NY Post - Business

• Amazon to put ads in Prime Video shows, movies in scramble for profits

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  Come early 2024, Amazon Prime Video members will no longer get to enjoy ad-free streaming -- unless they want to cough up $2.99 more per month.

• McDonald’s raises fees for franchisees in first price hike in 30 years

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  McDonald's is raising its royalty fee for new franchisees from 4% to 5% in 2024. Of the fast-food giant's 13,500-plus locations in the US, about...

• Apple’s flagship Shanghai store buzzes as iPhone 15 goes on sale

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  Over a hundred customers queued inside Apple's flagship store in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Friday, waiting to pick up their iPhone...

• Oscar Mayer welcomes back Wienermobile 4 months after rebrand: ‘We missed this BUNderful icon’

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  This name change frankly didn't cut the mustard.

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• Most Americans leave excessive ‘guilt tip’ when paying digitally: survey

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  Nearly 75% of customers are leaving sky-high tips when prompted on tablets or smart card readers, as opposed to an old-fashioned dollar or two...

• NY Times columnist’s gripe about $78 Newark Airport tab goes viral: ‘Keep drinking buddy’

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  “This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible,” New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote.

• Switching away from Google’s search engine takes ‘too many steps’: DuckDuckGo CEO

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  The founder of search engine DuckDuckGo grumbled about how difficult it is for users to switch their default service from Google while testifying...

• Insiders are skeptical about Disney CEO Bob Iger’s chances to sell ABC

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  “Everyone is way ahead of their skis on this story,” a banker briefed on the talks said. “They don't know what is happening here.”

• How new NYC club with $50K membership plans to deliver caviar dreams

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  Founding members — who had to be invited to apply — paid a $50,000 initiation fee so they and their families can have access to the club in...

• Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman tells The Post why he remains bullish on NYC, talks presidential picks

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  "I think if NYC became an unsafe place — the images you see of San Francisco where you have open air drug users lying on the street — that would be...

• Sam Bankman-Fried’s dad allegedly had advisory role at top Democratic ‘dark money network’

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  The allegation appeared in a lawsuit Bankman-Fried's former company, FTX, filed against his parents, seeking to recoup money to pay owed debts.

• Starbucks’ pesky dome lids irk workers, customers: ‘I have begun to fear Frappuccinos’

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  TikTok users and Reddit posters have vented their frustration over the dome lids, which are difficult to attach to the top of a drink.