Avatar: The Way of Water Courtesy: Disney Co. Disney‘s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has topped $2 billion at the global box office, making it the third James Cameron film to reach this benchmark. Only five other films have hit this metric — the original “Avatar,” “Avengers: Endgame,” Cameron’s “Titanic,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”...
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GM, LG end plans for fourth U.S. battery cell plant; automaker seeks new partner
GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra and LG Chem Vice Chairman and CEO Hak-Cheol Shin at the automaker’s battery lab in Warren, Mich., where the companies announced a new $2.6-billion joint venture on Dec. 5, 2019. GM DETROIT – General Motors and LG Energy Solution have indefinitely shelved plans to build a fourth battery cell...
Martin Shkreli faces FTC contempt demand in drug case
Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, center, pauses while speak to members of the media with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, outside federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday asked...
The whole West is threatened if an aggressor isn’t challenged, Dutch PM says
Europe needs to do more to support Ukraine, according to the Dutch prime minister. Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday it was imperative that Europe continued to stand up to Russia’s aggression, saying the region had to do “everything we can to help Ukrainians.” “If an aggressor is...
Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, others have cut more than 60,000 employees
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul on Nov. 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The job cuts in tech land are piling up, as companies that led the 10-year bull market adapt to a new reality. Microsoft said Wednesday that it’s letting go of 10,000 employees,...
Hungary’s foreign minister says Brussels has failed on Russia sanctions
Hungary’s foreign minister strongly criticized the European Union’s sanctions against Russia, arguing they have damaged its members’ economies more than their target’s as well as failing to stop the war in Ukraine. “If we make an assessment, an analysis, about the impact of sanctions, it’s obvious that they have not fulfilled expectations,” Péter Szijjártó told...
Why is bitcoin (BTC) rallying in January?
A number of factors are behind bitcoin’s New Year rise, according to analysts, including an increased probability of interest rates being lowered and purchases by large buyers known as “whales.” Filip Radwanski | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin has begun 2023 on a positive note, with the price of the world’s largest...
Oil CEO Sultan Al Jaber is ideal person to lead COP 28
ABU DHABI — If the world gets lucky, this could be the year fossil fuel producers and climate activists bury their hatchets and join hands to reduce emissions and ensure our planet’s future. If that sounds hopelessly Utopian, take that up with the leaders of this resource-rich, renewables-generating Middle Eastern monarchy. The United Arab Emirates...
Trump denied E. Jean Carroll rape claim in testimony
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, November 7, 2022. Gaelen Morse | Reuters Editor’s note: This story includes a description of sexual assault. A federal judge in New York on Friday rejected an effort by lawyers for former President Donald Trump...
Citigroup’s fourth-quarter profit declines by 21% as bank sets aside more money for credit losses
Citigroup said it had identified the cause of the flash crash and corrected the error “within minutes.” Jim Dyson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Citigroup said fourth-quarter net income decreased by more than 21% from a year ago as the bank set aside more money for potential credit losses. Shares were up 0.74%...