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Meet the YouTube whisperers, a booming class of advisors behind MrBeast and other million-dollar channels
When wildlife TV personality Forrest Galante sat down for his monthly call with YouTube consultant Paddy Galloway, he received some bad news. No more turtles. Galante has 2.5 million YouTube subscribers. He’s been producing wildlife programming for more than a decade, including a docuseries on Animal Planet and a show on the History Channel. He […]
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Target is trying to win back busy families from Walmart, starting with the baby aisle
CLIFTON, New Jersey — Along with aisles of diapers and colorful onesies, Target shoppers in some of the retailer’s big-box stores can now find baby brands typically carried by specialty boutiques. Shoppers can see, feel and test strollers, car seats and high chairs outside of cardboard boxes at about 200 stores, or roughly 10% of […]
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Retailers are on a hiring spree. But consumers are sending warning signs
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Retailers are ramping up hiring this year, defying economic concerns as consumers keep shopping. The retail trades added nearly 22,000 jobs in April, accounting for almost one-fifth of […]
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Tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz as U.S. waits for Iran’s response to peace proposal
In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Amirhossein Khorgooei | Afp | Getty Images A Qatari […]
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Frontier jet hits and kills pedestrian on runway in Denver during takeoff
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 airplane goes down the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images A Frontier Airlines passenger jet struck and killed a pedestrian on a runway at Denver International Airport during a planned takeoff for Los Angeles late […]
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Why one of the nation’s largest auto lenders isn’t worried about high vehicle prices or ‘forever loans’
Used cars are offered for sale at a dealership on July 11, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The head of one of the nation’s largest auto finance lenders isn’t overly concerned about rising consumer automotive debt and inflated used car prices leading to longer loans on vehicle purchases. His main reasoning? […]
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Jim Cramer says ‘it’s not to late’ to own AI winners powering the market
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said the market continues to be driven overwhelmingly by enthusiasm around semiconductors and data center stocks, and next week will test whether investors keep rewarding nearly any positive AI-related development. “This market keeps going up and up on the same old stuff: news about semiconductors, even old news about semiconductors, retreaded news […]
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Dunkin’ owner Inspire Brands confidentially files for IPO
A cup of coffee and strawberry frosted donut with sprinkles at a Dunkin’ Donuts location in Los Angeles, Sept. 6, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dunkin’ and Buffalo Wild Wings owner Inspire Brands has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company announced on Friday. If Inspire goes public, it […]
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Rocket Lab surges 30% to fresh highs on revenue beat, record-setting launch deal
Rocket Lab‘s stock blasted 30% to a record high after the space company topped first-quarter revenue estimates and announced its largest launch deal on record. The Long Beach, California-based company reported $136.7 million in revenue for its space systems business and $63.7 million for its launch segment. That topped FactSet estimates of $132.1 million and […]
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Michael Burry says the market today feels like ‘the last months of the 1999-2000 bubble’
Michael Burry attends “The Big Short” New York screening Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz | Getty Images Michael Burry of “Big Short” fame is warning that the stock market’s fixation on artificial intelligence is beginning to resemble the final stages of the dot-com bubble. “Absolutely non-stop AI. Nobody […]
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