8/4/25

Spotify hikes premium subscription (again) to try and cue up more profits

Spotify jumped 6% after the music streaming giant announced another round of subscription price hikes.

The streamer said it plans to raise premium subscription rates over the next month across several regions, including Europe, Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and Asia-Pacific.

For instance, European users will see monthly premium prices go up by about 1 euro from 10.99 to 11.99 euros, or about a 9% jump. Subscribers will get the heads-up via email before the new prices hit.

The move echoes last year’s price hike in the US, when Spotify raised its monthly premium subscription rates from $10.99 to $11.99. The decision comes less than a week after the audio streamer posted its second-highest Q2 MAU count, but swung to a loss and gave a lighter-than-expected Q3 outlook.

Spotify shares are up 46% year to date.

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Fox and News Corp slide as investors digest $3.3 billion Murdoch succession settlement

Fox and News Corp shares dropped on Tuesday after Rupert Murdoch’s heirs agreed to a $3.3 billion settlement to resolve a long-running succession drama.

Under the deal, Prudence, Elisabeth, and James Murdoch will each receive about $1.1 billion, paid for in part by Fox selling 16.9 million Class B voting shares and News Corp selling 14.2 million shares. The stock sales will raise roughly $1.37 billion on behalf of the three heirs.

The new trust for Lachlan Murdoch will now control about 36.2% of Fox’s Class B shares and roughly 33.1% of News Corp’s stock, granting him uncontested voting authority over both companies for the next 25 years. Originally, the Murdoch trust was designed to hand over voting control of Fox and News Corp to Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James after his death.

Investors are weighing the trade-off. Clear leadership under Lachlan may resolve conflict internally, but the share dilution, executed at a roughly 4.5% discount, means long-term investors now hold slightly less clout than before.

Both companies’ stocks were trading close to all-time highs prior to the announcement.

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Boeing on Tuesday announced that it delivered 57 commercial jets in August, its best total for the month in seven years. That brings its year-to-date delivery total to 385 planes, eclipsing its full-year 2024 figure by about 11%.

The August figure marked Boeing’s second-highest delivery total of 2025 and represented a 43% jump from the same month last year. Through August, Boeing has boosted its deliveries by 50% from last year.

The plane maker is still trailing its European rival Airbus, which delivered 61 planes in August and 434 year to date.

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9/8/25

Tariffs finally crept into retail's latest earnings results. Who were the winners and losers?

The long-awaited levies took a toll on nearly every retailer, but execution separated who could steer through the costs.

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Healthcare is expected to remain the engine of America’s job market through 2034

Not everyone is as sure as the BLS about the industry’s prospects.

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