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The FDA has given the green light for a U.S. company to produce lab-grown meat that is created from live animal cells.

FDA approves no-kill, lab-grown meat created from animal cells

Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president, influencing millions online and boosting voter registration after the debate with Donald Trump.

Taylor Swift Ticketmaster outages lead to questions from officials

Republicans secured a majority in the House; Thanksgiving dinner prices rose 20%; and Starbucks workers were set to go on strike.

Republican House majority; Thanksgiving prices; Starbucks strike

It's the most critical time of the year for retail stores but Target isn't feeling the holiday cheer. Still, other indicators show shopping strength.

Retail results a mixed bag before hottest shopping week of year

Will the dramatic collapse of FTX cause changes in cryptocurrency regulation? Some are comparing it to the fall of Lehman Brothers and Enron.

FTX catastrophe could be turning point for cryptocurrency regulation

Walmart and Google are set to pay a combined total of more than $3 billion over the opioid crisis and location-tracking charges respectively.

Walmart, Google settle over opioid crisis, location-tracking charges

This week, Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 employees, making it the largest job reduction in the company's history.

NYT: Amazon to lay off 10,000 employees starting this week

Jeff Bezos is worth more than $124 billion. Now he's pledging to give away the majority of his money to charity.

Jeff Bezos has pledged to give away most of his wealth

China's Singles' Day puts Black Friday and Cyber Monday to shame, but for the first time, Alibaba failed to disclose sales data for the event.

China’s Alibaba keeps sales results secret from Super Bowl of shopping days

Elon Musk, the world's richest man and new CEO of Twitter, is facing criticism after the launch of the new Twitter Blue option.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue snafu could cost millions

Amazon unveiled its Sparrow robot this week. It's the company's first robotic system that can detect, select and handle individual products.

Amazon introduces new warehouse robot ‘Sparrow’

Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy protection Friday after a week of catastrophic hits to the platform.

How FTX went from crypto giant to bankrupt and under investigation

Joe Biden said Elon Musk's relationship with other countries, include a Saudi Arabian conglomerate, is "worthy of being looked at."

Biden: Musk’s relationship with countries ‘worthy of being looked at’

Consumer prices in October rose 7.7% from a year ago, the lowest annual gain since January 2022. That's below analyst expectations of 7.9%.

Inflation eased more than expected, consumer prices increase 7.7% on year

The 2022 midterms remained unsettled; Hurricane Nicole downgraded to a tropical storm; and Elon Musk banned remote work at Twitter.

Midterms unsettled; Tropical Storm Nicole; Twitter remote work

Tech stocks have had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, so with Meta's layoffs, is this another dot-com bubble crashing down again?

Meta executes major layoffs as worries grow over another dot-com crash

Meta lays off 11,000 employees, largest job cut in company history

Meta lays off 11,000 employees, largest job cut in company history

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are campaigning for the midterm elections; Twitter employees may return to work; a sports better wins $75 million.

Midterm campaigning; Twitter calls back workers; $75M sports bet

Twitter is expected to announce layoffs; the next phase of Alex Jones' latest defamation trial begins Friday; and Kyrie Irving was suspended.

Twitter layoffs; Alex Jones punitive phase; Kyrie Irving suspension

Your life is about to change, but first, here are the steps you need to take before you claim your Powerball prize in this week's Five For Friday.

5 things to do if you win the $1.5B Powerball jackpot

The owner of the Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder, and his wife announced they'd hired Bank of America to "consider potential transactions."

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder may sell team

Just this week, two major pilot unions rejected contract offers from American Airlines and United Airlines. Both offers included raises.

Pilot unions reject contract offers from American, United Airlines

The fact that the economy is the top issue for voters this election comes as no surprise, and voters seem to favor Republicans to fix it.

The economy is voters’ top issue. Here’s how it’s changed since the 2020 election.

The Fed hiked its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis point for the fourth straight meeting, sending the target rate to 3.75%-4%, its highest since 2008.

Fed spikes interest rate again by 0.75% but hints at slowing pace