Month: August 2023

My HomePod is now a quite highly-priced doorstop
A minor significantly less than 3 several years ago, we employed a contractor to end our basement, turning it from a makeshift plywood-floored storage space into a multimedia place. As portion of the transition, I was ultimately capable to go my file collection and turntable out of the living room, the place my spouse experienced […]
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3 trends are dividing restaurant companies into winners and losers
A McDonald’s restaurant near Times Square, NYC on July 29th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Restaurant companies navigating some of the same challenges in the second quarter fell into two categories: winners and losers. Some chains said their higher menu prices alienated diners, while others said consumer behavior hasn’t changed even as their food and […]
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‘Barbie’ faces DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ in a late summer box workplace showdown
Xolo Mariduena stars ase Jaime Reyes in Warner Bros.’ “Blue Beetle.” Warner Bros. Discovery It truly is pink vs. blue at the box office this weekend. As “Barbie” continues a historic operate in theaters, a very little-regarded superhero called “Blue Beetle” is hunting to get the best spot on the charts this weekend. With $3.3 […]
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Here are some of the companies saying weight loss drugs could impact their business
The impact of new weight loss treatments is being felt well beyond the health-care industry . Analysts used the ritual of quarterly earnings calls to probe companies on whether their businesses were being helped — or hampered by — the latest trend. Drugs that mimic gut hormones like glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, were first used […]
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Elon Musk claims consumers on X, previously Twitter, will drop ability to block undesired followers, eradicating crucial safety characteristic
Harun Ozalp | Anadolu Agency | Getty Photographs Consumers of X, formerly regarded as Twitter, will no longer be able to block opinions from undesirable followers, in accordance to a publish by X operator Elon Musk on Friday, removing what is lengthy been viewed as a vital basic safety aspect. Blocking will only be offered […]
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Disney goes on offense in DeSantis board’s lawsuit, seeks damages for breach of deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger, still left, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. David A. Grogan | CNBC Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may well say he is “moved on” from his very long-managing feud with Disney, but the Household of Mouse isn’t really easing up. Disney has filed counterclaims, like a breach of contracts claim, against the […]
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Citi suggests this superior-traveling Brazilian inventory can rally a further 30% from here
Inter shares are on hearth this yr and are not likely to interesting down whenever before long, according to Citi. Analyst Rafael Frade upgraded the Brazilian enterprise — which has a ” super app ” that brings together e-commerce, investing, plane ticket paying for and other products and services — to acquire from neutral. He […]
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What Wall Street needs to know about UAW negotiations — and what they could cost
United Auto Workers members on strike picket outside General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit, Sept. 25, 2019. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – The Oracle of Omaha is cutting exposure to the U.S. automotive industry amid union negotiations — potentially for good reason. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway this week said it nearly halved its […]
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New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will likely protect against Eris variant
A pharmacist prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 9, 2022. Scott Olson | Getty Images New Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will likely provide protection against the new “Eris” variant, now the […]
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