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Retailers may be using organized theft to cover up internal flaws

This is part two of a three-part series on organized retail crime. The stories will examine the claims retailers make about how theft is impacting their business and the actions companies and policymakers are taking in response to the issue. Read the first story here and stay tuned for part …

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Penn Entertainment CEO says Portnoy is Barstool’s ‘natural owner’

Penn Entertainment CEO Jay Snowden told CNBC’s Jim Cramer and CNBC’s Contessa Brewer that the only natural owner of Barstool Sports was David Portnoy, who founded the company in 2003. Penn Entertainment, a gambling firm, announced Tuesday it would be divesting Barstool — selling the entity back to Portnoy — …

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Veteran economist Jim O’Neill says interest rates should stay around 5% for longer

Jim O’Neill, former chief economist Goldman Sachs Group, in Italy in 2019. Alessia Pierdomenico | Bloomberg via Getty Images Veteran economist Jim O’Neill says central banks will need to keep interest rates up around 5% across major economies for longer than the market expects, even as inflation subsides. The U.S. …

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Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk raises outlook as sales of its weight-loss drug soar

A selection of injector pens for the Saxenda weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 31, 2023.  Jim Vondruska | Reuters Novo Nordisk, which makes the weight-loss drug Wegovy, raised its outlook for 2023 Thursday, as it reported soaring sales. The Danish pharmaceutical …

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China lifts ban on group travel boosting Asia’s tourism, hotel stocks

Top view of Seoul in the morning in autumn 2016. Natthapol Bussai | Moment | Getty Images China lifted a ban on group tours to more than 70 locations, giving travel and airline stocks in Asia a boost. China’s culture and tourism ministry said Thursday that group tours will resume …

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China property market roiled by default fears, Country Garden spooks investors

Pictured here are residential buildings developed by Country Garden Holdings Co. in Baoding, Hebei province, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Two years after Evergrande’s debt troubles, worries about China’s real estate sector are coming to the forefront again. Country Garden, …

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Hollywood strikes have had $3 billion impact on California economy so far

The TV and film writers’ strike has crossed 100 days since the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, and it’s likely to have cost the California economy at least $3 billion so far. That’s …

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Cramer tells investors they need to buy stock before its big move

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday reminded investors they need to buy into companies before their stock sees a big move, not after. According to Cramer, it’s better to accept that you’ve missed the mark instead of buying stock after it has already surged. “Here’s the way this market works: Something …

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GM electric Cadillac Escalade IQ revealed, starting at $130,000

NEW YORK – Twenty-five years after the Cadillac Escalade launched General Motors into large, highly profitable luxury SUVs, the Detroit automaker is hoping a new all-electric version of the vehicle will ignite the same success for a new generation of luxury buyers. GM on Wednesday revealed the 2025 Cadillac Escalade …

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Biden signs order limiting U.S. investment in some Chinese tech

A researcher works inside a superconducting quantum computing laboratory at Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences (BAQIS) on February 26, 2021 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at regulating new U.S. investments and expertise that …

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