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Puig Stock Soars as Talks With Estée Lauder Signal Mega Beauty Deal
🎧 Listen:By Andrea Figueras | March 24, 2026Puig Shares Jump 14% on Merger Talks with Estée LauderStock rose to €17.75,...
Smithfield Foods Q4 Sales Surge as Packaged-Meats Segment Fuels Growth
🎧 Listen:By Nicholas G. Miller | March 24, 2026Smithfield Foods Reports $327 Million Net Income, 1.56% Sales Rise in Q4Q4 net...
Apollo’s $3.7 Billion Bet Marks Biggest Private‑Equity Takeover in Japan
🎧 Listen:By Megan Cheah | March 24, 2026Apollo Nippon Sheet Glass acquisition valued at $3.7 B reshapes Japan’s PE landscapeApollo’s $3.7 billion...
Exor Posts €3.79 Billion Net Loss, Raising Questions on Portfolio Strategy
🎧 Listen:By Adam Whittaker | March 24, 2026Exor Reports €3.79 Billion Net Loss for 2025, Dividend Income Down 31%Net loss widened...
Tesla Breaks 13-Month European Slide With 29% EU Sales Jump
🎧 Listen:By Mauro Orru | March 24, 2026Tesla Registrations Surge 29% in EU, Halting 13-Month SlideFebruary EU-only Tesla deliveries rose...
Protein-Bar Brand David Claps Back at TikTok’s ‘Mean Girls’ Jabs Over Label Lawsuit
🎧 Listen:By Megan Graham | March 24, 2026TikTok Memes vs. David Protein: 1 Lawsuit Sparks 1,000 ‘Mean Girls’ VideosDavid Protein...
China’s Morality Campaign Threatens Global Wine Trade, New Losses Emerge
🎧 Listen:By Jon Emont | March 24, 2026$150 million of excess inventory rattles the global wine tradeGrace Vineyards reported a loss...
Robin Zeng Warns U.S. EV Industry Faces Collapse Without China’s Battery Giant
🎧 Listen:By Christopher Otts | March 24, 2026Robin Zeng’s $10 billion profit underscores why the U.S. EV market can’t thrive without...
Estée Lauder Pursues Puig Merger to Forge Worldwide Beauty Powerhouse
🎧 Listen:By Lauren Thomas | March 23, 2026Estée Lauder eyes $5.5 billion Puig acquisition as it chases global beauty dominanceDeal value...
Toyota Commits $1 Billion to Expand Kentucky and Indiana Factories
🎧 Listen:By Elias Schisgall | March 23, 2026Toyota $1 Billion Kentucky Indiana Investment Set to Create 1,200 JobsToyota will spend...