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When Electronic Arts used generative AI to help them model over 11,000 players likenesses and 150 stadiums for their recently released and acclaimed title, College Football 25, it heralded a new strategic direction for the company: investing heavily into AI.
Target is reaching for the stars – Blake Lively, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande – to help lure customers into stores.
The success of the running brand Hoka is bringing major growth to parent company Deckers Outdoor Corp’s stock, sending shares higher. The company’s revenue increased 20% to $1.
Boeing and its largest union reach a contract proposal that includes larger pay increases.
An experimental Eli Lilly drug for Alzheimer’s treatment was approved last week for use in Japan, which has one of the world’s largest aging populations. The U.S.
AT&T warned customers in hurricane Helene’s path that some of their network may experience outages. AT&T Inc.
Insurance stocks have been market leaders so far this year – but one company is outrunning its peers.
Progressive shares fell this week as Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall, leaving billions of dollars of estimated insurance losses in its wake.
Peloton is hiking prices on some retail products, mostly in markets outside of the US, the company said in a September 12 statement. In the U.S.
Ulta Beauty has announced an exclusive collaboration with Universal studios as part of its holiday product offerings.
Less than two weeks after Nike Inc. parted ways with its CEO John Donahoe, the sneaker giant’s stock is looking up.
Electronic Arts shares rose Friday after the release of its latest soccer simulation game EA Sports FC 25, despite lackluster reviews.
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