Tag: leisure
Fourth-quarter earnings are near halfway done. Results have gotten better.
With the U.S. fourth-quarter earnings reporting season almost halfway through, the financial industry is fretting over souring consumer credit. Companies that make shoes and clothes [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Max is back on top: Here’s what’s worth streaming in February 2024
It’s become tiresome to hear ever-more-common complaints that between price hikes, consolidation and fewer shows, streaming has basically become cable. It has not. It’s not [Read more about this post…]
Mattel shares rise 4% after WSJ reports activist interest
Shares of Mattel MAT, +2.12% traded higher late on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported activist investor Barington Capital had built an undisclosed stake [Read more about this post…]
Universal Music warns it’ll pull songs off TikTok after licensing deal expires
Universal Music Group, which represents megastars such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake, is warning it will pull its songs from TikTok after failing [Read more about this post…]
Soccer game’s popularity scores for EA — and creates a higher bar to clear for growth
Videogame maker Electronic Arts Inc. saw a modest uptick in gaming demand during the holiday season, helped by gains in its “EA Sports FC” soccer [Read more about this post…]
Five-star fund manager bets on cheap AI, beer and China plays
We’ve got big tech earnings on the way from Microsoft and Alphabet, as a Fed meeting looms. What are big money managers worried about? “The [Read more about this post…]
Nick Dunlap turns pro: Golfer who lost out on $1.5M won’t be able to recoup money
Nick Dunlap, the amateur golfer who won a $1.5 million prize from the American Express tournament last weekend but couldn’t collect it because he was [Read more about this post…]
This ‘poor little rich boy’ is becoming a sensation among comic-book collectors
Collectors of comic books have long obsessed about Superman, Spider-Man and the broader array of superheroes. And that has led to surging prices for some [Read more about this post…]
AMC shares hit another record-low close, extending losing streak to five days
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. shares ended Friday’s session down 0.3% at a record-low close of $4.07. Shares of the movie-theater chain and original meme-stock darling have [Read more about this post…]
Online gambling company Kindred Group confirms takeover bid by France’s FDJ
Kindred Group confirmed Sunday that La Française des Jeux SA has made an acquisition bid, which would create one of Europe’s largest online gambling companies. [Read more about this post…]
