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In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ezra Miller stars as Barry Allen in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.” Warner Bros. Discovery “The Flash” is a flop. “Black Adam” was a bust. And does anyone remember “Shazam: Fury of the Gods”? DC Studios needs more than a hero, it needs a new strategy

Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, left; David Zaslav, CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery, center; and Bob Bakish, president and CEO of Paramount Global. Getty Images Companies and industries have ups and downs. The legacy media industry is in a valley. The first half of 2023 has been a colossal disappointment

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker directs a Southwest Airlines Co. Boeing 737 passenger jet pushing back from a gate at Midway International Airport (MDW) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Friday that it has reached

In this article SG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In early May, Sweetgreen opened its first automated location, in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois. After only a few weeks operating the restaurant, the salad chain is preparing to go all in on the technology to cut labor costs and improve the customer experience.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell departs after speaking during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2023.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve plans to keep hiking interest rates to stem inflation, which means an increase in

In this article QSR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Burger King’s plan to revive its U.S. business is already showing signs of improved franchisee profitability, on top of stronger sales. “We’ve moved sales back in the right direction, but we’ve already started to move franchise profitability meaningfully higher,” Josh Kobza, CEO of parent company

Oddity Il Makiage Coutesy: Oddity Beauty and tech company Oddity, which runs the Il Makiage and Spoiled Child brands, filed to go public Friday as the once-frozen IPO market warms up.  The Israel-based company plans to trade on the Nasdaq using the ticker ODD. The company didn’t immediately disclose how the offering would be priced

In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Marchers with Starbucks pass through the landmark intersection of Hollywood and Highland during the annual Pride Parade in Los Angeles, June 12, 2022. David Mcnew | Getty Images Some organized Starbucks stores will strike across the U.S. starting Friday in Seattle after the coffee giant

Russell Westbrook, who played for the Washington Wizards in the 2020-21 NBA season, reacts prior to playing against the Denver Nuggets at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., February 17, 2021. Will Newton | Getty Images Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has offered to buy a minority stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the parent company

In this article NSC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cleanup efforts continue on portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2023. Gene J. Puskar | AP Norfolk Southern supervisors didn’t address an engineer’s safety concerns before a train loaded with toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine,

In this article ABI-BE TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Illustration by Gene Kim Attacks against businesses for their inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community have forced companies to try to strike a balance between expressing values or risking backlash — and even violence — from a small but vocal part of their customer bases.

Chicken produced in a laboratory from chicken cells. Terry Chea | AP The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the sale of cell-cultured chicken in a landmark decision that clears the path for consumers to try it out themselves, the two startups that received the first approvals said Wednesday. Cultured meat, also known as cultivated,

PGA Tour logo during the third round of the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2017, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Fred Kfoury | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Key lawmakers on Wednesday invited the officials behind the proposed deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf to testify at a Senate

In this article TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Target logo is displayed on the screen of a smartphone. Sheldon Cooper | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Target has a new way to speed packages to customers who live in the farther-out suburbs and neighborhoods of major cities, as it tries

In this article BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Buy Buy Baby store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond is working on another last-ditch effort to keep one of its chains alive. The retailer said

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Tuesday sued five medical spas and wellness clinics for allegedly selling cheaper, unauthorized versions

Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II” February 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. From left to right are Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and CEO of AbbVie Inc; Pascal Soriot, executive director and CEO of AstraZeneca; Giovanni Caforio, chairman of

XBB.1.5 strain of Covid CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended that Covid vaccine manufacturers make single-strain shots for the fall that target omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, the dominant strain of the virus nationwide. “Based on the totality of the evidence, FDA has advised manufacturers who will

Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies brings the ball upcourt during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers during Game Five of the Western Conference playoffs at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, April 26, 2023. Justin Ford | Getty Images The National Basketball Association suspended Ja Morant for 25 games after the Memphis Grizzlies star brandished

In this article DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Sports gambling powerhouse DraftKings has made a $195 million, all-cash offer for PointsBet’s U.S. assets, it said on Friday, topping an earlier bid by Fanatics. Fanatics in May agreed to buy the Australian company’s U.S. operations for $150