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Allegiant to Buy Sun Country Airlines in $1.5 Billion Deal

The combination of the two small, budget airlines comes as low-cost carriers have struggled with high costs and competition.

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China Is Investigating Meta’s Acquisition of the AI Start-Ip Manus

Regulators said they would look at whether the deal for Manus, a Singapore start-up with Chinese roots, complied with China’s export and investment rules.

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Malaysia and Indonesia Block Access to Grok Because of Sexually Explicit Content

Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has produced a flood of explicit images featuring real people in recent weeks.

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With the Golden Globes, Podcasts Are Ready for Their Close-Up

The annual awards show will anoint a best podcast for the first time this year, a sign of the industry’s increasing status in Hollywood.

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$100 Billion to Revive Venezuela’s Energy Industry? Oil Executives Are Not So Sure

During a meeting at the White House, the industry leaders appeared wary of making long-term investments in the country.

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Trump’s $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception

President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace.

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Popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Has Surprised Even TV Executives

The show, streaming on HBO Max, doesn’t have one of the biggest audiences, but viewership grew very quickly in just a few weeks.

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Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits

The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

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U.S. Hiring Turned Sluggish Over First Year of Trump’s Second Term

As economists pointed to some of the president’s policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.

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What to know about the report.

Data on the labor market in December will be closely watched for clues on the state of the economy.

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