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Amazon increases Pokémon Pokopia physical edition price to $80

Amazon is selling the physical edition of Pokémon Pokopia for $80, while the digital edition remains listed at $70, the same price as on the Nintendo eShop. The physical version, released March 5 for the Nintendo Switch 2, has been sold out at retailers such as Target and Walmart, reflecting

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Live Nation reaches a settlement with DOJ in the midst of an antitrust trial

Live Nation has settled with the Department of Justice in a high-profile antitrust case that sought to break up the entertainment giant by separating Ticketmaster. The deal was announced on Monday after a civil trial over monopoly allegations opened in Manhattan last week. The Justice Department initially sued Live Nation

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Thermal Grizzly duped by 40,000 euro copper and aluminium scam

Thermal Grizzly has highlighted an alarming side of the current market for copper and aluminium: industrial-scale material fraud. After examining supplier documentation and samples, the company placed orders with two vendors, one supplying copper and the other supplying aluminium and copper. When multiple pallets arrived in Germany the firm began

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Nintendo and Lenovo seek tariff refunds after IEEPA use ruled unlawful

The Supreme Court found that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify tariffs was unlawful, and companies affected are seeking compensation. Nintendo, Lenovo, Dyson and Epson are among those pursuing refunds. Nintendo's complaint argues for "Defendants [US government] to promptly

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Oil tops $100 as Brent and WTI surge on Iran war

Crude oil jumped above $100 a barrel in Sunday trading, posting its biggest one-day gain since 2020. Brent and WTI futures rose about 30%, pushing prices toward $120 overnight before settling around $105 for Brent and $103.50 for WTI just after 7:30 a.m. ET on Monday. Both

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George Clooney, Rande Gerber launch non-alcoholic beer Crazy Mountain

George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman have launched a non-alcoholic beer called Crazy Mountain. The trio, who sold their Casamigos tequila in a $1 billion deal in 2017, unveiled a cinematic can that features a cowboy and uses the launch campaign tagline "Live wide open." "We

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Experts react as oil tops $100 amid Strait of Hormuz disruptions

Oil futures have passed $100 a barrel as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz constrained traffic and several Gulf producers slowed output. Prices have nearly doubled in just over three months, stoking inflation concerns and questions about the outlook for the economy and the stock market. Ed Yardeni warned markets

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McDonald’s CEO Should Leave Burger Enjoying To The Professionals

Last month, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski posted a video attempting to eat a Big Arch burger, calling the food 'product' on a 'sort of bun' and saying he would finish the rest 'for lunch.' He took a bite and then stared at it;

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ASX loses $90bn as oil price spike over Middle East conflict fuels sell-off

Australian shares plunged on Monday, wiping about $90bn from the ASX after a sharp rise in oil prices tied to the Middle East conflict. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 2.85% to fall below the 8,600 point mark, the single biggest one-day drop since the

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Why marketers should read the new CMO Insider newsletter

CMO Insider is a new weekly newsletter helmed by Lara O'Reilly. It appears every Wednesday and focuses on the companies and leaders shaping marketing, advertising, and the creator economy. O'Reilly opens her reporter's notebook to unpack the power, money, politics, and anxieties behind recent

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Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps

Developers building AI data centers are increasingly turning to temporary villages known as man camps to house the hundreds or thousands of workers needed for construction. The style was popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. At a converted Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas,

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I inherited 25,000 vintage hats — I turned it into a business

Scottlynn Krause and her mother launched CS80 Vintage after inheriting a warehouse of untouched 1980s sportswear from a family friend, Franz. He had boxed up his store’s inventory, which sat in a storage unit from 1990 until 2021, and they were given 16 days to clear it so the

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‘The Bride!’ Opens to Under One-Sixth of Its $90M Budget

The Bride! arrived in theaters with a high-profile cast and Maggie Gyllenhaal directing her second feature after The Lost Daughter, but critics and audiences were split. Some reviewers praised its brazen tone while others compared it unfavorably to Joker: Folie à Deux, a film that grossed $206 million worldwide on

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Murban crude tops $100, posing risk to bitcoin and risk assets

Murban crude has climbed above $100 a barrel, trading over $103 on Sunday, a stark sign of acute geopolitical stress and supply fears for Middle East oil that can still reach global markets. Since the military conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran began a week ago, Iran has

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NetEase Reportedly Cutting Funding for Gang of Dragon

Last December at the 2025 Game Awards, Toshihiro Nagoshi unveiled Gang of Dragon, his first game since leaving Sega for NetEase. The open-world crime epic bears clear resemblance to Yakuza but leans into a more brutal, violent tone and casts Korean superstar Ma Dong-seok as the lead. Only months later,

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Disney Slashes Streaming Prices for Limited Time

For a limited stretch in March, the ad-supported Disney+/Hulu bundle will be available for $4.99 a month between March 5 and March 24, down from the usual $12.99. The offer applies to new and eligible customers in the U.S. and covers the ad-supported tier only. The

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TheOdd1sOut reportedly lays off entire animation team without warning

Popular YouTube channel TheOdd1sOut laid off its entire animation team without warning on Thursday, the affected artists say. The channel, created by James Rallison in 2014, is known for animated storytime videos featuring cute marshmallowy characters and has more than 20 million subscribers. Videos about lousy roommates, the awkwardness of

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The £49 ‘driller killer’: steps to avoid locksmith scams

Late on a Sunday you put a key in the door and it snaps. You search for an emergency locksmith online, call one offering the job for about £69, and when the person arrives they drill through the lock within minutes and replace it. A bill then arrives for more

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Jim Mellon: wary of US stocks, bullish on energy and clean food

Billionaire investor Jim Mellon says US stocks are "way overpriced," noting the country holds about 3% of the global population but more than 60% of world market capitalization. He sees stretched valuations, record margin debt, and Big Tech firms doing much the same work as they pour money

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Under-the-radar money books investors recommend

This list highlights more underrated or surprising titles recommended by financially savvy individuals. Many investors have cited Robert Kiyosaki's classic, but these three books shaped how they think about money, work, and retirement. Alex Nathanson and Josette Chang reached financial independence in Manhattan, partly thanks to the mindset

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My strange, sleep-deprived week hobnobbing with the global elite

It began with an urgent Slack from our editor-in-chief, Jamie Heller: Can you talk now? After a panicked moment I learned she wanted to send me to Davos. I had long imagined rubbing elbows with CEOs on a snowy Swiss backdrop, and when she warned me it would mean about

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Kalshi and Polymarket seek $20 billion valuations in talks

Kalshi and Polymarket are discussing fundraising rounds that could value each company at about $20 billion. If completed at that level, the deals would roughly double their valuations from late 2025. The Wall Street Journal noted the talks are early and may not lead to finalized investments. Kalshi operates in

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Wall Street sees AI rotation as bitcoin seeks role in new cycle

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder, UBS’s Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi and Third Point’s Daniel Loeb said the economy may keep growing in 2026 even as markets become tougher. They argued the AI boom is not over but the easy phase has passed, and capital is spreading beyond a handful of giant

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Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Booster Bundle under market price at Amazon

The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Booster Bundle is available to preorder at Amazon for $59.99, below TCGplayer's market value and covered by Amazon's pre-order price guarantee. The Mega Evolution Perfect Order expansion does not release until March 27, but preorders at top retailers

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Kalshi Sued Over Khamenei Prediction Market Carveout

A class action lawsuit has been filed against prediction market Kalshi, alleging the death carveout in the “Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader” market was not properly disclosed and that the platform failed to pay out winning trades. Plaintiffs say the carveout policy was “not incorporated into the user-facing rules