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Los Angeles Times - Business

Ex-girlfriend of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt ordered to pay him $10 million after rape accusations

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Silicon Valley's humanoid robots are learning how to do your job — in the kitchen

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Foundations are emphasizing their community services to counter narratives of fraud and partisanship

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Rivian lays off hundreds of workers days after new vehicle deliveries begin

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Allbirds stock takes flight after announcing new CEO and name change

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Capital Group buys Bunker Hill skyscraper

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Snap unveils its $2,195 augmented reality glasses as rivalry with Meta heats up

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SpaceX buys AI coding startup for $60B in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI

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Struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain sold for $2.7 billion

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Trump's feud with AI company Anthropic keeps heating up

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Uber, Lyft accused of charging different fees for the same rides at the same time

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Hiltzik: Small investors have powered SpaceX higher, but they'll shoulder much of the risk when reality bites

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Thirty years and $3 billion later, 'Toy Story' is still one of Disney's surest bets

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Made for your phone, now playing before the movie: Microdramas hit the big screen

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Studios in Microsoft's Xbox division brace for closures

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Fox Corp. to buy streaming platform Roku for $22 billion

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Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' takes the box office crown

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DGA's board backs tentative contract with major studios

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Hiltzik: The right-wing attack on science reaches a nadir, but it could get worse

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'The Amazing Digital Circus' continues win streak for digital-native stories at the box office

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Amazon's AI boss on the primacy of humans in a changing Hollywood

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Seth Rogen on comedy, money and all those awards

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Downtown L.A. businesses are in crisis. Owners want politicians to deal with it

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'Facing an existential threat': How Uber is navigating clashes with trial attorneys, assault lawsuits and competition

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'Brutal': A growing tribe of jobless techies is lost in Silicon Valley's new reality

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The California-born fast-food chain crushed by costs, crime and competition

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'This is a complete decimation.' Why family businesses that built Hollywood are closing

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This private club catered to Hollywood elites. Then it came crashing down

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How top Paramount executive's ties with Vegas gambler unraveled

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'It was just a free-for-all': What happened to Kanye West's Donda Academy?

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Gas prices push inflation to a three-year high, squeezing consumers and businesses

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How Repair Cafes turn broken stuff into a global anticonsumerist community

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Apple revamps Siri as it tries to catch up in the AI race

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SpaceX shares climb as post-IPO rally hits 58%

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Failed SpaceX IPO allocation prompts South Korea to widen review of Mirae stock brokerage

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SpaceX shares rise 19% in stock market debut after historic IPO

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L.A. port traffic rises in April despite trade disruption, higher fuel costs

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Hiltzik: Blame gas stations — and yourself — for the rise and fall of gas prices

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California gained jobs in March as unemployment rate drops to 5.3%

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Foreign investment in California rose last year despite trade disruption

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Technology and the Internet

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Controversial billionaire tax proposal declared eligible for the November ballot

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Apple investors are tired of AI promises, want tangible progress

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs 'new social norms' in the age of AI

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Los Angeles has one of the deadest downtowns in the world, according to a new survey

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This new California NIMBY-busting law could create a million new apartments and condominiums

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Average mortgage rate slips to 6.48%, retreating from 9-month high

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$500,000 homes go to winners of NFL draft-style lottery

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Temporary rent-gouging protection vanishes for L.A. fire survivors as county lets ban expire

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Inside Ferrari's identity crisis as its first electric car hits a nerve

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Tesla robotaxis stall as Musk's self-driving hype hits real-world traffic

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Inflation accelerates to a three-year high, eroding paychecks

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Trump administration pays $765M to kill more offshore wind projects, including one off California

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Solar surpasses coal in historic shift for U.S. electricity mix

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Insurance company says energy transition is 'alive and well'

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Trump strips away Nixon-era safeguards as off-road battle heats up in the Mojave Desert

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Waymos, robotaxis can now be ticketed by California police. But how exactly?

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Influencers want to adopt the 'analog lifestyle' for 2026. Here's how to join them

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1.5 million bags of shredded cheese have been recalled. Check your fridge for these brands

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Can't find an apartment in L.A.? That's because fewer are being built

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What can you afford to buy? Use our calculator

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What exchange rates do credit cards use?

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When do I have to declare dividend income that comes at the end of the year?

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How does one know whether a financial planner is a fiduciary?

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Do I have to pay off the overdue loan my spouse co-signed?

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U.S. stocks sink on worries about a possible hike to interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve

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Federal Reserve keeps rate unchanged, but nearly half of policymakers would support hike this year

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Retail sales up a strong 0.9% in May, showing the resilience of the U.S. consumer

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Oil drops below $80 per barrel, while tech stocks weigh on a mixed Wall Street

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Higher prices for gas, groceries and flights will likely outlast Iran war

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All eyes turn to Fed chair Kevin Warsh and his first moves on interest rates

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People are betting on elections in prediction markets. Congress is watching

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Online portal used to send US deliveries to Cuba stops taking orders

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Nvidia joins AI borrowing frenzy with $25-million bond sale

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SpaceX surges 20% in second day to add $412 billion in value

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Stocks leap worldwide and oil prices drop after U.S. and Iran reach a deal to end war

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The Great SoCal House Hunt

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