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2026-03-18 07:28:40

Nvidia Says It Is Restarting Production of AI Chips for Sale in China

CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker’s supply chain is “fired up” after months of mixed signals from the Chinese market.

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Starz Will Face Minority Creditors’ Lawsuit Over Studio Spinoff

A New York judge allowed a lender lawsuit over the separation of Lions Gate’s studio assets from Starz to proceed.

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Tesla, LG Bet on U.S. Batteries With $4.3 Billion Michigan Plant

LG Energy Solution will produce battery cells for Tesla’s fast-growing energy-storage business.

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You’ve Finally Figured Out AI at Work-Now Comes the Bill

Companies that now regularly use artificial intelligence are starting to track their workers’ use of tokens, AI’s unit of measurement.

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BHP Names Americas Chief Brandon Craig as CEO

The veteran executive has run the miner’s Americas operations since March 2024 and will succeed Mike Henry in the role.

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Google Partners with CMS on Linking Medical Records to Fitbit

One feature will allow Fitbit users to share their medical records with the app’s AI-powered health coach.

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Amazon Plans Drastic Cut in Packages Sent Via Already-Struggling Postal Service

The e-commerce giant wants to reduce its postal volume by at least two-thirds by this fall.

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Lululemon Appoints a New Board Member Amid Calls for Change

Former Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh is joining the company as its estranged founder pushes for a board shake-up.

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Arizona Files Illegal-Gambling Charges Against Predictions Platform Kalshi

The state says the startup predictions platform violates laws against unlicensed wagering and betting on elections.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Records Higher Profit, Revenue in Third Quarter

The convenience-store operator logged a quarterly profit of $757.2 million, up from $641.4 million a year earlier.

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InCommodities Inks $141.5 Million Australian Battery Deal With Vena Group

InCommodities, the Danish energy trader backed by Goldman Sachs, has signed a battery storage agreement with Vena Group in Australia valued at 200 million Australian dollars, equivalent to US$141.5 million.

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Spandex Maker Lycra Files for Bankruptcy to Cut $1.2 Billion in Debt

The company expects to exit chapter 11 within 45 days.

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Commerzbank CEO Surprised by ‘Low Price’ of UniCredit Offer

The comments came a day after UniCredit-Commerzbank’s largest shareholder-offered to buy all the shares in the German bank it didn’t already own.

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Victory Capital Raises Cash Offer in Revised Bid for Janus Henderson

Victory Capital sweetened its offer to buy Janus Henderson, whose board last week unanimously rejected the company’s takeover proposal and recommended shareholders back a take-private transaction by Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and venture firm General Catalyst.

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Swarmer Stock Surges 520% in Trading Debut. It’s One of the Most Spectacularly Mispriced IPOs.

Swarmer, a drone-autonomy software company whose technology has been used in Ukraine, begins trading after a small IPO aimed at funding growth in autonomous warfare technology. The stock ticker is SWMR.

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Mastercard Splashes Up to $1.8 Billion in Bet on Blockchain Future

A deal for stablecoin-infrastructure company BVNK would help further link digital currencies and traditional payments.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 18, 2026 01:15 ET (05:15 GMT)

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