Mike Green | CNBC The Federal Reserve “didn’t do their homework” and mischaracterized the spike in inflation that has plagued the U.S. economy over the last two years, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. U.S. inflation started to gain pace in early 2021 as the economy emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, rising from an
Month: September 2023
Dakota Johnson has been at the 50th Telluride Film Festival this weekend to promote the premiere of her new film, Daddio. Johnson stars in the flick across from Sean Penn, playing a woman who hails a taxi out of JFK airport and then gets into a deep conversation that changes both of their lives. The
Though Labor Day is upon us domestically — and its somewhat equivalents in many overseas markets to mark the end of summer — the hits keep coming as holds this session were strong on the season’s leaders while a new entry surprised. To wit, and starting with the latter: Sony/Escape Artists’ The Equalizer 3 blazed
WASHINGTON — Lunar lander developer Intuitive Machines announced Aug. 31 it raised $20 million through a sale of stock as the company gears up for its first mission. The Houston-based company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it sold approximately 4.7 million shares to an unnamed institutional investor at $4.25 per share.
Samsung is reportedly rolling out the Wear OS 4-based One UI 5 Watch software update for Galaxy Watch 5 series in South Korea. The company has launched the One UI 5 Watch update with the release of the Galaxy Watch 6 series, and now all Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro users are
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT MARSHALL, MICH. – On a gusty morning in a quaint central Michigan town, the sun’s glow hits the brightly colored mural on the side of a brick building. It reads, in bold letters, “GREETINGS FROM MARSHALL.” The sidewalk is lined with attractive shops like Living
News Jimmy Buffett Dies at 76 The singer-songwriter and successful businessman was known for “Margaritaville,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” and more escapist hits By Allison Hussey September 2, 2023 Facebook X Jimmy Buffett, August 1996 (John Atashian/Getty Images) Facebook X Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who built an empire off his catalog of escapist listening tunes, has
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrives for a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao, at the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Andy Wong | Pool | via Reuters U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese officials in a high-stakes visit to Beijing and Shanghai this week, and she said
The finale of Special Ops: Lioness Season 1 is a fast-paced, high-intensity hour that leaves us both satisfied and curious about what’s to come. With a successful mission behind them, Joe and Cruz wound up in deeply difficult and vastly different emotional spaces, grappling with what’s next. The episode opens with the team at a
Physicists at Stevens Institute of Technology used Christiaan Huygens’ 350-year-old theorem, which explains the workings of pendulums and planets, to reveal new properties of light waves. (Courtesy: Stevens Institute of Technology) Physicists at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, US have found a new and surprising link between the wave properties of light and
Actor Karen Brown walks the picket line with fellow SAG-AFRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers in front of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, July 17, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Hollywood’s labor pool is taking a hit as the dual strikes by actors and writers drag on. The film, TV and
For thousands of years, women have been on the fringes of history and mythology. From “The Serpent Queen” Catherine De Medici, evil stepmother Kaikeyi in the Ramayana, and the seductive, church-destroying Anne Boleyn, the few women who have a place in our histories and mythologies are weak, bad, or evil. Recently though, many have started
Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 will not let this summer go out quietly in what’s expected to be a $30M-$40M 4-day opening weekend; poised to be the second-best ever for the holiday after Shang-Chi ($94.6M). Last night from showtimes that began at 3PM, the Sony threequel clocked $3.8M at 3,241 locations. While 76% with critics
LONDON — Globalstar has contracted SpaceX to launch Apple-backed satellites in 2025 to replenish its low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity constellation. The operator said in an Aug. 30 regulatory filing it will pay a total $64 million to launch the first set of satellites ordered last year from MDA, which is using Rocket Lab to
Apple is testing the use of 3D printers to produce the steel chassis used by some of its upcoming smartwatches, according to people with knowledge of the matter, heralding a major change to how the company manufactures products. The technique would obviate the need to cut large slabs of metal into the product’s shape. That
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the August U.S. jobs and employment report numbers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden lauded new jobs data out Friday that showed robust growth in the past month. “As we head into
Erica Mena apparently wasn’t just kicking and screaming during her arrest last weekend in Atlanta — she was allegedly biting too … not to mention dropping some fake baby news, so say cops and her lawyer. The ‘Love & Hip Hop’ star was one of four people arrested Friday at a lounge there in town
A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Heather Somerville | Reuters The company Cruise is pushing back against an accusation from the San Francisco Fire Department, which claims that one of the company’s autonomous vehicles delayed an ambulance after a deadly accident.