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Giorgos Tsetis, cofounder and former CEO of Nutrafol.Courtesy of Great ThingsA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.After struggling with hair loss in his 20s, Giorgos Tsetis co-founded Nutrafol in 2014 to make supplements that address hair growth. Early this year, Tsetis sold his remaining equity at a valuation of $3.5 billion to Unilever and stepped down as Nutrafol’s CEO. The 41-year-old told Inside Wealth he had two goals for his next chapter: to leave a…

Women’s Champions League holders Arsenal will face OH Leuven in the knockout phase play-off, while Manchester United have drawn Atletico Madrid.Should Arsenal win their play-off, they would meet WSL rivals Chelsea in the quarter-final. Both Man Utd and Arsenal have already faced their play-off opponents this season. The Gunners beat OH Leuven 3-0 in the final round of league phase games, finishing fifth. Man Utd were 1-0 winners against Atletico Madrid in October. On the final matchday, Marc Skinner’s side beat Juventus 1-0 in Turin to secure sixth place.The first legs will be played on February 11 or 12 with…

An Olive Garden restaurant in Milpitas, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDarden Restaurants on Thursday reported strong sales growth, fueled by demand at Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse as thrifty diners look for good deals.For the second straight quarter, the company hiked its full-year outlook for revenue growth, although it only reiterated its projections for its earnings. “The second quarter exceeded our top-line expectations as every segment delivered positive same-restaurant sales,” Darden CEO Rick Cardenas said in a statement.Shares of the company rose nearly 3% in morning trading.Here’s what the company…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the bell: Micron Technology — Shares jumped more than 11% after the chipmaker issued a rosy revenue forecast and posted fiscal first-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations . Micron said it expected about $18.70 billion in revenue in the current quarter — significantly higher than the $14.20 billion expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Trump Media — The Truth Social parent surged 19% after announcing a merger with TAE Technologies, a fusion power energy company. The all-stock deal is valued at more than $6 billion and is expected to close…

The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Bank of England voted narrowly to cut interest rates on Thursday, in its last monetary policy move of 2025.The central bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday voted 5-4 to trim the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%, marking the fourth cut of the year. Economists had widely expected the rate trim, which comes at a time of lackluster economic data, softening labor market and a recent decline in inflation that outpaced expectations.Nonetheless, the…

The economy cabin of American Airlines A321XLR.Leslie Josephs/CNBCAmerican Airlines on Thursday flew the first customers on a skinny, long-range plane that it hopes will change air travel. The airline’s head of network planning now has to decide where else it should fly.The first Airbus A321XLR for a U.S. airline took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Thursday at about noon ET, bound for Los Angeles International Airport.The XLR stands for extra long range, and with the ability to go up to 4,700 nautical miles, the plane can fly much farther than cross-country, though New York…

Trump Media and Technology Group on Thursday announced a merger agreement with TAE Technologies, a privately held fusion power company, valued at more than $6 billion.The all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2026, will result in shareholders of each firm owning approximately half of the combined company.Trump Media shares — which have plummeted more than 75% since their January peak — rocketed 33% higher after the opening bell.The major pivot for Trump Media, which operates President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, comes as America’s race against China for artificial intelligence superiority has fueled massive energy demand.There are currently…

The Eli Lilly & Co. logo at the company’s Digital Health Innovation Hub facility in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Thursday said its closely watched obesity pill helped patients maintain the majority of their weight loss after they switched directly from taking the company’s injection Zepbound and Novo Nordisk’s rival shot Wegovy in a late-stage trial. The company also said it has filed for Food and Drug Administration approval of the daily GLP-1 pill, called orforglipron, for obesity. The FDA in November said it awarded a priority review voucher to that pill,…

Pro-Zionism is today’s respectable form of antisemitism. It is welcomed by the Israeli government and pro-Zionists everywhere as a boon to the self-declared Jewish state. By contrast, anti-Zionism, long espoused by most Jews and gentiles until the end of the Second World War, and by many leftist Jews and gentiles since, is depicted by pro-Zionists as antisemitism incarnate. Indeed, any position critical of Israel or its ongoing genocide in Gaza, or that even mildly supports internationally recognised Palestinian rights, is now equated with antisemitism. In the wake of the Sunday massacre in Sydney, which killed at least 15 people during…

Mustafa Hatipoglu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesVisa said on Thursday that it successfully completed hundreds of AI transactions as part of a pilot program that kicked off after the company’s product event in April.The payments network and rivals across the fintech industry are racing to build tools that allow consumers to task artificial intelligence agents with completing certain transactions.”This is going to be the year we see an enormous amount of material adoption, and consumers really starting to get comfortable in a bunch of different agentic environments,” said Rubail Birwadker, Visa’s head of growth products and partnerships, in an interview.AI…