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Stacked Tiffany & Co. gift boxes in the company's trademarked blue.

Why Tiffany & Co. Can Legally Own the Color Blue

A 1990s Supreme Court case about dry-cleaning equipment set the legal test that lets Tiffany, UPS and T-Mobile each claim a single color as their own.

Business  · 9 Sep 2026, 09:27  · Priya Raman
The Nike swoosh logo displayed in the window of a Nike store in Manhattan.

Nike's Profit Jumps on a Tariff Refund as China Sales Fall 12%

Strip out a one-off tariff recovery and the quarter looks flatter than the headline profit suggests, with China still shrinking.

Business  · 1 Jul 2026, 04:13  · Priya Raman
A Sleep Number mattress retail storefront, the kind operated by the Minneapolis company across U.S. shopping centers.

Sleep Number Files for Bankruptcy, Agrees to $415 Million Sale to Sleep Country Canada

Sleep Number filed for Chapter 11 and agreed to a $415 million stalking-horse sale to Sleep Country Canada, blaming tariffs and inflation as 2,920 jobs hang on the outcome.

Business  · 13 Jun 2026, 17:51  · Priya Raman