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Boeing's crisis, Stellantis struggles, and a McDonald's fix: Business news roundup

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As it treads water awaiting the end of its machinists’ strike, Boeing (BA) just formally announced Monday that it’s raising $19 billion in a stock offering. And in the prospectus for that share sale, it lays out exactly how immensely the work stoppage looms in its conception of the future.

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Election betting, tech stocks sink, and Bitcoin under Trump: Markets news roundup

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More than a billion dollars has been bet on the presidential election on the website Polymarket. But new research says the site is flooded with what’s known as “wash trading,” and that’s making the platform seem more popular than it is.

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When Facebook became Meta, Big Tech's AI spending spree, and Elon Musk's robots: Tech news roundup

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Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he thinks humanoid robots will outnumber humans in less than 20 years. His company is helping to make that future a possibility.

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Apple's new AI, a simpler Starbucks, Stellantis struggles, a McDonald's fix: The week's most popular stories

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Michael Hunter, an Atlanta-based real estate marketing professional and Apple (AAPL) power user, has watched Apple’s new Apple Intelligence features evolve from promising to problematic. After a month with iOS 18.1's early release through his developer account, Hunter was impressed by the system’s enhanced Siri…

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