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"Knockoffs are a plague on small businesses, that costs them time, money and may put them out of business," Mark Cuban wrote in an X post on Wednesday. Kevork Djansezian via Getty Images; Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty ImagesMark Cuban says he's talking to the Harris campaign about combating Chinese knockoffs.

Hundred of pagers detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in an apparent attack on Hezbollah. AFP via Getty ImagesHundreds of pagers throughout Lebanon were detonated on Tuesday. An attack of this scale likely required months of planning, an arms expert told BI. The attack also shows a lack of oversight of global supply chains, experts said.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s ban on intoxicating hemp products hit another hurdle on Tuesday, resulting in an indefinite pause on a huge part of the effort. Richard Moore, general counsel for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said in a letter Tuesday that the state’s health regulators will stop embargoing — or tagging — products simply because they contain hemp-derived THC.  “In regard to psychoactive cannabis products, the department will focus its efforts on…

Enlarge / Artist's conception of Pocketpair lawyers establishing a defensive position against Nintendo's coming legal onslaught. (credit: Pocketpair) Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the makers of the heavily Pokémon-inspired Palworld. The Tokyo District Court lawsuit seeks an injunction and damages "on the grounds that Palworld infringes multiple patent rights" according to the announcement. "Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years," the company writes. The many surface similarities between Pokémon and Palworld are readily apparent, even though Pocketpair's game adds many new features over Nintendo's (such as, uh, guns).

After acquiring assets in a $237.5 million deal with BioReference Health, Labcorp plans to close a Houston facility and lay off most of its workers.

Property next to St. Louis Lambert International Airport, once a residential neighborhood bought out by the airport, is being offered for redevelopment.