{"id":830887,"date":"2025-03-02T08:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/targets-dei-problem-apple-woos-trump-and-cheap-weight-loss-drugs-business-news-roundup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:11:52","slug":"targets-dei-problem-apple-woos-trump-and-cheap-weight-loss-drugs-business-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/targets-dei-problem-apple-woos-trump-and-cheap-weight-loss-drugs-business-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Target’s DEI problem, Apple woos Trump, and cheap weight loss drugs: Business news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re looking for a new car in 2025, Consumer Reports (CR) has you covered<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit consumer organization just released its list of the 10 best new cars to buy in 2025, broken down by category.<\/p>\n

To make the list, vehicles had to score highly on their road and safety tests. CR also factored in reliability and owner satisfaction and said cars had to include low-speed automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection and highway-speed automatic emergency braking technology. <\/p>\n

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Eli Lilly (LLY<\/a><\/span>) is making more doses of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound available in vials and at lower prices.<\/p>\n

The pharma giant announced on Tuesday that it is now expanding its single-dose vial offerings of Zepbound to include higher doses. <\/p>\n

Last August, Eli Lilly began selling the lowest doses of Zepbound<\/a><\/span> \u2014 2.5 mg and 5 mg \u2014 in vials rather than the standard auto-injector pen, cutting the price by about half. Now, it\u2019s adding two higher doses to the mix and further reducing the price of the lower ones.<\/p>\n

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Target (TGT<\/a><\/span>) announced it was scaling back<\/a><\/span> its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts one month ago. Now, the retail giant is seeing a rapid decline in store visits. <\/p>\n

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Costco (COST<\/a><\/span>) is best known for its no-frills, bulk-buying experience<\/a><\/span>, but the warehouse giant also moves a surprising amount of luxury goods.<\/p>\n

From Rolex watches to gold bars, high-end items have become an integral part of the business, and according to Hamilton \u201cTony\u201d James, chairman of Costco, wealthier shoppers are hooked. <\/p>\n

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Companies from Disney (DIS<\/a><\/span>) to Walmart (WMT<\/a><\/span>) are ditching DEI as the Trump administration has put a chill on such efforts by eliminating it from federal programs.<\/p>\n

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Apple\u2019s (AAPL<\/a><\/span>) new $500 billion investment plan<\/a><\/span> is winning over President Donald Trump \u2014 and proving that CEO Tim Cook knows how to play ball. <\/p>\n

\u201cCook continues to prove that he is 10% politician and 90% CEO,\u201d Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives wrote in a note following Apple\u2019s announcement, which won instant praise from the president. <\/p>\n

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After egg prices hit a record high last month, the Trump administration is finally rolling out its plan to \u201cmake eggs affordable again.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the initiative Wednesday, disclosing that her department will invest up to $1 billion to help bring prices down. <\/p>\n

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General Motors (GM<\/a><\/span>) and Tesla (TSLA<\/a><\/span>) have some of the most loyal customers, according to new research.<\/p>\n

S&P Global Mobility (SPGI<\/a><\/span>), an automotive data and research firm, on Wednesday released<\/a><\/span> its 29th U.S. Automotive Loyalty Awards. It defines brand loyalty as when a household that owns a new vehicle purchases another vehicle of the same make, model, or manufacturer. <\/p>\n

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Photo: Subaru, NurPhoto (Getty Images), Al Drago\/Bloomberg (Getty Images), Galit Rodan\/Bloomberg (Getty Images), Image: Bloomberg \/ Contributor (Getty Images), Shelby Knowles\/Bloomberg (Getty Images), Gary Hershorn (Getty Images), Hims & Hers (Getty Images), Justin Sullivan \/ Staff (Getty Images) Photo: Subaru If you\u2019re looking for a new car in 2025, Consumer Reports (CR) has you covered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3015,4695],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-830887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-problem","8":"category-targets"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}