Even in its heyday, “The Apprentice” never earned ratings like this. President Trump’s appearance in network prime time on Tuesday — a nine-minute speech from the Oval Office on border security that mostly recycled his usual talking points — drew roughly 40 million television viewers, according to statistics released on Wednesday by Nielsen. That audience […]
LOS ANGELES — John Lasseter, the Pixar co-founder who was forced to resign from the Walt Disney Company in June after complaints about unwanted touching in the workplace, has found a new Hollywood perch: Skydance Media, a production company affiliated with Paramount Pictures. David Ellison, who founded Skydance in 2010 with money inherited from his […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose modestly on Wednesday, angling for a fourth day of gains led by technology and other trade-sensitive sectors following signs of progress in trade talks between the United States and China. Hopes of a deal between the world’s two largest economies that could avert an escalation of ongoing trade tensions, plus […]
The National Treasury Management Agency has sold €4bn of new 10-year Irish bonds on the market, ahead of expectations for a €3bn sale, according to market sources. The sale is understood to have attracted more than €18bn of orders, a strong result indicating that appetite for Irish debt remains strong, despite the ECB having ended […]
Keeping the kids occupied over the October half term break can be a costly time for parents, with cinema visits, day trips and eating out all adding up. However, with a little bit of planning and research you can get out and explore your local area, or further afield, with your brood for pennies. There […]
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks extend their gains to hit a near-four week high and oil prices rose on Wednesday on optimism that the United States and China may be inching toward a trade deal, soothing fears an all-out trade war could hit a slowing global economy. Delegations from China and the U.S. ended talks […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese conglomerate HNA Group [HNAIRC.UL] on Wednesday said it had sold a majority stake in a Manhattan building in a $422 million deal, the latest in a slew of asset disposals undertaken by the group to ease an intensifying cash crunch. HNA did not give details of the buyer, but a […]
It is shocking that the poorest people pay the most for many of the basics in life, from borrowing money to buying essential household appliances, simply because they don’t earn a fat salary. Millions are forced to turn to high-cost lenders online, extortionate credit cards, rent-to-buy firms that can charge four times the average price […]
NEW YORK – Mastercard has done a “Nike” or “Apple” by going for a wordless logo. The global credit card company announced on Tuesday (Jan 8) it is dropping the word “Mastercard” from its logo – where it has been for the last 50 years – leaving behind just two intersecting circles of red and […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares climbed to a 3-1/2-week high on Wednesday, supported by growing optimism that the United States and China can strike a trade deal to avoid an all-out confrontation that would severely disrupt the global economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS climbed 1.5 percent to its highest level […]