Planet Fitness raises prices even as customers grow cost-conscious

People work out at a Planet Fitness in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 8, 2024.Leah Millis | ReutersPlanet Fitness said it's hiking its base-level membership prices for new customers for the first time since 1998, even as the gym operator warns that customers are growing increasingly cost-conscious.Classic card membership will be...

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Sinclair explores selling 30% of broadcast stations

Signage stands outside the Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. headquarters in Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSinclair, one of the largest owners of broadcast stations in the U.S., is looking to sell more than 30% of its footprint, according to people familiar...

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Casinos face shareholder votes over indoor smoking

A new strategy has emerged in the battle to ban smoking in casinos: the shareholder vote.Shareholders at Boyd Gaming, Bally's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment will put on the ballot at the respective casino companies proposals to force them to study the costs associated with permitting smoking indoors — and...

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PLNT, AMC, ABNB, RBLX and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Planet Fitness — Shares jumped 7.9% after trading lower premarket Thursday. First-quarter earnings excluding one-time items of 53 cents a share topped analysts' consensus estimate of 50 cents, EBITDA of $106.3 million was better than an estimated $104.8 million and...

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