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Kimberly-Clark buying Tylenol maker Kenvue

Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer health goods company. Shareholders of Kimberly-Clark will own about 54% of the combined company. Kenvue shareholders will own about 46% in what is one of the largest ...

AI darlings prop up Wall Street as most other stocks fall

NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for Nvidia, Amazon and other AI superstars propped up Wall Street on Monday. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and pulled closer to its all-time high set last week, even though the majority of stocks in the index sank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 226 points, ...

OpenAI, Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power

SEATTLE (AP) — OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centers in the U.S. OpenAI will be able to power its AI tools using “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia’s specialized AI chips ...

Denny’s to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620M

The Associated Press Denny’s said Monday that it’s being acquired by a group on investors in a deal that will take the breakfast chain private. Denny’s board unanimously approved the deal, which values Denny’s at $620 million including debt. Denny’s will be purchased by private ...

Business at a glance

Initial unemployment claims rise in state Ohioans filed 5,463 initial unemployment claims for the week of Oct. 19-Oct. 25, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday. The claims were 936 more than the previous week. Ohioans filed 40,392 continued unemployment claims ...

High coffee prices produce bitter aftertaste

It’s getting more expensive for Americans to get their caffeine fix. The average U.S. price of a pound of ground coffee hit $9.14 in September, a 3% increase from the August average of $8.87 and 41% higher than in September 2024, according to U.S. government figures. Coffee prices have been ...