In this articleGMFSTLAM-ITFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTUnited Auto Workers members on strike picket outside General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit, Sept. 25, 2019.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT – The Oracle of Omaha is cutting exposure to the U.S. automotive industry amid union negotiations — potentially for good reason.Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway this week said it nearly halved its stake in General Motors in the second quarter. While the firm didn’t disclose its reasoning, the sale front runs what is expected to be a challenging end of the year for the U.S. automotive industry, plagued by contentious contract talks between…
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Before the strikes completely turn the theatrical release calendar inside-out, the fall box office isn’t going to just give up. Following what is expected to be a robust $30M+ four-day for Sony’s The Equalizer 3 over Labor Day weekend, New Line’s The Nun II is expected to file a post Labor Day weekend start of $30M+. It’s still early for the film campaign wise with only two teaser posters released and the YouTube trailer at 26M views (versus The Meg 2‘s official trailer at 43M on the Warner Bros channel), so there’s a chance for upside. You’ll remember that Warner…
WASHINGTON — True Anomaly, a startup based in Denver, opened a manufacturing facility where it plans to produce small satellites designed for surveillance and reconnaissance of objects in space. The company on Aug. 17 unveiled the 35,000 square-foot facility in Centennial, Colorado, True Anomaly designed a spacecraft called Jackal aimed at the U.S. military and intelligence market. The satellite, equipped with three cameras, will be capable of performing rendezvous and proximity operations, and servicing missions, the company said. The first two Jackals are scheduled to launch to low Earth orbit in early 2024 on the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare. CEO Even…
The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada this month in response to a new law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.Some people fleeing wildfires in the remote northern town of Yellowknife have complained to domestic media that the ban prevented them from sharing important data about the fires.”Meta’s reckless choice to block news … is hurting access to vital information on Facebook…
Search and rescue crews look through the remains of a neighborhood on August 17, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is deploying a team that includes an electrical engineer to investigate the origins of the catastrophic Hawaii wildfires, as the local power company faces growing scrutiny over whether downed electric poles triggered the blaze.The ATF has deployed a national response that includes an electrical engineer, three fire investigators, and an expert from the bureau’s arson and explosives group, according to an agency statement late Thursday. The team will assist Maui County…
Sam Asghari knows he’s going to be under the spotlight as his divorce from Britney Spears plays out … so now he’s playfully asking folks for help hiding from photogs. Britney’s estranged husband just posted a hilarious poll on his Instagram story … asking fans to vote on one of three disguises he can use to throw the paparazzi off his scent. Sam’s choices include glasses with a gray mustache and gray hair, aviator sunglasses with curly brown hair, or a very Gen-Z TikTok haircut. It’s all in good fun … Sam’s still pretty recognizable in any of the three…
The Ukrainian counteroffensive that launched in June against Moscow’s invasion has run into a Russian wall. In the run-up to the Ukrainian push, weapons from Western allies — such as tanks, artillery and other equipment — poured into Ukraine. Despite some small gains, Ukrainian forces have yet to see a large breakthrough, leaving some to wonder what else is needed.”This is about as hard as it gets,” said Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Think World War I with drones. … That’s a little bit what the Ukrainians…
On Friday, Kendall Jenner headed to West Hollywood venue Delilah to celebrate her tequila brand 818, since the date was literally 8/18. This is the third year in a row that the model has celebrated her tequila’s day, though her brand is actually named after the area code she grew up in, not the date. Jenner wore a skintight see-through bodycon dress with one sleeve and an asymmetrical neckline in a champagne shade. Through the layers of thin fabric, her slightly paler bra and underwear set were visible as well as a darker belt around her waist. Over her shoulder…
A lot goes into being elected into a political office, and few can hack it. It is a huge financial burden that becomes bigger when every aspect of someone’s life is scrutinized, from their career to marriage. For a billionaire, the financial part is not a big deal because of the billionaire part. And since they tend to roll in the same circles, a billionaire is almost guaranteed support from his filthy rich friends. Whoever said money couldn’t solve all your problems must have been on to something because it can’t stop your marriage from appearing like a sham to…
Cultivating and maintaining ample face plumage doesn’t come easy for everyone. If, for whatever reason, you have a hard time growing a healthy, full beard, know that you’re not alone. Also know that the best beard growth products are all around you. Scroll down. See? There’s 10 of them right there.The path to beard nirvana starts with the basics. To achieve a full mane, you first need to create optimal growth conditions by prioritizing the health of your skin and hair follicles. This is why many of the products on this list are beard oils that work both on and…
Tencent sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — Corporate earnings releases are picking up on a few bright spots for China’s consumer in a competitive market where people are less willing to open their wallets.JD.com, Tencent and Alibaba this month reported results for the three months ended June that pointed to a steady pick-up in consumer spending that quarter, but with less clarity on whether that growth has continued.Here’s where companies said they saw consumer-related growth, according to public disclosures and FactSet transcripts of earnings calls:JD.comElectronics and…
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Justice LaBrave. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community Foundation. Queer Boricua Rock N’ Roller, Justice LaBrave, hails from Brooklyn. Delivering Power-Rock Vocals, Soulful Serenades and Funk-Dance Anthems. Their journey began at the…
by Regina Avalos, August 19, 2023(Photo: Prime Video) A League of Their Own is not returning for its second and final season after all. Per Deadline, plans for season two have been cancelled due to production delays and the current actors and writers strikes in the industry. Starring Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, D’Arcy Carden, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Roberta Colindrez, Nick Offerman, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Kate Berlant, Kendall Johnson, Kelly McCormack, Alex Désert, Priscilla Delgado, Aaron Jennings, Molly Ephraim, Melanie Field, and Dale Dickey, the A League Of Their Own series is a reimaging of the Penny Marshall film of the same…
Getty ImagesNo-frills discounter Aldi is the latest grocer to shake up the industry with big moves.The German retailer announced this week that it plans to acquire about 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket locations across the Southern U.S. As part of the deal, it would take over operations of the stores, which are in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, and put at least some of them under the Aldi name.The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year.Aldi is already expanding aggressively across the country. It has more than 2,300 stores across 38 states. Separate from…
Editor’s note: Dade Hayes and Jonathan Bing are co-authors of Open Wide: How Hollywood Box-Office Became a National Obsession. Hayes is Deadline’s Business Editor and Bing is Chief Communications Officer at Vice Media Group. The more things change, the more the Hollywood studios stay the same. At least that’s one of the surprising lessons of Barbenheimer, Sound of Freedom, Indiana Jones 5, Mission: Impossible 7, Fast and the Furious 10, and the other big-budget summer box office bets trying to help the movie business pull off a historic comeback. Twenty years ago, we wrote a book, Open Wide, about a…
WASHINGTON — Russia’s first lunar mission in nearly half a century suffered an “emergency situation” during an attempted maneuver Aug. 19, putting plans for a landing into question. In a brief statement posted to its channel on the social media service Telegram, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said that the Luna-25 spacecraft was commanded to perform a maneuver at 7:10 a.m. Eastern to place the spacecraft into a “pre-landing” orbit around the moon. However, during the planned maneuver “an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,”…
Google Pixel Watch 2 is expected to launch soon as the successor to the Google Pixel Watch, which was released in October 2022. The debut Pixel Watch model has a 1.2-inch AMOLED touch display protected by 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and an Exynos 9110 SoC. The watch also claimed to have a battery life of up to 24 hours. However, the upcoming Pixel Watch 2 is expected to include an improved SoC and battery. There have been several rumours about the purported smartwatch. The wearable was reportedly spotted on Google Play Console, where some key specifications were listed.A 9to5Google report…
In this articleDISFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTDisney CEO Bob Iger, left, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.David A. Grogan | CNBCFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis may say he’s “moved on” from his long-running feud with Disney, but the House of Mouse isn’t easing up.Disney has filed counterclaims, including a breach of contracts claim, against the board of supervisors picked by DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney World’s special tax district, a Thursday court filing shows.The company seeks damages over the alleged breach, as well as a court order for the district to comply with development contracts that are at the heart of…