Month: July 2023

Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz said last weekend’s blockbuster release of Barbie – the toymaker’s first-ever major theatrical film – is a moment that “will be remembered as a key milestone in our company’s history.” His comments came amid second-quarter numbers in line with Wall Street forecasts. “The Barbie movie is a showcase for the cultural
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After something as monumental as July’s ‘Barbenheimer‘ event, any impending films in the year are bound to appear less enticing. However the month of August isn’t without its highlights, with Bollywood serving two highly-anticipated sequels — OMG 2 and Gadar 2. The former sees Akshay Kumar returning as a godlike figure – this time as
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In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk past an Amazon Fresh store in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is cutting some jobs at its Fresh grocery stores, CNBC has confirmed. The company said it’s restructuring the in-store staffing and operations model
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Tania Malik’s new coming-of-age novel, Hope You Are Satisfied, takes place in 1990s Dubai, during the lead-up to Operation Desert Storm. The story follows Riya, a twenty-something Indian immigrant sending money home to her family while working as a guide for “rinky-dink” tour company Discover Arabia. Riya has a fraught relationship with Dubai: she’s making money
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In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Barbie The Movie Courtesy: Warner Bros.  It’s Barbie’s world and we’re just living in it. The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend. related investing news After the big ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend, Wells
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Photo by Lorraine Kinnear Tlotlo Tsamaase’s science fiction “Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition),” which asserts a feminist agency and voice in a patriarchal and oppressive speculative world, was shortlisted for this year’s Caine Prize for African writing. Tsamaase is a Motswana author. Xer debut adult novel, Womb City, comes out in January 2024 from Erewhon Books. Xer
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Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission wants corporate America to tell investors more about cybersecurity breaches and what’s being done to fight them. Much more.  The SEC is scheduled to vote today on rules that would require public companies to disclose “material” cybesecurity breaches within four days after
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TAMPA, Fla. — A Spire Global-led group has won European Space Agency funds to develop a satellite to demonstrate a civil aviation tracking constellation that would not rely on GPS, or any other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) vulnerable to interference. Most commercial aircraft must have an Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter that periodically sends
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Semiconductors are a key focus in the technology trade war taking place between the U.S. and China. William_potter | Istock | Getty Images The Senate overwhelmingly backed legislation Tuesday that would require U.S. firms to notify the Treasury when investing in advanced Chinese technology on national security concerns. That’s a toned-down version of the initial
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