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D.E. Shaw, Mantle Ridge zero in on key fixes to build shareholder value at Air Products

Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Company: Air Products and Chemicals (APD) Business: Air Products and Chemicals is an industrial gases company. It’s focused on serving energy, environmental and emerging markets. Its base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing and …

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Inter Miami and Lionel Messi set to take part in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup hosted in the U.S.A., per report

Getty Images The MLS host team for the Club World Cup is reportedly set. Fresh off of winning the Supporters’ Shield, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami have been chosen as MLS’ representative according to ESPN, alongside the Seattle Sounders who qualified due to winning the Concacaf Champions Cup in 2022.  The 2025 newly expanded edition of the tournament will take place …

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Why inflation may look like it’s easing but is still a huge problem

A family shops for Halloween candy at a Walmart Supercenter on October 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Just because the Federal Reserve is nearing its inflation goal doesn’t mean the problem is solved, as the high price of goods and services across the U.S. economy continues to pose a burden for individuals, businesses and policymakers. …

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Boeing machinists to vote on new proposal that could end strike

People hold sings during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, outlining  a deal that could end a more than month-long …

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Tech companies head to Las Vegas to tout health AI tools

Visitors check out Nvidia’s AI technology at the 2024 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, China, on September 19, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and dozens of other tech companies are descending on Las Vegas next week to showcase artificial intelligence tools they say will save doctors and nurses valuable time.  Sunday marks the official start of …

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Jim Cramer explains why he thinks Netflix can ‘rock on higher’

After a siding with the bulls in the run-up to Netflix‘s latest earnings report, CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained why the quarter made him more optimistic about the company’s future, saying he was impressed by management’s outlook and commentary about content. “If you were worried about Netflix not having enough levers to pull in order to generate growth going forward, or …

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