About 11% of American adults now take a GLP-1 drug to lose weight, and it is changing what they buy. Fast Company runs through the spending shifts, from protein-heavy foods to apparel and jewelry.
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Anthropic has filed its long-awaited IPO prospectus with the SEC, and its list of risk factors runs to 97 pages. Fast Company notes that's far longer than other recent AI listings (21 to 42 pages) and includes risks from the technology itself, such as weapons misuse and blackmail.
The Federal Trade Commission and 20 states have sued Dollar General, alleging the chain mislabeled prices and overcharged shoppers for years without fixing the problem. Dollar General disputes the claims.
Fears about AI-related debt have eased, partly because Meta's planned $95 billion stock offering narrowed its credit-default swap spreads. More tests come this week with Oracle's investor day and quarterly results from Alphabet and Amazon.
NPR's Planet Money looks at how Aldi became the fastest-growing grocery chain in America by keeping stores small and prices low. Aldi plans more than 3,000 U.S. locations by the end of 2028, and it did about $29 billion in U.S. sales in 2024.
