Marco Vdm | E+ | Getty ImagesThe wage gap costs women in the U.S. about $1.6 trillion a year, a new report finds.Women earned 78 cents for every dollar that men made in 2022, according to National Partnership for Women and Families.Researchers calculated the total cost to women of the wage gap by using statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically data on all women who worked, whether in full- or part-time jobs, and those who took time off for illness or caregiving.More from Women and Wealth:Here’s a look at more coverage in CNBC’s Women & Wealth special report, where…
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Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/New Line’s The Nun II continued to conjure strong business around the globe this weekend, taking the top spot again worldwide and overseas. The sophomore session of $30.1M in 72 offshore markets brings the international box office cume to $102.3M and worldwide to $158.8M so far. More on The Nun II in a bit, but first let’s check in on Hercule Poirot and 20th Century Studios/Disney’s A Haunting in Venice which debuted to $37.2M globally, including $22.7M from 51 overseas markets. This is essentially where the $60M-budgeted film was expected to land internationally, where it performed…
by Trevor Kimball, September 16, 2023(Photo by: ABC/Matt Miller) Dean Williams’ journey won’t continue for a third season. The Wonder Years has been cancelled by ABC. The second season of ten episodes finished airing a month ago. A coming-of-age comedy series, The Wonder Years TV show was inspired by the original 1988 series. This incarnation stars Don Cheadle, Elisha “EJ” Williams, Dule Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki, Julian Lerner, Amari O’Neil, and Milan Ray. Guests in season two include Patti LaBelle, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Donald Faison, Phoebe Robinson, and Bradley Whitford. Set in the late 1960s, the series takes…
PARIS – The rapid growth of European space startups is reflected in Young European Enterprises Syndicate for Space (YEESS), a nonprofit formed in 2021. In two years, YEESS has grown from six to 15 companies with combined employment of more than 1,000 people, Juan Tomás Hernani, YEESS president and Satlantis co-founder and CEO, told SpaceNews at the World Satellite Business Week conference here. Member companies are based in Toulouse, France, Bilbao, Spain, Charleroi, Belgium and “all over Europe,” Hernani said. Most of the startups have facilities in more than one country. The entrepreneurs who founded YEESS were frustrated by a…
Tecno Phantom V Flip 5G is confirmed to launch in India soon. The company has teased the design of the clamshell foldable. The phone had previously been spotted on the Google Play console hinting at some specifications. Earlier reports had also leaked the design renders of the handset. Now a new leak suggests some key details of the upcoming foldable smartphone. Notably, Tecno also released the Phantom V Fold earlier this year that comes with a 7.85-inch 2K (2000 x 2296) primary display and is powered by a 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ SoC.An Amazon microsite for the Phantom V Flip went live…
An editorial photograph of the USA and China flags.Veronaa | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty ImagesChina’s foreign minister Wang Yi and U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan met in Malta over the weekend. The bilateral talks come ahead of a possible meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting in November.Wang and Sullivan last met in Vienna. Their Malta meeting convened after several high level officials visited Beijing in recent months and just before Wang’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later this week.China’s Foreign Ministry said Vice President Han…
News702’s Irish Grinstead, Singer of “Where My Girls At,” Dies at 43The news was confirmed by Grinstead’s sister and fellow 702 member LeMisha Grinstead. “She was not only beautiful on the outside, but also within.”By Evan MinskerSeptember 17, 2023FacebookX702’s Kameelah Williams, LeMisha Grinstead, and Irish Grinstead in 2017 (Bryan Steffy/WireImage)FacebookXIrish Grinstead, a member of the ’90s and ’00s R&B girl group 702, died on Saturday, September 17. LeMisha Grinstead, Irish’s sister and fellow member of the group, confirmed the news in a statement on social media. The group was arguably best known for their single “Where My Girls At.” Irish…
When Drake released cover artwork for his new single with singer SZA titled “Slime You Out,” it featured a very memorable photo. The picture shows Berry getting slimed at the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. The picture is available to be licensed by anyone from Getty and is not owned by Berry. But fans were still quite surprised to learn that the rapper never checked in with the actress about using her face to promote his music.Christopher Polk/KCA2012//Getty ImagesThe news came out a day after Drake posted the photo to Instagram, when Berry somewhat vaguely posted a pink square to…
It took guts to re-air any part of Yellowstone on CBS. Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 1 was not the sanitized Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. This series tells it like it is, and the coarse language is an important part of the Western’s character. So is the violence. Nothing in this series is gratuitous, but it is graphic — and originally made for cable, where there are looser standards about what can and cannot be said. The introduction to the Duttons felt more like a movie than a television series. The cinematography was breathtaking, but I was struck by the…
As a wise man (probably) once said, having the right tools for the job is half the job itself. But these days, that means more than just a few screwdrivers and a rusty old hammer.A quality multi-tool will always be at the heart of a man’s DIY arsenal, but today’s tech market offers a mind-blowingly vast suite of electronics, apps and other assorted whatchamacallits designed to simplify everyday life. But while other sites might try to convince you that a combined radio-toaster is a must-have, or a mask that straps TV remotes to your face is not to be missed,…
In this articlePLNTFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTChris Rondeau, CEO of Planet FitnessAdam Jeffery | CNBCIn a move that stunned investors and employees alike, Planet Fitness ousted company veteran Chris Rondeau from his post as CEO, the workout chain said Friday in a press release.The stock dropped 15% in the wake of the announcement, hitting a 52 week low.Planet Fitness said it is searching for its next chief both internally and externally. Craig Benson, the former governor of New Hampshire and a member of the company’s board, will serve as the interim CEO. He’s a franchisee of both Planet Fitness…
The WT-PET team Stefaan Vandenberghe (back row, second from right) and colleagues at Ghent University are developing a walk-through total-body PET system that will scan patients in a standing position. (Courtesy: Stefaan Vandenberghe) The use of positron emission tomography (PET) for disease diagnosis and repeated monitoring of the effectiveness of medical treatments is on the rise, with the number of required scans increasing at an estimated rate of about 11% per year. Keeping up with this demand may pose challenges to radiology departments, generating a need for PET scanners that are faster to operate, less costly to purchase and require…
General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 10, 2019.Bryan Woolston | ReutersCheck out the companies making headlines before the bell.KeyCorp — The Cleveland-based regional bank rose almost 2% premarket after Piper Sandler said the shares have begun to recover and it’s growing “more comfortable” with its profit estimates. Piper upgraded KeyCorp to overweight from neutral. Keysight Technologies — Shares added about 1.5% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the test and measurement equipment maker to overweight from equal weight. The investment bank said Keysight’s current…
Bollywood’s Jawan and star Shah Ruhk Khan livened up a slow specialty market, grossing close to $2.5 million in 776 locations in week two for a cume close to $12.2 million. The Yash Raj actioner is no. 6 at the domestic box office. Its weekend split was $694,724k Fri.; $1.024m Sat,; $775k Sunday as Jawan races to records in India, including the top box office opening last week for a Hindi film. Commentators are noting that the dubbed Telugu and Tamil versions – a key to box office in India, and Stateside — are also raking in more than they…
TAMPA, Fla. — The growing need to tackle climate change presents a transformational growth opportunity for the Earth observation industry, executives from an international mix of companies in this market said Sept. 15. Mo Lin, vice president of Chinese spacecraft maker DFH Satellite — part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), said his company has helped deploy hundreds of Earth observation satellites, mainly focused on optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. However, “climate change will be one of the key [focuses] of Chinese aerospace” for future Earth observation satellites, calling for more instruments designed to detect and…
It’s perhaps difficult to grasp — especially for younger fans — how vibrant the legacy of Spider-Man, the world’s favourite web-crawler, is in video games. Over the years, we’ve come to know Spider-Man from his many incarnations in animated TV shows, films, and comic books. Sam Raimi’s take on the character propelled it to new heights of popularity. More recently, Spider-Man films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sony Pictures’ Miles Morales animated features have established their own identity. But the web-swinging, quippy superhero has a long and illustrious history in video games, too. Before Rocksteady’s Arkham games rewrote the…
In this articleFGMSTLAM-ITFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that workers should be fairly compensated as auto companies make record profits, after the United Auto Workers union began a strike against General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis.”The companies have made some significant offers,” Biden said in a speech at the White House. “But I believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW.”Biden said he is dispatching acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House senior advisor Gene Sperling to Detroit to help mediate negotiations. The pair have been involved with the…
Travis Kelce is said to be “hanging out” with Taylor Swift — something the NFL world just can’t get enough of … and which bled into Sunday’s broadcast of his big game. NFL announcer Ian Eagle — who called the Chiefs game Sunday — snuck in a Swift reference after TK scored his first touchdown of the season against the Jags. It was a simple toss from Mahomes into the end zone … but a big deal since Trav missed last week’s opener. As Travis and his teammates were celebrating … Eagles said, “Kelce finds a blank space for the…