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SAG-AFTRA taps Nielsen for streaming data to enforce new contract
SAG-AFTRA has tapped audience measurement company Nielsen to provide streaming data that will inform how the performers union enforces certain terms of its new contract with the top studios.
Nielsen announced Thursday ...Read more
Sony and Apollo make formal $26 billion joint bid for Paramount
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have officially put in a bid for Paramount Global, as competition for the storied film and TV company continues to heat up.
Sony and Apollo submitted their $26 ...Read more
Elon Musk, Argentina's president headline 27th Milken conference
Free-market enthusiasts and mutual admirers Elon Musk and Javier Milei, Argentina's new president, will headline next week's Milken Institute Global Conference, the annual Beverly Hills confab that tackles the world's most...Read more
Michigan Senate may defund a $20 million grant used to buy $4,500 coffeemaker
LANSING, Mich. — Any remaining grant funding yet to be disbursed to a Metro Detroit businesswoman who spent $4,500 in taxpayer dollars on a coffeemaker will be blocked under a spending bill the Michigan Senate ...Read more
US labor costs rise by most in a year as productivity cools
U.S. labor costs increased in the first quarter by the most in a year as productivity gains slowed, potentially adding to risks inflation will remain elevated.
Unit labor costs, or what a business pays employees to ...Read more
Ford April sales decline, while hybrid sales peak
Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales declined 2.4% in April, though hybrid deliveries hit a new all-time monthly sales peak, the automaker said Thursday.
The drop from 184,002 vehicles to 179,588 came from declines for F-Series ...Read more
Biden opens door for tax credits so corn farmers can grow jet fuel
To cut greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes, the Biden administration issued guidelines this week that could shape U.S. farming for decades by offering corn growers tax credits to turn their crop into jet fuel.
To ...Read more
It's the last Free Comic Book Day at the place where it was created
Joe Field needed something to write about.
“I came up with the idea for Free Comic Book Day when I was a columnist for an industry trade magazine,” says Field, who is the owner of the Flying Colors Comics and Other ...Read more
Food companies keep pushing protein. How much do we actually need?
Wheaties is getting yoked.
The Breakfast of Champions is releasing a new line of cereals with more than 20 grams of protein per serving "to serve today's modern athletes who are striving to be better everyday," General ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: Do I have to sell condo to another owner in building?
Q: When we decided to sell our apartment, one of our friends wanted to buy it, and we agreed to sell it to him at a discounted price. When he went for his interview with the condo board, he was told that he could not buy ...Read more
Sleepwalking Your Way to the Top
You've heard it all before.
If you want to get ahead in your career, you have to work hard.
Well, how has working hard worked out for you?
I thought so.
The sad fact is that success doesn't come from working hard. It...Read more
DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry
If the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reclassified marijuana as a less dangerous drug, it wouldn't eliminate the conflicts between the feds and states such as California that have legalized many uses of the substance...Read more
Federal agency wants help protecting domestic violence victims from high-tech cars
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission wants feedback on how it can better protect domestic violence survivors from stalking and abuse carried out through internet-connected technology in cars.
The public ...Read more
Global film and TV production down 7% this year following Hollywood strikes, report says
Global film and TV production was down 7% during the first quarter of 2024 compared with the previous year, according to a Wednesday report by film and TV tracking company ProdPro that illustrates Hollywood's slow return ...Read more
Can AI-powered drive-throughs save the day for fast food operators?
It didn't take long for Harshraj Ghai to respond to the impact of California's new $20 an hour minimum wage for his 3,700 fast-food employees.
Ghai and his family operate 180 Burger Kings, Taco Bells and Popeyes chicken ...Read more
US job openings hit three-year low, showing cooling labor market
U.S. job openings fell in March to the lowest level in three years while quits and hiring slowed, indicating more softening in the labor market.
Available positions decreased to 8.49 million from an upwardly revised 8.81 ...Read more
Starbucks CEO's honeymoon is over after sales slump, shares dive
Laxman Narasimhan’s honeymoon phase is over.
The chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., who officially took over the coffee behemoth just over a year ago, on Tuesday cut annual guidance for a third straight quarter...Read more
Social Security and You: Survey Says 4.5 Stars
Well, the votes are in. Several weeks ago, I asked my readers to rate the service they got from the Social Security Administration in the form of stars: 5 stars for good service down to 1 star for poor service. More than ...Read more
How a negotiation over cable fees could weigh on Paramount's sale
Paramount Global's sale talks with David Ellison's Skydance Media face a milestone later this week, but the battered Redstone family-controlled media company has been scrambling to meet another deadline — one that also ...Read more
Millions of semi-trucks on US roads still rely on fossil fuels. Cutting-edge EV tech could change that
On a recent cloudless spring day on the outskirts of Gilroy, California, Christian Martorella accelerated an 18-wheeler past budding orchards. But instead of the roar of a diesel engine, the cab filled with the gentle hum ...Read more
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