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Los Angeles Times - Business

Mattel introduces its first Barbie with autism, headphones on and fidget spinner in hand

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Parents who blame Snapchat for their children's deaths protest outside company's headquarters

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How Chipotle lost its sizzle

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Sundance beguiles with sex comedies as distributors circle

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How Casey Wasserman entered Epstein's orbit and why it might affect his role with the LA28 Olympics

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California's FAIR Plan, the home insurer of last resort, may need a bailout after the L.A. fires

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Why Wells Fargo's San Francisco downsizing is bad news for California banking

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'I want you to be my agent.' What to know about Trump's ties with Hollywood power player Ari Emanuel

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'It was just a free-for-all': What happened to Kanye West's Donda Academy?

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A small New York town played host to Hollywood. Then something terrible happened

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Child actor protections are 'hugely flawed,' allege teachers on film sets

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Always on, always judged: the mentality reshaping Gen Z's shopping habits

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In China, consumerism trumps nationalism despite tensions with the U.S. and Japan

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McDonald's sales surge on $5 meals for cost-conscious consumers

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NASA delays astronauts' lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test

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Dream of owning a flying car? This California company is already selling them

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Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms

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Port of Los Angeles records bustling 2025 but expects trade to fall off next year

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California unemployment rises in September as forecast predicts slow jobs growth

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Hollywood has already faced steep job cuts. The Warner deal could make it worse

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California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high

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Technology and the Internet

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Tech titans pour $50 million into super PAC to elect AI-friendly candidates to Congress

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OpenAI accuses China's DeepSeek of stealing AI technology

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Notorious dead mall in Westminster is on track for redevelopment

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As voters worry about housing costs, Trump wants prices to rise

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Graffiti towers agreement clears a path for cleanup

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L.A. stopped a couple from demolishing Marilyn Monroe's home. Now, they're suing

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Electric vehicles emerge as emergency power sources during winter blackouts

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California reserved $165 million for Tesla to electrify its trucking industry. The result may stifle EV innovation

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Musk's 'Vegas Loop' tunnel system faces scrutiny over safety and environmental concerns

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Notoriously hazardous South L.A. oil wells finally plugged after decades of community pressure

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Trump immigration sweeps upended L.A.'s economy, with some businesses losing big

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A 'ticking environmental time bomb': Illegal cannabis farms poison California's forests

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International tourism is down in Los Angeles, California. Are Trump and ICE to blame?

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At least 73% of U.S. adults have fallen for online scams. How you can avoid the latest con

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How would working abroad affect my taxes and Social Security?

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Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans' daily routines

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What to know about student loan repayment plans and collections

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As electricity costs rise, nearly everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

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Wall Street steadies after its AI-induced sell-off

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Venture capitalists break decades-old taboo by backing AI competitors

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Inflation measure falls to nearly a five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool

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Trump's response to spike in ACA prices: Lower premiums, sharply higher out-of pocket costs

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Stocks drop sharply as investors hunt for losers that will be hurt by AI

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Trump privately weighs quitting USMCA trade pact he signed

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Anthropic pledges $20 million to candidates who favor AI safety

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Applications for jobless benefits fell to 227,000 last week, remaining at recent healthy levels

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2026 Super Bowl ads reflect the country's abandonment of a promising green-energy transition

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The Great SoCal House Hunt

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