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A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Thursday said its next-generation drug cleared a crucial late-stage trial in patients with obesity, delivering significant weight loss across doses. The results bring Lilly one step closer to filing for approval of the weekly injection, called retatrutide, which works differently from existing shots and pills from both Lilly and Novo Nordisk. It also appears to be more effective than those options.The highest dose of retatrutide helped patients lose 28.3% of their weight — or 70.3…

The property once owned by Jeffrey Epstein and that he called the Zorro Ranch outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March. Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images North America On International Women’s Day in March, hundreds of protesters caravanned out to a spot in the desert outside of Santa Fe. Their gathering place was a ranch in the high desert of New Mexico that once belonged to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. One of the demonstrators at the rally at the ranch was Virginia Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts.…

Before joining Microsoft as a junior software engineer last year, Ume Habiba, imagined spending most of her time fixing bugs and juggling other mundane tasks.Instead, the University of Maryland graduate was charged with building a new feature for Azure Networking, one of Microsoft’s flagship products.Habiba’s miscalculation? Not realizing she would get to offload the kind of grunt work that early-career developers have long been saddled with to AI tools such as Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.”It was crazy,” said Habiba, who is 24 and lives in New York. “I totally was not expecting to do a feature right off the bat.”The Gen…

Steve Antonioni stumbled into a miniature version of FIRE — financial independence, retire early — the movement he’d been pursuing throughout his early 20s. Loading audio narration… After building a $90,000 “war chest,” he quit his corporate job and started making YouTube videos about financial independence. A few years into that career pivot, he took another break, stepping away from YouTube to focus on his family and start writing a book.The idea of saving aggressively for a few years to fund a career change or a temporary break resonated so much with him that he gave it a name: Camp…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Danny Stewart, a 28-year-old public relations professional who paid down $10,000 in credit card debt. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… After graduating in 2019, I moved into my parents’ basement while working different jobs in the communications industry to save money.When I was 25, I got my first apartment in Chicago. I was working full-time as a PR associate, trying to manage all my expenses while also paying $1,500 in rent.I had never had a credit card before. With rent being such a large…

Red meat is having a moment. It’s the OG protein at a time when America’s protein obsession is peaking. MAHA influencers, avid gym-goers, and anyone trying to cool it with the processed foods are embracing steak, burgers, and roast beef with renewed enthusiasm. The federal government — particularly Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — put beef at the forefront of the country’s revised dietary guidelines.This accelerated appetite for beef is running into a big problem: the cost. Ground beef prices recently hit a record of $6.90 per pound, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and beef…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stephanie Postell, co-owner of Anchor Heating and Air. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… You won’t find me and my husband, David, having stiff business meetings in a conference room. But you might find us off-roading through the mud in side-by-sides, talking through our next venture, or troubleshooting a problem.It’s probably not what you’d expect from the cofounders of an air conditioning company in Charleston — but over the years, we’ve learned to build a business around who we are, not who people expect us…

Customers shop at a Walmart store on May 13, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesWith all eyes on the health of the U.S. consumer, Walmart’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report Thursday morning may offer Wall Street some of the best clues yet. The big box retailer is expected to report another quarter of growing sales and profits, but its commentary on consumer spending – if it’s seeing any pressure and where – could offer investors a view into the strength of the U.S. economy. Here’s what analysts expect Walmart to report for the quarter, according to consensus estimates from LSEG:Earnings…

As gas prices climb and wallets tighten, e.l.f. Beauty is discovering that shoppers still want their glow — just at a discount. Loading audio narration… The cosmetics retailer plans to take “some pricing actions” on certain products as consumers become squeezed by other rising costs, Tarang Amin, the CEO of e.l.f. Beauty, said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday.”To that end, we recently reduced the price of e.l.f.’s Halo Glow skin tint from $18 to $14,” said Amin. “Initial test results show a 38% lift on Amazon and a 36% lift across all retailers, including a triple-digit…

A Senate subcommittee lawmakers on Wednesday questioned sports betting industry officials during a hearing focused on recent cheating scandals, companies’ marketing tactics and regulatory battles. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP U.S. lawmakers grilled representatives of sportsbook and prediction market companies about their aggressive marketing tactics and the cheating allegations that have plagued sports leagues in recent months, as advocates for more stringent regulation drove home the pitfalls of legalized gambling. The Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on Wednesday comes as athletes, from college basketball to the major leagues, face accusations that they rigged games for financial gain, and…