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In this article GM F STLAM-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Demonstrators during a United Auto Workers (UAW) practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stellantis on Friday offered significant four-year wage increases to its hourly workers

A worker stocks the shelves at a Walmart store on January 24, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Walmart announced that it is raising its minimum wage for store employees in early March, store employees will make between $14 and $19 an hour.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Walmart has cut starting pay

In this article PTON Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cari Gundee rides her Peloton exercise bike at her home on April 06, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. Ezra Shaw | Getty Images The family of a New York man claims he was killed by his Peloton bike just six months after buying it, but

In this article DIS WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A scene from the “Barbie” movie. Courtesy: Warner Bros. Hollywood bet big on blockbuster franchise sequels to revive its summer cinema business, but it was fresh fare like “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” that fueled the industry’s haul of $4 billion, a 19% jump from last

In this article DIS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar After pushing back his retirement four times, Bob Iger finally made the leap. On Feb. 25, 2020, he announced he would step down as Disney’s CEO. His hand-picked successor, Bob Chapek, then Disney’s parks chairman, would take over the day-to-day job

Taylor Swift performs onstage during her The Eras Tour at Lumen Field in Seattle, July 22, 2023. Mat Hayward/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Taylor Swift is already a superstar. Now, she’s about to put up superhero-style numbers at movie theaters. Days after the pop icon announced her Eras Tour concert film would

In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson star in Denis Villeneuve’s remake of “Dune.” Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Discovery is preparing investors for the effects of the writers’ and actors’ strikes if they continue through the end of this year. The company, in a Tuesday securities filing,

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rosalind “Roz” Brewer Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance said Friday that Roz Brewer had stepped down as the company’s chief executive. She also left the company’s board, effective Thursday. The decision was mutual, according to a news release. Brewer and

In this article CNK AMC CMCSA WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kenneth Branagh stars as Hercule Poirot in 20th Century Studio’s “A Haunting in Venice.” Disney | 20th Century Studios Time to pair that pumpkin spice latte with some popcorn. Spooky movie season is officially here. Starting Friday, movie theaters will have a steady

In this article CHTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the Charter Communications logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey wants the pay-TV bundle to live. He also thinks the industry should get on board with

Michael Nason, 29, left, and Donna Nason, 25, right, both of Bakersfield are wearing a face mask in Union Station on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. COVID-19 making a comeback in California. Francine Orr | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images An uptick in Covid cases and hospitalizations in the U.S., and

Actor Karen Brown walks the picket line with fellow SAG-AFRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers in front of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, July 17, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Hollywood’s labor pool is taking a hit as the dual strikes by actors and writers drag on. The film, TV and

In this article STLA GM F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Members of the United Auto Workers union hold a rally and practice picket near a Stellantis plant in Detroit, Aug. 23, 2023. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain appears ready to fire up the picket lines. The

After rising steadily since January, home prices may now be turning lower again. The latest read on home prices shows they hit another all-time high in July, rising 2.3% from the same month last year, according to Black Knight. That’s a bigger annual gain than the roughly 1% recorded in June, and August’s annual comparison

In this article AMC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Taylor Swift performs in Denver during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” on July 14. Tom Cooper/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images …Ready for it? In less than 24 hours on the market, ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s Era Tour concert film have

In this article LULU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer enters a Lululemon store on June 02, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Lululemon raised its full-year guidance Thursday after reporting an 18% jump in both sales and profit for its fiscal second quarter, boosted by a 61% revenue

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Starbucks’ iced pumpkin cream chai tea latte. Source: Starbucks In most of the U.S., tree foliage is green and temperatures are warm. But for many restaurants and retailers, fall is already here. Halloween candy and pumpkin spice lattes used to wait until after Labor Day

James Romano trims flower while working in the CommCan processing facility in Medway, Massachusetts, Oct. 27, 2021. Erin Clark | Boston Globe | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended reclassifying marijuana as a lower-risk drug, which would in turn ease restrictions on the budding business, a spokesperson for the

Lego Star Wars toys sit on display inside a Toys R Us store in Paramus, New Jersey, Nov. 26, 2019. Bloomberg | Getty Images While other toy companies struggle with an inflation-fueled sales slump, Lego is building positive results brick by brick. The privately held Danish toymaker saw revenue rise 1% during the first six

In this article CMCSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Valerie Macon | Afp | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan’s films, from “The Dark Knight” to “Inception,” have been a force at the box office for a solid two decades. But “Oppenheimer,” the director’s R-rated historical drama about the man who spearheaded the