ABC adds 10 more "Monday Night Football" games to help plug the hole left by Hollywood strikes
"Monday Night Football" is back on ABC because of the ongoing strikes disrupting Hollywood.
2023-09-19 02:49
What a doctor's death in a lift tells us about Africa's debt crisis
Nigeria spends twice as much on debt repayments than on health and education combined, a report says.
2023-09-01 09:29
US FTC says it secures settlement with ICE and Black Knight
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said it had secured a settlement resolving antitrust concerns over NYSE-owner Intercontinental
2023-09-01 03:21
The world shed 3.5 million millionaires in 2022 as market losses drained wealth at the top
Last year, as interest rates rose and inflation stayed stubbornly high, total household wealth declined for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
2023-08-17 04:55
Bob Iger was supposed to save Disney. It's not going according to plan
When Bob Iger returned to the helm of Disney nine months ago, after a brief retirement, the company and its shareholders seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief.
2023-08-09 19:25
U.S. FTC agrees to dismiss case against ICE's $11.7 billion Black Knight deal
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has agreed to dismiss a federal court case against Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) $11.7
2023-08-07 20:57
You'd have to work five lifetimes to make what your boss makes in one year, report shows
The gulf between a CEO's paycheck and their typical employee's has always been vast. But the advent of AI is already threatening to exacerbate that gap, enriching the C-suite at the expense of their employees, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO.
2023-08-04 06:00
Rampant DC dysfunction made America's credit downgrade inevitable
For only the second time in history, America lost its perfect rating on its long-term debt — the exact thing everyone said would happen when lawmakers decided to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States.
2023-08-03 17:24
Hollywood's absolutely bizarre accounting tactics are under renewed scrutiny
"Forrest Gump" has never made a single penny for the studio that made it, despite selling over $300 million worth of tickets at the box office. "Return of the Jedi" was a similarly monumental financial flop. Same goes for at least one Harry Potter film. All of them wildly popular, yet wildly unprofitable. At least on paper.
2023-07-20 04:21
Inflation fever is finally breaking. The Fed's soft landing may be in sight
If Fed Chair Jerome Powell were any less buttoned up, he'd be well within his rights to call a press conference, stride up to the lectern in a T-shirt and board shorts and say three words — "soft landing, jerks!" — before dropping the mic and walking out.
2023-07-13 19:54
Who wins in the PGA-LIV tie-up? Hint: It's not the golfers
The PGA Tour agreed to join forces with its rival, LIV Golf, to create a giant as-yet-unnamed new company that, if the merger is allowed to go through, will absolutely dominate the sport. Here's what you need to know.
2023-06-08 05:50
US crypto investors are left with few options
Back-to-back lawsuits against two of the world's biggest crypto enterprises are sending a chill through the fragile ecosystem of digital assets in the United States.
2023-06-07 06:50