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Business news • May 31

Retail traders say they're excited to buy SpaceX stock—just not with a $2 trillion price tag

Retail investors said they have concerns about SpaceX's historic valuation, while others are worried about being exit liquidity for early investors.

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Business news • May 31

Cheers, jeers, and laughs: The speeches about AI that drew strong responses from 2026 grads

College graduates know about AI. Speakers, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, have learned to tread carefully when discussing it commencement.

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Business news • May 31

How Costco sells such cheap gas

In its 50-year history, Costco has never seen such demand for gas. Many of its stations have been so overwhelmed that they've had to call in tanker trucks...

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Business news • May 31

US Jobs Report Set to Reveal Solid Growth, Steady Unemployment Rate

Jobs week is coming up in the US, with a whole slate of indicators on the state of the labor market culminating on Friday with the government's official...

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Business news • May 31

United flight diverted to Madison: Man tries to breach cockpit of United Airlines flight 2005 from Chicago, forces hijacking alert

A Chicago flight diverted to Madison instead of landing in Minneapolis due to a possible attempted hijacking. It happened on United flight 2005 Friday.

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Business news • May 31

China factory activity stalls in May as demand weakens

China's ​factory activity stalled in May as new export orders contracted and input costs kept rising, an official survey showed on Sunday,...

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Business news • May 31

Move Over, Nvidia: 1 AI Stock Just Posted Its Best Day Since 2011 -- and Wall Street Says It's Still Cheap.

The memory chipmaker just joined the ranks of America's most valuable companies, yet its stock may be cheaper than it looks.

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Business news • May 31

After the AI binge, companies balk at soaring bills

Artificial intelligence is getting expensive -- and companies are starting to rethink their embrace of the disruptive technology."All the costs are really...

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Business news • May 31

Bill Gates Spent Years Crafting His Image. Now It’s Cracking.

The billionaire philanthropist was once ranked the world's most admired man—but the revelations of his Jeffrey Epstein ties are eroding efforts to burnish...

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Business news • May 30

Blue Origin regains access to Florida launchpad where rocket exploded, CEO says

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said Saturday that the company has regained some access to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where a New...

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Business news • May 30

Flight diverted to Madison after unruly passenger detained; no charges expected

MADISON, Wis. — The Dane County Sheriff's Office responded Friday night after a flight was diverted to Dane County Regional Airport because of an apparent...

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Business news • May 30

Plane prompted to divert to Madison after 75-year-old man attempted to breach cockpit

A man attempted to breach the cockpit of a United Airlines plane, prompting it to divert to Madison, recordings indicate.

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Business news • May 30

7-Eleven quietly takes over a 1,300-store convenience chain

A well-known convenience store brand is gradually disappearing as 7-Eleven continues integrating hundreds of locations.

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Business news • May 30

Salmonella outbreak tied to supplements sickens people in Connecticut, FDA says

A New York-based dietary supplement company has recalled two products linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people across the...

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Business news • May 30

SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers

The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.

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Business news • May 30

United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis is diverted because of an unruly passenger

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to remove an unruly passenger, officials said.

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Business news • May 30

Blue Origin gets national security launch task order hours before New Glenn explosion

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force said May 29 it awarded Blue Origin a task order to launch a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, and reaffirmed...

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Business news • May 30

After Blue Origin rocket explosion, NASA's entire moon exploration program depends on SpaceX for now

"Blue Origin's inability to launch Blue Moon anytime soon is likely to put the company out of the running for Artemis III."

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Business news • May 30

SoftBank pledges €75bn to build Europe’s biggest AI facility in France

SoftBank has pledged to invest up to €75bn in a vast network of AI computing clusters in France, backing what would be Europe's biggest data centre project...

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Business news • May 30

A Company Will Clean Your Nasty Apartment For Free if You Let Them Record It

The AI training company proposes a simple trade deal: you get a tidy house, they get a bunch of data.

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