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Los Angeles Times - Business

Amazon to slap surcharge on sellers as Iran war drives up fuel prices

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Tim Cook steps back as Apple appoints hardware chief as new CEO

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Family films like 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' are saving the box office

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The truth about business in California — the Golden State hasn't lost its luster

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Why Wells Fargo's San Francisco downsizing is bad news for California banking

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'I want you to be my agent.' What to know about Trump's ties with Hollywood power player Ari Emanuel

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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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Why Gatorade is ditching athletes as its core market

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Television shopping networks QVC and HSN file for bankruptcy

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Walmart's biggest redesign ever signals new era for store brands

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A renewed threat to JPL as the Trump administration tries again to cut NASA

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Trump signs bill reauthorizing federal aid to defense startups

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After Artemis II, here's what's next for NASA's return to the moon

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California farmers were already struggling. Then came the Iran war

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Justin Vineyards pays $1.49 million to settle sex harassment case

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Why Culver City is the hottest spot for businesses expanding in L.A.

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Hiltzik: Inside the 1979 Silicon Valley demo that made Apple what it is today

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Technology and the Internet

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Pentagon's little-known drone office just claimed the largest single military funding surge ever

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Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing

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Google challenges Nvidia with new chips to speed up AI

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The Iran war shocked L.A.'s housing market. Recovery won't be simple

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AI boom catapults San Francisco median home price above $2 million

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How high gas prices have given used EV sales a jump start

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How Elon Musk turned SpaceX into Tesla's Cybertruck rescue operation

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New oil and gas lease sale set for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, amid litigation

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International tourism is down in Los Angeles, California. Are Trump and ICE to blame?

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Is there a tax break for paying a child's student loans?

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How can retirees lower capital gains exposure when they sell their homes, which have appreciated for decades?

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Should we be investing in stocks after retirement?

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Should I delay my pension payments as long as possible?

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Florida's attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting

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Stocks slip and oil prices rise on uncertainty about U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks

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What consumers can do as the Iran war impacts the cost and availability of flights

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Warsh says he got no pressure from Trump to cut rates even as president publicly pushes for them

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Pemex pipeline caused Gulf oil spill, company admits

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Supreme Court hands win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana

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Oil prices rise and stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally

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Carney says Canada's economic ties with U.S. are a weakness that must be corrected

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Wildfire survivors could face another blow from taxes on settlement payouts

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Women invented whiskey. Now they're taking the industry back.

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Caterpillar acquires Californian self-driving tractor startup

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