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‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to $150 million domestic opening
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Universal’s “Wicked: For Good.” Universal Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” defied gravity at the box office, snaring an estimated $150 million from domestic ticket sales. It marks the second-highest opening weekend for a film released in 2025, just behind Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie,” which tallied $163 million back […]
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Mining giant BHP makes renewed takeover bid for rival Anglo American, source says
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mining company BHP has made a renewed takeover approach to rival Anglo American, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, just months after the London-listed miner agreed merger plans with Canada’s Teck Resources to create a global copper-focused heavyweight. Anglo American declined to comment. BHP did […]
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Stop saying ‘don’t cry’—to raise confident, emotionally intelligent kids, use these 5 phrases instead
It’s natural to want to comfort a child when they’re crying. When parents see their kid hurting physically or emotionally, they often want to do anything in their power to stop their heartache. As a dual certified child life specialist and therapist, I’ve heard parents and even health care workers telling kids “don’t cry” while […]
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‘Painful’ ambition can ruin your career, leadership coach says—how to heal your relationship with success
Amina AlTai has always been a high achiever. As a child of immigrants, she was told to “keep your head down, work really hard, and if you do that, you’ll have everything you want,” she tells CNBC Make It. Her early career looked “great on paper,” she says: AlTai opened her own marketing agency in […]
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Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images On Microsoft’s earnings call last month, CEO Satya Nadella boasted about the company’s artificial intelligence products, and said over 150 million people are using its Copilot assistant for productivity, cybersecurity, coding […]
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Top Wall Street analysts favor these 3 stocks for solid upside potential
Concerns about the steep valuations of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks and a questionable outlook for an interest rate cut in December weighed on investor sentiment in recent trading sessions. For now, however, Nvidia‘s solid earnings last week seemed to undermine the idea that everything tied to AI investment is in a bubble. Investors looking to […]
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U.S., Ukraine and European officials hold Geneva talks on Trump plan to end war
A diplomatic security officer secures the entrance of the InterContinental hotel as U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepare for closed-door talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the exact time and location undisclosed, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 23, 2025. Pierre Albouy | Reuters Officials from Europe, the United States and Ukraine gathered in Geneva […]
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China says Japan sent ‘shocking’ wrong signal on Taiwan
China State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters to discuss the conflict in Ukraine on September 22, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was […]
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This famous perfume entrepreneur sold her name to Estée Lauder. It’s her only regret
Ms Jo Malone CBE, British perfumer and founder of fragrance brands Jo Malone London and Jo Loves. Mike Green, CNBC Ms Jo Malone CBE became a millionaire after selling her namesake perfume brand in 1999, and decades later has only one regret: never being able to use her name again. Malone founded fragrance brand Jo […]
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Global week ahead: Which tail is wagging the market dog?
What a week for markets. Global stocks posted their worst week since April as the heat around AI stocks began to burn. On Thursday, the Nasdaq marked its wildest swing from green to red since President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ shocked equities back in April. And it reverberated around the world, with the Stoxx 600 […]
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