Netflix to stream NFL games on Christmas Day
Netflix will stream Christmas Day National Football League games for the next three years, in its first true step into live sports. The streaming platform will show two games on Christmas Day this year, followed by at least one matchup in both 2025 and 2026, the league announced Wednesday. The games will continue to be […]
Here are some of the tech stocks Daniel Loeb’s Third Point hedge fund has snapped up
Daniel Loeb’s Third Point hedge fund has gone deeper into stocks of major tech companies, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed late Wednesday.
Netflix ad tier has 40 million users
Rafael Enrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix‘s cheaper, ad-supported tier has amassed 40 million global monthly active users, the company said Wednesday. That’s nearly double the 23 million figure the streaming giant shared in January. Separately, Netflix announced it would launch its own advertising platform and no longer partner with Microsoft for that technology. […]
Retail traders are beating big firms in guessing where U.S. interest rates will go next
A look at how individual traders have performed against their bigger counterparts underscores just how much predictive power lies in the hands of Main Street.
Nio’s Onvo brand undercuts Tesla Model Y
Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng SHANGHAI — Chinese electric car company Nio revealed Wednesday that the first car for its new, lower-priced brand, Onvo, will be about $4,000 cheaper than Tesla’s comparable Model Y. Deliveries for Onvo’s first […]
Walgreens to offer cheaper opioid overdose drug
A person rides past a Walgreens truck, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens on Wednesday said it will offer its own cheaper version of the over-the-counter opioid overdose reversal spray naloxone. The drug is available online and will be in all […]
Oil prices hover near 9-week lows as traders await CPI data
Oil futures edged lower Wednesday after ending the previous session at nine-week lows, with traders awaiting a key U.S. inflation reading and official storage data.
Wegovy patients maintain weight loss for 4 years: Novo Nordisk study
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Patients taking Novo Nordisk‘s obesity drug Wegovy maintained an average of 10% weight loss for up to four years, according to a new analysis published Tuesday from the longest clinical trial to date […]
Child care is now more expensive than rent in all 50 states — ‘There is no escaping it’
The average cost of child care for two children is now greater than the average rent in all 50 states, and greater than the average mortgage payment in 45 states.
Twin Peaks, Smokey Bones confidentially file for IPO
Smokey Bones at Broadcasting Square. Tim Leedy | Medianews Group | Getty Images Fat Brands said Tuesday it has confidentially filed to take its Twin Peaks and Smokey Bones restaurant chains public through an initial public offering, less than a week after federal authorities charged the restaurant company and its chair Andy Wiederhorn for an […]
