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A short but tense distribution dispute between Disney and DirecTV came to an end Saturday after the two sides agreed to a new deal that will restore Disney-owned channels, including ABC, ESPN and FX, to the satellite TV provider.

A cup of coffee is set to get even pricier as persistent supply disruptions push costs for premium arabica beans to the highest in 13 years.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s stock experienced one of its strongest days of trading in recent months on Thursday, after the media conglomerate announced a deal with Charter Communications that will bring the Max streaming service to standard cable packages.

A Chinese investment bank known for making some of the biggest deals in the country’s tech sector during its heyday has revealed it received a massive bill for 78 million yuan ($11 million) related to the disappearance of its star banker, Bao Fan.

The real estate industry got its biggest jolt in years last month, when new rules kicked in for the 1.5 million members of the National Association of Realtors, giving consumers more flexibility to set agent commission fees under a historic $418 million settlement.

Road safety advocates say urgent beeps or gas-pedal resistance would save thousands of lives, but industry and driving groups are opposed.

China's foreign trade rose 3.7% year-on-year to $4 trillion (¥25.6 trillion) in the first eight months of 2024, spurred by a jump in the exports of mechanical and electrical products, official data showed.

Takaya Awata, founder and CEO of Tokyo-listed Toridoll Holdings, best known for its popular udon noodle restaurants, has joined the ranks of billionaires. Shares of Toridoll, which operates nearly 1,900 eateries around the world, jumped by more than a third over the past year as people, constrained during the pandemic, resumed eating out once again. Awata’s 48% stake in Toridoll is now worth $1.1 billion, based on last Friday’s closing price of ¥3,930 ($26.8).

A not so encouraging jobs report put the cherry on top of a brutal opening week to September for investors Friday, as stocks stumbled to easily their worst week of an otherwise green 2024.

US stock futures fell as traders braced for jobs data that will be critical in determining the health of the US economy and the size of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month.

President Joe Biden will soon block Japan-based Nippon Steel’s planned $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, according to multiple outlets, sending the 123-year-old American company’s stock reeling more than 20% to a low not seen since last year.

The retail giants have proposed the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history. On Monday, the court fight to block it is set to begin.