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The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge https://t.co/uTMhQrLdfr

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Airline executives will meet in Rio this weekend to discuss the industry’s outlook. Spoiler Alert: It’s stormy. https://t.co/7FG58lfZs0

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This week, the Everybody's Business podcast asked moviegoers which summer movies they are most excited to see.

@Lucas_Shaw joins @svaneksmith and @chafkin to unpack why movies like Backrooms and Obsession coming from two young, YouTube-famous directors, have become surprise hits. Listen and watch at https://t.co/KX0mxlqRrU .

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It’s been almost 100 days since the US and Israel began their war and the Strait of Hormuz was shut. Things were supposed to be quite dire by now. https://t.co/sHOYlJX4Yh

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One of this year’s biggest horror hits had no distributor, no major marketing campaign and no studio backing. Markiplier transformed a YouTube audience into a marketing machine for ‘Iron Lung.’ https://t.co/iTXS2MaIqs

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In a hearing Thursday, Ilhan Omar pressed Trump's top labor prosecutor on what she called a bailout for Amazon, one of the NLRB general counsel's former clients. https://t.co/Ii5fXFbTI1

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The world’s outbreak defenses were rebuilt after the 2014 Ebola epidemic. Now a new crisis in Congo is testing what remains after deep aid cuts and health program rollbacks https://t.co/QNljeurGm4

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El Mundial más grande de la historia está por arrancar en Ciudad de México. Estos son los mejores lugares para comer, pero no mencionamos ninguna taquería ni los nombres habituales con estrellas Michelin. Bienvenidos a México. https://t.co/1vjQhYtC1M

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By taking bets on social media clout, Polymarket is letting users attach price tags to metrics that can easily be overwhelmed by bots https://t.co/UN3QJzsxoc

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The Maldives, Seychelles and nearby islands depend on Persian Gulf carriers to bring visitors to their shores. With those airlines cutting flights, the tropical destinations are suffering collateral damage from the war in Iran https://t.co/ctELBKkK6T

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Game developers are suing Valve for abusing the power its Steam store has over the PC games market, in litigation with echoes of antitrust suits against Apple and Google https://t.co/bnE7QpwdLU

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The NBA Finals features one of the biggest brands in sports (the Knicks) versus a luminary on the cusp of global superstardom (Wemby). https://t.co/0pq7xofPVo

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Whole Foods is betting that a digital version of “Would you like fries with that?” can turn cart-pushing supermarket shoppers into regular online grocery customers https://t.co/Z5UZsQpTTG

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Everyone wants a NeeDoh. The company behind the viral squishy says making too many could be the fastest way to kill the craze https://t.co/N9LnXI8lja

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At 940 pages, Warren Buffett’s collected shareholder letters sound like homework. Instead, they’re a surprisingly rich read: funny, instructive and full of lessons that go beyond investing. https://t.co/QQZOar8TEF

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With inflation outpacing wage growth, secondhand shopping is taking off in Japan, and 2nd Street is leading the way https://t.co/uPhX8Lz2sZ

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'Mina the Hollower,' the best-reviewed game of 2026 so far, sold 300,000 copies in three days https://t.co/6uTMZtu33c

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OnePay has doubled its users and payments volume in a year. Backed by Walmart and Ribbit Capital, the fintech wants to become a one-stop money app https://t.co/vpCZhv0AQR

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AI-generated ads are reshaping political campaigns — and testing voters’ trust https://t.co/VviIrR7puE

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The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge https://t.co/KWxVkXmEsQ