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Seven tankers carrying 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are heading to the US, but banks, ports, and buyers are all getting cold feet.

DoorDash's $17bn Instacart acquisition would create a grocery-and-restaurant delivery giant, but regulators and workers have questions the companies haven't answered.

Shell's profits doubled as the Middle East war drove oil to $94 a barrel and refinery damage pushed fuel margins to record highs.

Musk's xAI is buying out an entire Mississippi neighborhood, but only if residents agree to drop their noise lawsuit first.

Microsoft's latest round of cuts targets a quarter of its global workforce, part of a tech-wide reshaping that hasn't yet proven it delivers the productivity gains promised.

The US military gave SpaceX access to its most precise satellite collision data, raising fears the company could gain monopoly control over Earth's orbit.

Audi's new Macon factory is a bet on surviving Trump's tariffs, but the math only works by shifting production away from the workers who built the brand.

The world's second-largest brewer is warning UK pubs that weight-loss drug users drink less, and the multi-pint session may be quietly fading.