prime Video. Is Amazon getting into live news?

By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon attracts millions of live viewers for Thursday Night Football games. The company also carries A-list concert performances and a seemingly endless number of shopping live-streams. Up next: One special night of news coverage. The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams is nearing a surprise deal to lead election

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California governor vetoes contentious AI safety bill

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill, after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and hinder innovation. Newsom said he had asked leading experts on Generative AI to help California “develop workable guardrails” that focus “on developing an empirical,

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Sima Sistani, who embraced Ozempic, is out as CEO of WeightWatchers

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, who pushed the company into embracing weight-loss drugs, is leaving the position after a two-and-a-half year stint. Under Sistani, the 61-year-old company bought a telehealth platform that connected patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, representing

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A dual win for consumers: Inflation cooled last month, paving way for borrowing costs to come down more

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans and Federal Reserve officials have news to celebrate: Inflation cooled significantly last month, likely giving central bankers more confidence to continue cutting interest rates. The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, showed consumers paid 2.2% more for goods and services for the

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