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Sony booming on hit ‘Demon Slayer,’ headed to record profit

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TOKYO (AP) – Sony Corp.’s its fiscal third quarter profit jumped 62%, positioning the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant for ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

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Japan’s animators in pencil peril over production halt

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By Chang-Ran Kim and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s animators are losing one of the tools of their trade ...

Exclusive: China’s FAW considers acquiring BMW partner Brilliance in $7.2 billion deal – sources

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By Julie Zhu (Reuters) – FAW Group is looking at acquiring Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd, BMW’s main Chinese partner, ...

Biden pays respects to Capitol officer as he lay in honor

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lay in honor in the building he died defending, allowing ...

Asian shares mostly higher, China markets fall back

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BANGKOK (AP) – Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday as investors bet on eventual approval of a relatively big ...

Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his as insufficient as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting ...

THE AVOD ECOSYSTEM: As cord-cutting shifts the revenue model of media companies, the ad-supported streaming space is poised to take off – here are the key players brands need to know, and how to work with them

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Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of research reports, charts, and forecasts on the Media, Advertising, and Marketing industry. You can learn ...

Interest income from your investments is taxable – here’s how to calculate what you owe and ways to lower it

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Most interest income earned by your savings and investments counts as taxable income. It’s taxed at the same rate as ...

WHO team visits Wuhan research lab at center of speculation

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WUHAN, China (AP) – World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan ...

Microsoft backs Australia’s proposed media laws targeting Google, Facebook

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(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it fully supported proposed new laws in Australia that would force internet giant ...

Nissan suspends some truck production in Mississippi due to chip shortage

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(Reuters) – Nissan Motor has suspended some truck production in the U.S. state of Mississippi due to a shortage of ...

Andy Jassy will replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO. Here are 5 things to know about him.

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Andy Jassy. Mike Blake/Reuters Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, the current CEO of AWS. Insider ...

The ‘first significant impression’ Amazon’s future CEO made on Jeff Bezos was 24 years ago, when he accidentally whacked Bezos on the head with a kayak paddle

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Mike Blake/Reuters; Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Andy Jassy accidentally hit Jeff Bezos with a paddle in 1997, Brad Stone writes in ...

How to gameshare between two PlayStation 4 consoles with Sony’s ‘Share Play’ feature

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You can gameshare on your PS4 to let a friend on a different PS4 console play a game in your ...

‘What is an Amazon Fire TV Stick?’: Amazon’s portable but powerful streaming device, explained

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The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a portable streaming device that can give you access to thousands of movies and ...

How to pair an Apple Watch with your iPhone using the Watch app

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You can pair an Apple Watch with an iPhone using the Watch app on your iPhone. Before you pair your ...

N&O and Herald-Sun newspapers will move printing to Fayetteville to reduce costs

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As more readers get their news online, the demand for print is declining. Powered by WPeMatico

‘Big Ed’ Watkins, founder of his namesake country cooking restaurant, dies from COVID

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Big Ed’s Restaurant, with its giant biscuits and pancakes, remains a favorite for Southern food in downtown Raleigh. Powered by ...

N&O and Herald-Sun newspapers will move printing to Fayetteville to reduce costs

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As more readers get their news online, the demand for print is declining. Powered by WPeMatico

‘Big Ed’ Watkins, founder of his namesake country cooking restaurant, dies from COVID

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Big Ed’s Restaurant, with its giant biscuits and pancakes, remains a favorite for Southern food in downtown Raleigh. Powered by ...

Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence

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Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...

One of Uber’s earliest investors says the billions it spent on self-driving were a ‘waste of money’

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Uber launched its own self-driving team in 2015. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Early Uber investor Bill Gurley said the company “burned” ...

SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch

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(Reuters) – A SpaceX Starship prototype rocket exploded on landing after an otherwise successful high-altitude experimental launch from Boca Chica, ...

Raleigh’s been waiting on this sandwich shop for years. Where to find it, soon-ish

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Quite possibly Raleigh’s (if not the world’s) most anticipated sandwich shop will open soon on Person Street. Powered by WPeMatico

Raleigh’s been waiting on this sandwich shop for years. Where to find it, soon-ish

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Quite possibly Raleigh’s (if not the world’s) most anticipated sandwich shop will open soon on Person Street. Powered by WPeMatico

Immunovant plunges nearly 50% after pausing a trial for its eye drug after unexpected cholesterol finding

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A researcher works on a vaccin against the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Copenhagen’s University research lab in Copenhagen, Denmark, ...

Wells Fargo review: A decent option if you want a brick-and-mortar bank with a large national presence

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Wells Fargo; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions ...

How to bookmark tweets on Twitter so you can reference them later

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You can bookmark a tweet on Twitter to easily save it for reference. Fabian Sommer/picture alliance/Getty Images You can bookmark ...

Offline message app downloaded over million times after Myanmar coup

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By Fanny Potkin and Jessie Pang SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Offline messaging app Bridgefy said it was downloaded more than 1 ...