Hollywood’s Box Office Recovery Needs Rewrite
2023 may be over, but Hollywood’s painful reckoning isn’t—especially at the box office. This year’s holiday season has largely been a lump of coal for the movie industry. Domestic box office receipts for the season starting the first week of November have barely crossed the $1 billion mark. That is actually below the same period […]
The Fed Alone Can’t Make Gold Sparkle in 2024
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: five gold rings, which turned out to be much more expensive than a year ago. The key investment question is whether they will be worth even more by the time next Christmas comes around. New York gold futures traded around $2077 an ounce […]
How I, and Everyone Else, Got 2023 So Wrong
It is good practice to learn from your mistakes, but even better is to learn from other people’s mistakes. My biggest error in 2023 was the same as everyone else’s: being in the consensus that the fastest rate hikes in 40 years would cause a recession. They didn’t, but there is still deep disagreement on […]
To Lower Your Taxes in 2024, Make These Moves Now
A new tax year is a great time to make smart tax moves and avoid dumb ones. This difference matters a lot because taxes are often the largest factor affecting investment returns in a portfolio. They also matter to your retirement savings, your home and your donations, among other things. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & […]
The Teenage Millionaires Rocking the Sports World
College athletes are making more than some professionals from their name, image and likeness Source link
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2024
Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media. Source link
Elon Musk and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Form a Trans-Atlantic Bond
ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have formed one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances. Behind their budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics, as well as in tech-sector regulation and the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. […]
Stratford-upon-Avon care home left patient lying in urine-soaked sheets
A care home has been put in special measures because of serious safeguarding concerns including one patient being left lying in urine-soaked sheets. Scholars Mews Care Home, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, was criticised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for a “significant deterioration” in the standard of care. It follows an unannounced inspection in October after […]
Health: Can BBC show help men talk about erectile dysfunction?
Stars and doctors hope Russell T Davies’s BBC drama Men Up can help end impotence stigma. Source link
Maine Bars Trump From 2024 Primary Ballot, Joining Colorado
Maine’s top election official on Thursday barred Donald J. Trump from the state’s primary election ballot, the second state to block the former president’s bid for re-election based on claims that his efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election rendered him ineligible. In a written decision, the official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, […]