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China’s Inflation Ticks Up as Factory-Gate Deflation Eases in October

The latest reading offers only tentative relief as weak demand keeps deflation pressures in place.

Expedia Shares Rally After Q3 Beat as Company Lifts 2025 Growth Outlook

Swarovski to Cut 400 Jobs at Wattens by 2026, Drops Night Shift

Coach Surge Powers Tapestry to Q1 Beat and Higher Full‑Year Guidance

EVs Take a Quarter of UK October Car Sales as Market Ticks Up

Starbucks Cedes Control of China Stores to Boyu Capital in $4 Billion Joint Venture

Yum! Brands Starts Strategic Review of Pizza Hut, Exploring a Possible Sale

Argentina’s Auto Recovery Continues as Spain’s Car Sales Climb on Electrified Demand

Starbucks Cedes Control of China Retail in $4 Billion Joint Venture With Boyu Capital

Kimberly-Clark to Acquire Kenvue in $48.7 Billion Cash-and-Stock Deal

Skims Taps Ami Colé Founder Diarrha N’Diaye to Lead New Beauty and Fragrance Division

Steak ’n Shake and Fold Launch $5 Bitcoin Meal Reward as Chain Unveils Strategic BTC Reserve

Lead Plaintiff Deadline Set in James Hardie Inventory-Fraud Class Action

GM Scales Back EV Push With 3,300 Job Cuts and 2026 Battery Pause

Stellantis Returns to Growth in Q3 Under New CEO as Shares Sink on One-Off Charge Warning

Yale Study Estimates Musk’s Politics Erased Up to 1.26 Million Tesla Sales in the U.S.

CandyWarehouse.com Files for Chapter 11 Days Before Halloween

Target Starts Notifying 1,000 Corporate Staff in 1,800-Role Restructuring

Halloween Candy Prices Climb as Chocolate Takes a Back Seat

Ex-Stellantis CEO Warns Tesla Could Exit Auto Business Within 10 Years as Musk Dismisses the Prediction