Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. Small presses have been publishing excellent work by writers who you may not know (yet). From compelling short stories to heart-wrenching novels, these books will take you on a journey across states and countries, into the…
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Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 29, 2023.Source: NYSEThe majority of Wall Street investors believe stocks have entered a new bull market and the U.S. economy will skirt a recession in 2023, according to the new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor survey.We polled about 400 chief investment officers, equity strategists, portfolio managers and CNBC contributors who manage money about where they stood on the markets for the third quarter and forward. The survey was conducted over the last week.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsSixty-one percent of respondents believe the market has entered a new bull run, while 39% think this is a…
A house for sale, in escrow, in Laguna Woods, California.Scott Mlyn | CNBCAnyone out shopping for a home on the resale market knows the pickings are slim. They’re about to get slimmer. The number of homes for sale this month was actually 7% higher than June of last year, according to Realtor.com. But, in just the last week, that comparison went negative, with the number of homes for sale falling below year-ago levels for the first time in 59 weeks.New listings in the last week of June were down 29% from the same week a year ago. That’s a wider drop…
EXCLUSIVE: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is posting an estimated $6 million-$7.5 million Thursday night, per sources, which is where previous older-skewing action-guy comps live. We’re specifically referencing the Thursday night starts of No Time to Die, which grossed $6.3M (started at 4 p.m.) before its $55.2M opening weekend in October 2021, and 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout which made $6M before its $61.2M weekend start. Dial of Destiny, which started previews at 3 p.m. Thursday, is expected to gross between $60M-$65M at 4,500 theaters, making is the second-highest stateside opening for the Steven Spielberg-George Lucas franchise…
by Trevor Kimball, June 29, 2023(Photo by: FX) The Rez Dogs are headed out. It’s been announced that the FX series Reservation Dogs (released as a Hulu exclusive) won’t have a fourth season. Series co-creator Sterlin Harjo has revealed that the upcoming third season was the right place to end the series. A comedy series, the Reservation Dogs TV show was created by Harjo and Taika Waititi. It stars Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, Elva Guerra, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Farmer, Jennifer Podemski, Jon Proudstar, and Dallas Goldtooth. The story follows the exploits of four Indigenous…
WASHINGTON — A solid rocket motor for Europe’s Vega C rocket malfunctioned during a static-fire test June 28, likely pushing back the vehicle’s return to flight to 2024. In a June 29 statement, Avio, the Italian company that is the prime contractor for the Vega, said a Zefiro 40 motor experienced an anomaly during a test that was part of effort to requalify the motor after a launch failure last December. The static-fire test was intended to demonstrate the performance of new carbon-carbon material in the motor’s nozzle throat. Avio replaced that material after similar material from a Ukrainian supplier…
Apple will on Friday seek to fend off a revised EU antitrust charge and possible hefty fine linked to claims it prevents music streaming companies such as Spotify from informing users of other buying options outside its App Store.The iPhone maker will set out its arguments to senior European Commission officials and their peers at national competition agencies at a closed hearing in Brussels.EU antitrust enforcers earlier this year boosted their case against the company’s so-called anti-steering obligations, but dropped an earlier charge against Apple’s requirement that developers use its in-app payment system.The Commission said the anti-steering obligations breach EU…
E. Jean Carroll exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, May 9, 2023.Brendan McDermid | ReutersA federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss the original civil defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, the writer who alleges the former president defamed her after she accused him of sexual assault.Trump’s arguments for dismissing the case “are without merit,” Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.The ruling followed a series of recent twists in the years-long legal battle between…
NewsListen to Kieran Hebden and William Tyler’s New Song “No Services”The B-side to the excellent 10-minute track “Darkness, Darkness”By Matthew StraussJune 30, 2023FacebookTwitterKieran Hebden and William Tyler, photo by Sean CookFacebookTwitterLast month, Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) and William Tyler released the single “Darkness, Darkness.” The musicians have now shared its B-side, “No Services.” Listen to the new track below.“Darkness, Darkness” and “No Services” arrive as part of Psychic Hotline’s singles series. The label is responsible for recent songs from Joe Rainey (“Once the Reaper”), Bon Iver (“So Unimportant”), Bartees Strange (“Province”), Blake Mills (“Neon Blue”), and more.Hebden’s label, Text…
In this articleSPRBAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersWorkers at Boeing aircraft parts supplier Spirit Aerosystems approved a new labor deal on Thursday, setting the stage to resume production at a Wichita, Kansas, facility after a work stoppage last week.Spirit Aerosystems, which supplies fuselages for Boeing’s best-selling 737 Max aircraft as well as other parts for Boeing and other manufacturers, halted production last Thursday after workers voted against a…
With over 358 million views on TikTok and countless appearances on A-list celebs and mega-influencers, cloud slides have officially staked their claim as one of the biggest footwear trends of the early 2020s. And as someone who happens to have her toes in a pair right this very minute, I understand why these comfort-driven “ugly shoes” are here to stay—and why they’re predicted to be one of the top-selling items of Amazon Prime Day 2023.Peak-pandemic, I purchased a pair of classic cloud slides to wear while I work from home. And now, here I am, years later, still wearing them…
This was a bag of mixed emotions. First, there were the absolutely exhilarating events that had someone at the edge of their seat as another one of Red’s plans came to focus. Then that feeling was muddled with sadness at the thought that this signals the beginning of the end. Rarely does an episode invoke multiple feelings since the Elizabeth Keen days, and The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 19 was like a trip to a past you thought you might never experience again. It was high energy and camp. From the opening scene when Raymond called everyone to the Post Office to…
Type-1 diabetes is a disease that arises from a person’s inability to produce insulin, which normally regulates glucose levels in the bloodstream. While there is no cure today, type-1 diabetes can be managed by monitoring glucose levels and treatment with insulin. Looking to the future, bioelectronic medicine could improve diabetes management thanks to the work of Amparo Güemes González – who is featured in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast. Based at the UK’s University of Cambridge, the biomedical engineer is developing advanced algorithms and neurotechnology for integration in a closed loop platform for glucose control. This work has…
Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. Lamya H’s powerful memoir Hijab Butch Blues is an honest grappling with what it means to be queer, to be a devout hijabi Muslim person who resists gender normativity, to love faith and community. Seeking…
In this articleOXYFREYWFCJOBYMUFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn employee scans an order in the shipping area at the Overstock.com distribution center in Salt Lake City, Utah.Ken James | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Freyr — Freyr Battery surged 18% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the battery maker to overweight from equal weight. Analyst Adam Jonas’s $13 price target implies more than 70% upside from Wednesday’s close for the stock.Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America — All three banks were trading higher on Thursday after passing a key annual stress test on Wednesday, showing the…
After taking domestic to William Oldroyd’s thriller Eileen out of Sundance, NEON has set a December theatrical release for the pic. Eileen will go Dec. 1 in NY and LA before going wide on Dec. 8. The movie starring Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is based on the 2015 debut novel by Otessa Moshfegh. It’s set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, when young secretary Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor Rebecca (Hathaway) at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a…
SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. — After nearly two decades of development, Virgin Galactic conducted its first commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight June 29. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle VSS Unity, separated from its VMS Eve mothership aircraft at about 11:29 a.m. Eastern above cloudy skies in southern New Mexico. The vehicles took off from Spaceport America at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. Unity, flying a mission designated Galactic 01, fired its hybrid rocket motor for approximately 60 seconds. It reached a peak altitude of 85. 1 kilometers before gliding to a runway landing at the spaceport at 11:43 a.m. Eastern. The Galactic 01 mission was…
Samsung Galaxy A24 smartphone was launched in Vietnam earlier this year. Now, the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G renders have been leaked online. The leaked CAD renders reveal the expected design and look of the company’s rumoured smartphone. The South Korean smartphone maker has not revealed any details about the phone yet, however, the leaked renders suggest a Galaxy S23-like design and a triple rear camera setup on the back panel. The handset is expected to sport a waterdrop notch on the display.Tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks) via GizNext has leaked the detailed renders of the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G in what…