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Why Are You Seeing So Many Bad Digital Ads Now?

Digital ad spending, while still growing overall, “has decelerated precipitously,” according to an analysis last month by the research firm Insider Intelligence.Twitter seems to be faring the worst. The company […]




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Activist Investor Nelson Peltz Ends Battle for Disney Board Seat

Behind the scenes at Disney on Thursday, senior executives were giddy. The activist investor Nelson Peltz, in a surprise morning phone call to CNBC, had ended his attempt to install […]




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Disney To Lay Off About 7,000 Employees as It Cuts $5.5 Billion in Costs

Robert A. Iger gave Disney’s corporate critics the equivalent of a punch in the mouth on Wednesday.In his first earnings report since he came out of retirement to retake the […]




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Disney’s Iger Returns to Familiar Stage, but With Different Challenges

Even in decline, traditional television remains Disney’s largest business, delivering $8.5 billion in operating income in the fiscal year that ended in October.Disney and other old-line media companies are facing […]




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Shell’s Profit Soared to $42 Billion in 2022

Shell, Europe’s largest energy company, reported a bumper annual profit for 2022 on Thursday: $42.3 billion, more than double its 2021 total and probably a record for any Britain-based company.The […]




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Oil Giants, After Surge in Profits, Are Wary About Spending

Exxon Mobil made $56 billion in profit last year, its largest annual haul ever. Chevron earned $36 billion, also a company record. But after a bountiful 2022, the outlook for […]




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Southwest Lost $220 Million Because of Holiday Meltdown

Southwest Airlines lost $220 million in the final three months of last year because of a holiday meltdown that affected an estimated two million passengers, the company reported Thursday.Southwest executives […]










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Goldman Sachs Earnings Fall Short of Expectations, Causing Alarm

Goldman Sachs is losing its shine.The doyen of investment banks released quarterly earnings on Tuesday that fell short even of analysts’ lowered expectations. Goldman did not just make significantly less […]