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L'Oreal Taps Advisers to Explore Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities

The cosmetics company's U.S. subsidiary is working with Weil Gotshal and Ducera to address talc-related lawsuits.

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NYC Lawmakers Grill AI Executives and Former Employees as City Weighs Guardrails

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon repeated his warnings at a hearing Monday.

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Barbie-Maker Mattel Faces Growing Shareholder Pressure to Consider a Sale

Ariel Investments, which has a 5.4% stake in Mattel, said Monday it believes the company's shares remain significantly undervalued with its current structure as a public company.

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KKR Strikes Deal to Buy Private-Capital Fund Administrator Gen II

Private-capital funds have proliferated in recent years as investors seek to reduce reliance on public markets.

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Electronic Arts Bondholders Allege Default Following Largest LBO

EA bondholders alleged a $1.4 billion debt default, escalating a dispute over whether the videogame maker must pay them off at a premium after going private in the largest leveraged buyout of all time.

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Texas AG Paxton Launches Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent civil investigative demands to the company to collect evidence around potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, according to his office.

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Paramount Names Leadership Team for Combined Entity Post $81 Billion Warner Deal

David Ellison, CEO of Paramount, will be chairman and chief executive of the combined company-dubbed Skydance-alongside co-CEO Ynon Kreiz.

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C.H. Robinson to Buy RXO for About $5.8 Billion

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has agreed to buy truck broker RXO for around $5.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a logistics company with an enterprise value topping $25 billion.

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GE HealthCare to Buy Sofie for Nearly $1 Billion to Grow Medical-Imaging Business

The deal expands GE HealthCare's footprint in radiopharmaceuticals, its fastest-growing segment.

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Aramco CEO Says Oil Inventories Could Take Two Years to Rebuild

Amin Nasser said the global supply cushion was scarily thin, with estimates less than 6 billion barrels of commercial inventories remain-and most of that wasn't practically available.

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Robotics Startup RobCo Hits $1 Billion Valuation

The German company aims to capitalize on growing demand for autonomous industrial robots.

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Intesa Sweetens Monte dei Paschi Bid to $35.3 Billion, But Warns on Rival Deals

The bank sweetened the total offer value and warned it could pull out if Monte dei Paschi shareholders backed rival deals.

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Starbucks Accused of Mislabeling 'Sugar-Free' Protein Drinks in Lawsuit

The class action case filed by three consumers on behalf of a proposed class of Starbucks customers alleges that eight beverages whose names began with the words "sugar-free" in fact contained lactose, a naturally occurring sugar in milk.

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Ithaca Energy to Buy Offshore Canada Oil Assets for Up to $1.1 Billion

The company said the deal adds scale and diversification in an operating environment similar to the U.K. Continental Shelf and materially enhances its production outlook.

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October 05, 2026 21:00 ET (01:00 GMT)