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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CFPB rule faces possible freeze

Epoxydude | Fstop | Getty ImagesA Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulation that promised to save Americans billions of dollars in late fees on credit cards faces a last-ditch effort to stave off its implementation.Led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the card industry in March sued the CFPB in...

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GM can regain market share in China after 20-year low, exec says

GM President Mark Reuss announces a $2.2 billion investment in the automaker's Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Michigan for new all-electric trucks and autonomous vehicles on Jan. 27, 2020.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT – General Motors believes it can regain market share in China after hitting a roughly 20-year low last...

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Hydrow acquires Speede Fitness, grows as Peloton shrinks

Connected fitness company Hydrow, which Peloton once tried to buy, is growing sales and has acquired a majority stake in strength training company Speede Fitness as gymgoers move away from cardio exercises in favor of weights, the company told CNBC on Thursday. Hydrow also announced that its CEO and founder...

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Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery bundle streaming services

In this photo illustration the Disney+ logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen.SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe bundle is back.Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are planning to offer their streaming services — Disney+, Hulu and Max — in a bundle mirroring the traditional cable TV package, the...

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