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Los Angeles Times - Business

Paramount, California settlement talks accelerate, moving Warner Bros. merger closer to the finish line

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Incomes hit a record high, but Americans still feel squeezed by inflation

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Trump says he's banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House

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Disney names first-ever chief technology officer, a day after tapping ex-YouTube executive to run streaming

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Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claims

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FCC approves foreign owners for a merged Paramount-Warner Bros.

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Disney doubles down on tech, naming former YouTube executive as head of entertainment streaming business

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Hiltzik: Why are workers feeling so stressed? Maybe because labor's share of the economy is at a record low

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'Convenient scapegoats': Boyle Heights warehouse company fights fire backlash

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In reversal, California regulator says unmarried drivers should not pay more for auto insurance

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Paramount, Atty. Gen. Bonta ordered to meet for merger settlement talks

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Emmy Awards score 6.7 million viewers, down 10% from last year

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'Monday Night Football' announcer Joe Buck agrees to contract extension with ESPN

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Are the Emmys headed to streaming? TV Academy discussing move to Amazon Prime Video

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Ratings for the Sunday premiere of '60 Minutes' see steep drop from last year's opener

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ABC's 'American Idol' is leaving Los Angeles, in another blow to the industry

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Universal Music Group accuses music distributor of spreading AI 'slop' in lawsuit

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A federal tax credit could add 143,000 film and TV jobs, industry-commissioned study says

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After a Bari Weiss makeover, "60 Minutes" makes its Sunday debut

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Hiltzik: An 'independent' study takes Paramount's side in its merger battle. But Paramount paid for it

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Why Blizzard Entertainment is expanding beyond games and into TV

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What we learned from this summer's box office

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'It Ends' and the rise of Gen Z horror

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Paramount's possible Hollywood exit puts Los Angeles on edge

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Groceries, gas, rent. Why it's so expensive to live in L.A.

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El Segundo: SpaceX and the triumphant takeoff of 'The Gundo'

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Hollywood voice actors are at war over AI clones and vanishing jobs

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How L.A. stopped being Hollywood's leading star

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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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Retail sales jump in August as Americans keep spending despite gas price squeeze

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Costco's newest store is about to open in SoCal after years of litigation

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Kroger cuts forecast as inflation and grocery price war squeeze sales

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Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected, study reveals

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Artemis II astronaut and SoCal native Victor Glover steps back from NASA, joins Cal Poly

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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

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Middle East fighting fuels U.S. gas surge and new inflation fears

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Napa winery that rose from wildfire now faces bankruptcy, and up to $50 million in debt

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Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities

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Trump running out of options to fix inflation, economic woes before election, experts say

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Technology and the Internet

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Newsom creates panel on AI safety regulation, suggests possible 'kill switch'

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AI crisis heightens the stakes of Xi's visit to Washington

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OpenAI reveals rogue AI behavior, unveils plan to disclose safety incidents

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Mortgage rates brush 7%, further straining a bleak housing market

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Broadcom buys its Irvine office building

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Taco Bell will move to larger Irvine headquarters

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Americans slam the brakes on homebuying as prices and rates rise

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L.A. renters dream of Las Vegas, but outsiders steer clear of L.A., survey shows

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China's EV export surge eclipses 2025 record as domestic sales crash

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Tesla's Cybercab launch triggers federal safety probe

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Bill that would have allowed insurers to track driving habits dies in California Legislature

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Kia, Hyundai face $1 billion in lawsuits over easy-to-steal cars after 9th Circuit ruling

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EPA scraps power plant emissions limits in sweeping rollback

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California lawmakers urge criminal penalties, emergency legislation to rein in unchecked AI

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America, land of suckers: Why we keep falling for miracle cures and scams

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Warren Buffett, 96, steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman

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How Meta, Google and TikTok are racing to guess your child's age — and what could go wrong

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Taylor Farms recall expands as company pulls jalapeños from Trader Joe's, Target, among others

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California hopes to lure a new generation to electric cars, with help from rebates, high gas prices

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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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What can you afford to buy? Use our calculator

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Lakers ticket prices could rise substantially as Kushner, Iger look to cut out brokers

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Dodgers owner Mark Walter sued over alleged failure to disclose probe to policyholders

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Wall Street drifts lower as bond yields rise and oil prices swing

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DoorDash customers in the U.S. can now order Costco deliveries

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Anthropic's Claude starts building its own successor as AI safety debate intensifies

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Chabria: Americans want AI safety, Trump doesn't. Guess who's winning

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Why the Federal Reserve is lifting rates now, and what it means

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Stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease

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Claims for unemployment benefits drop to the lowest since mid-July as layoffs remain low

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Stocks slip after the Fed hikes interest rates and hints more increases may be on the way

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Fed rate hike hits credit cards and car loans as mortgage costs climb

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The Great SoCal House Hunt

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