SAG-AFTRA actors’ union reaches tentative labor agreement with Hollywood studios
SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line on the 100th day of their ongoing strike outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, October 20, 2023. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Hollywood’s actors and studios have a preliminary labor agreement. “In a unanimous vote this afternoon, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the AMPTP bringing […]
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy cuts risk of heart attack, stroke by 20%, study finds
Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss drug Wegovy significantly cut the risk of heart attack, stroke or death due to cardiovascular disease in people who do not have diabetes, according to new data from a large international clinical trial. Patients taking semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic, for more than three years had 20% lower risk […]
Astra founders offer to take company private
Astra tests a rocket at its headquarters on the San Francisco Bay in Alameda, California. Astra The founders of struggling space company Astra have offered to take the company private at a value of about $30 million, according to a securities filing Thursday. Chris Kemp, chairman and CEO, and Adam London, chief technology officer, delivered […]
SK Hynix starts shipping new advanced mobile chips
SK Hynix 000660, +1.46% has started shipping new advanced mobile chips to Chinese smartphone maker Vivo–the latest sign of recovery in global demand for memory chips. The South Korean memory-chip maker said Monday that its up-to-date 16-gigabyte packages of low-power-double-data-rate 5 turbo chips would equip and power Vivo’s latest smartphones, the X100 and X100 Pro. […]
McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme are in talks to expand partnership
Doughnuts are sold at a Krispy Kreme store on May 05, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The doughnut chain reported yesterday that it plans to take the company public again. Scott Olson | Getty Images Krispy Kreme said Thursday it’s in talks to expand its partnership with McDonald’s. The two restaurant companies began testing Big Mac […]
Taylor Swift’s postponed Argentina show prompts airline to waive flight-change fees
Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Like hurricanes, blizzards or wildfires, Taylor Swift is now prompting an airline to waive ticket-change fees. The popstar said she was postponing a show in Argentina’s capital scheduled for Friday until Sunday because of heavy rain, writing on X, the platform formerly called Twitter: “due […]
This week’s October inflation data looms large on Washington’s economic radar
Inflation data, a Fed speech and a government-shutdown deadline are on the calendar this week. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStock U.S. inflation data for October is clearly the economic highlight for markets, economists and policymakers this coming week. That’s because if price pressures continue their cooling trend from the summer, the Fed might be able to refrain […]
‘The Marvels’ worst opening weekend box office for MCU
Brie Larson stars at Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel in Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels.” Disney “The Marvels” didn’t go higher, further or faster during its opening weekend in theaters. The latest entrant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe hauled in an estimated $47 million domestically over its debut weekend, the lowest in the 30-plus-film franchise’s history. […]
Stock-market rally faces make-or-break moment. How to play U.S. October inflation data.
It has been a while since a hot inflation report sparked wild gyrations in U.S. stocks, like it frequently did in 2022, but that doesn’t mean Tuesday’s consumer price index for October is destined to be a snooze-fest for markets. To the contrary, some Wall Street analysts believe it is possible, even likely, that the […]
Darren Aronofsky Oscar track record
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk, attends a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Maybe the hottest question in Hollywood right now is: Who will play Elon Musk? News broke Friday […]
