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Disney’s startup accelerator is about more than accelerating startups
Hello again, and thank you for reading Fast Company’s Plugged In. In 2013, David Min came to Disney CEO Bob Iger with a big idea. Min, a…
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Data in this study shows a worrisome link between declining union membership and U.S. drug overdoses
When fewer people belong to unions and unions have less power, the impact goes beyond wages and job security. Those changes can hurt…
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Quantum computing jolted by DARPA decision on most viable companies
Quantum computing insiders, investors, and skeptics have been waiting on an announcement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects…
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Sri Trang Agro-Industry posts Q3 loss of 841.9 million baht amid lower rubber prices, tariff uncertainty
Sri Trang Agro-Industry fell into the red with a net loss of 841.9 million baht (S$33.8 million) for the third quarter ended Sep 30,…
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UBS joins list of star tenants in GIC-backed Mumbai tower: sources
The bank will move staff to the Altimus, a building jointly owned by GIC and India’s K Raheja UBS Group is taking up new office space in a…
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TSLA stock price: Elon Musk got his $1 trillion pay package. Here’s how Tesla investors are reacting
Yesterday, Tesla, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) shareholders overwhelmingly approved the controversial and historic pay package deal for the…
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Sri Trang Gloves Q3 loss widens to 106 million baht on impairment, derivative losses
The steeper net loss comes as its top line decreases 5.6% year on year to 6.1 billion baht, even as sales volume rises Sri Trang Gloves’…
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The Quicksand Pits That Await Zohran Mamdani—and How He Can Avoid Them
This is certainly an “only in America” story, but I do not mean that in the normal, heroic sense. I mean it in the creepy, corporate,…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI chip sales to China are blocked for now
The company is not trying to revive efforts to get Blackwell AI chips to Chinese firms Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said…
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US: Wall Street set for weekly declines as concerns over economy, tech valuations weigh
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Nov 7), and were set for sharp weekly declines, as concerns about the economy and…
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Indonesia discussing plan for merger of Grab and GoTo: official
Indonesia is discussing a possible merger or acquisition between ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab and its rival GoTo, the…
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Some Nexperia chip shipments resume as Germany welcomes ‘de-escalation’
[BERLIN/TOKYO] Semiconductor maker Nexperia has resumed some shipments of its vital chips, auto executives said on Friday (Nov 7), with…
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US shutdown compounds worst year for currency trading since 2005
Traders less willing to stake big bets with a dearth of crucial economic and market positioning statistics The longest US government…
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The Download: a new home under the sea, and cloning pets
—Senator Bernie Sanders reacts to Tesla shareholders’ decision to award Elon Musk a $1 trillion pay package in a post on X. One more thing…
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EXCLUSIVE: Minted’s Founder Launches Product Creation Platform Arcade’s New AI Design Assistant
The world’s first artificial intelligence physical product creation platform and marketplace, Arcade, has launched its AI agent, Maia —…
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AMC Networks’ U.S. Ad Sales Drop 17% in Q3, Streaming Subscribers Rise 2% to 10.4 Million
AMC Networks reported its third-quarter 2025 earnings Friday, revealing a 17% decline in U.S. ad sales for the TV media company. During…
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Ikea profit falls 26% to 1.7 billion euros as US tariffs fuel costs
Overall sales from the company’s stores across 63 markets around the world fall for a second year in a row Sweden’s Inter Ikea, which…
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UMS Q3 earnings rise 1% to S$10.5 million, announces 1-for-4 bonus issue
UMS Integration on Friday (Nov 7) reported a 1 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to S$10.5 million for the third quarter ended Sep…
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Cortina’s H1 profit rises 10% to S$30.5 million amid stronger regional sales
Luxury watch retailer Cortina posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to S$30.5 million for the six months ended Sep 30, up from S$27.8…
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Boustead bags design-and-build deal for semiconductor facility
The contract comprises additions and alterations works to reconfigure an existing chip material manufacturing plant Boustead announced…
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Singapore shares buck regional trend; STI up 0.2%
Across the broader market, decliners outnumber advancers 318 to 233, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$2.2 billion change hands Local…
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‘Get laid off with me’ vlogs are back on the rise
“Get laid off with me.” So read the closed captions of a recent TikTok post. “My boss just put a 15 minute sink on my calendar,” creator…
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Netherlands ready to drop Nexperia control if China chip exports resume: sources
The Netherlands is prepared to suspend a so-called ministerial order that gave it control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in a move…
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The perks of being a team of one
If one founder is good, then more must be better, right? Not necessarily. New research shows that the benefits of cofounding a startup…