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‘Minions 2’ Breaks Records With $128 Million Holiday Weekend
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Universal and Illumination Universal and Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, starring Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin, debuted two years behind schedule, bec...
Tesla deliveries fall due to China Covid shutdowns and supply shortages
Parts shortages and pandemic-related production shutdowns at Tesla’s plant in Shanghai caused a big drop in the electric car maker’s latest global vehicle deliveries, according to figures released on ...
‘Minions 2’ Rises With Despicable $48 Million Friday
(from left) Minion Stuart, Gru (Steve Carell) and Minions © 2022 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. “Have we started the Gru?” “Yes. The Gru rises!” Well, I guess Disney can’t blame Covid for kid...
Covid could not sink cruise lines — but they now face an iceberg of debt
At one point in February 2020, a single cruise ship — the Diamond Princess — accounted for more than half of the world’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 outside China. The 3,700 passengers and crew endure...
Constance Wu Should Have Been A Movie Star
HOLLYWOOD, CA – AUGUST 07: Actor Constance Wu arrives at Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Crazy Rich Asians” Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on August 7, 2018 in Hollywood, Califor...
NIO XPEV LI report strong deliveries for June as Covid wanes
Nio’s ES7 sports utility vehicle adds another competitor to Tesla’s Model X and Model Y in China. Nio Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio reported Friday that it delivered nearly 13,000 veh...
Health Inequities May Cost The U.S. One Trillion Dollars
Health inequity is expensive. A new report by Deloitte elucidates the details: “…health inequities account for approximately $320 billion in annual health care spending signaling an unsustainable cris...
NFT NYC Sees Record Attendance, Some Catch Covid
The concept for the NFT.NYC, as per the words of NFT.NYC co-founder Jodee Rich came to him around four years ago when he was having dinner with co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer of OpenSea (an NFT marke...
FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Omicron-Specific Covid Boosters—Here’s When You Should Get Your Next Shot
Topline An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended the agency push to field new Covid-19 booster shots targeting the highly contagious omicron variant, a move some ho...
California Hate Crimes Hit 20-Year High In 2021—Driven By Covid-Era ‘Pandemic Of Hate’
Topline The number of hate crimes reported in California increased by nearly one-third in 2021 to reach the highest level in 20 years, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday, saying t...
Rafael Nadal Escapes 1st Round And Covid Chaos To Advance At Wimbledon
Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in a first … [+] round men’s singles match on day two of the Wimbledon tennis championship...
FDA panel recommends changing Covid shots to fight omicron this fall
A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...
Maternal Death Rates Soared During Pandemic—Especially Among Black And Hispanic Women, Study Finds
Topline Maternal deaths soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly among Black and Hispanic women, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, underscoring the vast inequali...
Trip.com Financial Results Beat & Benefits From China Covid Easing
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were largely higher as China, the Philippines, and Malaysia outperformed. Hong Kong and China both opened lower but did a mid-day 180 as reports ca...
China cuts quarantine for overseas travelers, easing Covid controls
For more than two years, overseas travelers have had to quarantine upon arrival in China because of Covid restrictions. Pictured here at Beijing International Airport on June 18, 2022, are passengers ...
‘Elvis’ Rocks $31 Million Debut As ‘Black Phone’ Grabs $23 Million
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in ‘Elvis’ Warner Bros. Elvis opened strong this weekend with a $30.5 million Fri-Sun debut right alongside Top Gun: Maverick’s shockingly huge (also $30.5 mill...
A New Covid Vaccine That’s Effective Against Omicron Could Hit The Market This Year
Topline Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are hoping to launch their latest Covid vaccine later this year after trials found it to be particularly effective against the omicron variant, promising news for th...
Google Ventures & The Virgin Group Are Investing In Sesame, A “Superstore” For Healthcare
Healthcare is at a tipping point. Amidst a myriad of regulations, pharmaceutical pricing policies, insurance premiums and co-payments, and varying care models, navigating affordable healthcare is a si...
Vaccines Prevented Nearly 20 Million Covid Deaths Worldwide In One Year, Study Finds
Topline Covid-19 vaccines saved almost 20 million lives worldwide during the first year they were rolled out, according to a mathematical modeling study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases on ...
CDC panel recommends Moderna two-dose Covid vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to clear Moderna‘s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kindergartners through high schoolers for public distribution this week after the agen...
Korea Blockchain Week to Hold First Live Event in Seoul After Covid Hiatus
Seoul, South Korea, 23rd June, 2022, Chainwire Korea Blockchain Week 2022 (KBW2022) is holding its first live event since the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, finally bringing the most respected...
Nearly 1 In 3 Children With Covid Have Experienced Long-Lasting Symptoms, Study Finds
Topline Almost one in three among thousands of Danish children diagnosed with Covid experienced long-lasting symptoms, according to a study published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on Wednesday...
Australia, India, Singapore Help Fuel Executive Search Gains In Asia-Pacific As Covid Impact Wanes
“It’s a very good year,” says Boyden APAC board member William Farrell. Boyden Growing demand for business and engineering talent in Australia, India and Singapore is giving a boost to executive searc...
This Is What A Slow Theatrical Recovery Looks Like
Top Gun Maverick, Lightyear and Jurassic World Dominion Paramount, Disney and Universal Yes, Lightyear earned just $50.5 million in its disappointing Fri-Sun domestic debut, which along with an $83 mi...
It’s All About The Fed And Its Taper
FED federal reserve of USA symbol and sign. getty It is easy to make things too complex in investing and trading. It might seem dangerous to oversimplify when it comes to money, but generally it’s muc...
China’s Unpredictability Is “Poisonous” For Its Business Environment, EU Chamber Says
A volunteer in protective gear fans himself with a paper printed with a health QR code at a COVID-19 … [+] testing site in Beijing, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ASSOCIATED PRESS U...
CDC Signs Off On Covid Vaccines For Young Children—Shots To Begin Next Week
Topline Two Covid-19 vaccines aimed at young children cleared their final regulatory hurdle Saturday afternoon, with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky recommending the shots for the final large segme...
CDC Panel Recommends Covid Vaccines For Young Children
Topline A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel voted unanimously Saturday to recommend Covid vaccines for children under 5, in one of the final regulatory steps before shots can g...
CDC advisors recommend Covid vaccines for children as young as 6 months
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccin...