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This photograph taken on February 23, 2023, in Paris, shows the anti-diabetic medication “Ozempic” (semaglutide) made by Danish pharmaceutical company “Novo Nordisk”. On TikTok, the hashtag “#Ozempic” has reached more than 500 million views: this anti-diabetic medication is trending on the social network for its’ slimming properties, a phenomenon that is causing supply shortages and worrying doctors. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Novo Nordisk responds to U.S. rival Eli Lilly by announcing new $2.3 billion investment in France to keep up with soaring demand for weight-loss drugs

COLMA, CALIFORNIA – MAY 16: In an aerial view, cars are displayed on sales lots at a Subaru, Volkswagen and Nissan dealerships on May 16, 2023 in Colma, California. According to a report by the U.S. Commerce Department, consumer spending was up in April with help from a strong jobs market and easing inflation. Restaurants and bars saw a 0.6 percent increase in sales and retail sales were up 0.4 percent. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Volkswagen hiking U.S. factory workers’ pay by 11% following union pressure

A sign warns motorists of the newly expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) boundary in the Bexleyheath district of London, UK, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Every driver in London, as of Tuesday, is now subject to strict pollution rules, completing one of the world’s most ambitious vehicle emissions policies and taking the British capital closer to having healthy air. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

New car sales in Europe pop as EVs record 36% increase and hybrids account for nearly 3 in 10 vehicles sold

DONBAS, UKRAINE – JULY 26: Workers in the coal sorting area in a coal mine in the eastern Donbas region in Ukraine, 26th of July 2022.<br />
(Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski / For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s coal mines turn to women to deal with wartime staff shortages, for the first time in history

ANKARA, TURKIYE – JANUARY 18: In this photo illustration, the logos of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are displayed in Ankara, Turkiye on January 18, 2022. (Photo by Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal criticism sparks U.K. overhaul of merger assessment regime

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, centre, for a family photo on day two of the AI Safety Summit 2023 at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The two-day summit was prompted by UK concerns about powerful artificial intelligence models expected to be released next year, which will have capabilities the government fears not even developers understand. Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sam Altman’s ouster brings EU regulatory debates into the limelight: ‘We cannot rely on voluntary agreements brokered by visionary leaders’

An employee works at the Amazon electronic commerce company’s logistics center in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid, on the eve of “Black Friday”, on November 24, 2016. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

20,000 Amazon workers in Spain set to walk out on Cyber Monday

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 2: Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk gestures during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House on November 2, 2023 in London, England. Sunak discussed AI with Elon Musk in a conversation that is played on the social network X, which Musk owns.(Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s X sues Media Matters for defamation after report that ads appeared next to antisemitic content

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo workers at 2 branches move to unionize in rare move for banking sector

By Niket Nishant and Reuters

Crowds of shoppers take to Oxford Street in central London on December 26, 2018, as Boxing Day sales take place all over the country. – Troubled UK high-street retailers shed almost 150,000 jobs this year, hit by high business property taxation, flagging growth and rising online sales, a study showed this week. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Britain’s next government will need to raise taxes to tackle an aging population and a surge in borrowing costs

19 October 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Advertising for audiobooks on Spotify can be seen at the 75th Frankfurt Book Fair Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Spotify partners with Google’s AI to offer better recommendations to its users

BARCELONA, SPAIN – NOVEMBER 20: The singer Shakira leaves Audiencia Nacional with her lawyers, Pau Molins, Miriam Company after reaching a deal with authorities before her trial for alleged tax fraud on November 20, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Photo By David Oller/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Shakira agrees to pay $8.5m fine in deal with Spanish prosecutors to close a $16m tax fraud case—and avoid jail time

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says he’s prepping ‘thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters’ and others after ad exodus over antisemitism controversy

By Mrinmay Dey and Reuters

David Boies

Super-lawyer David Boies is stepping down as leader of his law firm after losing nearly half of staff over last 3 years

By David Thomas and Reuters

Xi Jinping

Xi’s dinner message for Elon Musk, Tim Cook and Ray Dalio: China ‘will not fight a cold war or a hot war with anyone’

By Michael Martina and Reuters