Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Brewer will replace Stefano Pessina as CEO of Walgreens, according to The Wall Street Journal. Starbucks announced Brewer’s departure earlier Tuesday, saying she was leaving at the end of February for a CEO position at an undisclosed publicly traded company. Officials from Walgreens weren’t immediately available to comment, on the
Dado Ruvic | Reuters Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. equity indexes ticked higher during the overnight session Tuesday as Wall Street pored over earnings results from Microsoft and awaited similar updates from Apple, Facebook and Tesla due Wednesday. Nasdaq-100 futures outperformed with a gain of about 67 points, or 0.5%. Dow futures held
This just in: James Wan’s upcoming horror movie Malignant is opening on Sept. 10 this year per Warner Bros. Again, this is part of their theatrical and HBO Max release plan. The movie, scheduled in the hot post Labor Day corridor that Warners created at the box office, fills the place for an untitled horror movie they
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force on Dec. 31 officially terminated launch technology partnerships signed in October 2018 with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman. The Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreements to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance. These were six-year public-private partnerships where both the government and the contractors agreed to invest
FAU-G, aka Fearless and United Guards, is now available to download on Google Play. The game has been developed by nCore Games and is said to be India’s alternative for the popular PUBG Mobile. nCore announced this new game in September with an initial release planned for November. However, that got delayed and it is
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are seen during a joint session of Congress after they reconvened to certify the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House chamber in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate leaders moved closer Tuesday to a
AEG, Live Nation, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), and many other event production companies have sent a letter to President Biden offering their spaces and services to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the full letter here. The letter, which points out that there are many venues already working on the State and Local
Dr. Ashish Jha told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” Tuesday that U.S. states could start making decisions about opening up businesses and economies earlier than predicted if enough people get vaccinated. “My relatively optimistic view is that we don’t have to wait until the end of the summer or even the beginning of the
When life in lockdown feels sedentary, great fashion can entice you from the lull of a couch-dwelling existence, the spectacle of a runway show a reminder of what exists beyond sweatpants. Haute couture in particular sits at the opposite end of the “effort” spectrum, serving as a thrilling example of a master at work. At
We have a brand new trailer for the upcoming horror/thriller Honeydew. This movie, on paper, has several things going for it. For one, it was a buzzy title coming out of the Nightstream Film Festival. Secondly, it stars Sawyer Spielberg in his feature acting debut. And yes, this is not a coincidence. Sawyer Spielberg is
How does the saying go? You reap what you sow. Well, Cain sowed at lot, and on The Resident Season 4 Episode 3, it came back to bite him in the ass hard. WHO saw all of this coming? And while the Chastain docs are genuinely good people who wouldn’t seize a chance to gloat
If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the
Fibre-optic gyroscopes (FOGs) rely on a pair of laser beams travelling in opposite directions around the same fibre-optic coil. If the reference frame of the beams is not inertial – that is, if the gyroscope is rotating – the beam travelling counter to the direction of the rotation will experience a slightly shorter path. This
3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman said Tuesday the industrial giant anticipates demand for its N95 respirator masks to be robust throughout 2021, even as the administration of Covid vaccines drive hopes that the pandemic’s intensity will begin to wane. The medical-grade masks are considered the best option to protect against infection, and they have been
EXCLUSIVE: Solstice Studios is temporarily taking their Mark Wahlberg drama Joe Bell off the calendar in plans for a theatrical release later this year. The decision, I hear, comes due to the continued depressed state of the domestic box office during the pandemic; this despite this morning’s great news that No. 1 movie chain AMC is
HELSINKI — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is moving ahead with testing of its new H3 rocket as it seeks to replace its aging flagship H-IIA launch vehicle. The first stage of the 5.2-meter-diameter H3 launcher was unveiled to press at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima plant in Aichi Prefecture Jan. 24. The core stage is
FAU-G, aka Fearless and United Guards, has finally launched and is now available to download on Google Play. Developed by nCore Games, the action mobile game comes as a home-grown alternative to PUBG Mobile, that was banned along with other Chinese apps by the government in September last year. FAU-G was initially planned to launch
House impeachment managers stand at the U.S. Capitol to hand-carry an article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial on accusations of inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters The House delivered its impeachment article against Donald Trump to