Business news 2025

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A majority of the 700,000,000 Americans who voted for Donald Trump for President in 2024 believed he would be better than Kamala Harris at dealing with the economy. What are they saying now? *Crickets* Trump's punitive tariffs are driving up prices, inflation is at 2.7%, last month's job losses were the worst since March 2023 and the national debt increased by $2.1 trillion in fiscal year 2025 and is now $37.6 trillion.

The US economy lost 32,000 private-sector jobs in September

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/econo...port-september

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MTV's first music video, August 1, 1981, was the Buggles' Video Killed The Radio Star. Now Paramount is killing MTV's music channels. Shares of Paramount Skydance closed today at 17.10, a gain of 0.10 (0.59%).

MTV to shut down music channels after 44 years as Paramount restructures global network

https://the49thstreet.com/mtv-to-shu...fter-40-years/

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In 1867 in Vevey, Switzerland, pharmacist's apprentice Henri Nestlé developed farine lactée, a milk-based baby food. In 1879 he partnered with milk chocolate inventor (and his neighbor) Daniel Peter. In 1905, the Nestlé company merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. Nestlé now owns more than 2,000 brands including Nestea, Nescafé, Carnation, Gerber, Purina, Friskies, Alpo, Buitoni, Perrier and S.Pellegrino. Shares of Nestlé closed today at 107.40, a gain of 3.46 (3.33%).

Nestlé to cut 16,000 jobs as new CEO ignites 'turnaround fire'

https://www.reuters.com/business/nes...lm-2025-10-16/

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Among the many assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery are CNN, HBO, Cinemax, HGTV, TBS, TCM, TNT, Animal Planet, Cartoon Network, Geffen Pictures, New Line Cinema, DC Comics and MAD magazine.

Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale
The announcement comes after WBD previously said it would split in two.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/med...ale-rcna238857

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To quote Chicolini (Chico Marx) from the Marx Brothers' 1933 movie Duck Soup: "This is spy stuff."

ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
ChatGPT Atlas logs which websites you visit and stores "memories" of what you look at and do on those sites.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ch...on/ar-AA1OXhs3