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Space industry year ahead: SpaceX’s Mars rocket, tourism, and more billionaire battles

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business If 2021 was the year of ostentatious displays of wealthy space tourists chartering one-off missions, 2022 promises to be yet another year solidifying the private sector’s grip on modern space travel. Big businesses are beginning to permeate every area of spaceflight, from the most spectacular private launches to the smallest

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Fox installs right-wing flame-thrower Jesse Watters to 7 p.m. slot, cementing network’s new programming strategy

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jesse Watters, the right-wing talk show host who throughout his career has courted controversy with incendiary commentary, will be Fox’s new 7 p.m. host, the network announced on Monday. The installment of the flame-thrower Watters into the key time slot cements a strategy Fox initiated soon after President Donald Trump

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Take-Two said Monday it is buying Zynga in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $12.7 billion

Grand Theft Auto, meet FarmVille

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Zynga, the mobile game developer known for hits like FarmVille, Words With Friends and a popular Texas Hold’em poker game, is pairing up with Take-Two Interactive, the developer of the Grand Theft Auto franchise of games. Take-Two said Monday it is buying Zynga in a cash-and-stock deal valued

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Homes are under construction at the Lennar Bridgeway home development on December 15

Why shares of homebuilders just plunged

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Looming interest rate hikes are slamming US tech stocks, which dropped sharply last week as investors reassessed how higher borrowing costs could hit their portfolios. But it’s not the only sector to take a beating. What’s happening: Shares of US homebuilders including Toll Brothers, Lennar and PulteGroup were among the

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