To the relief of many in the embattled pay-TV business, which faces its most uncertain fall season in decades along with existential angst due to cord-cutting, a reliable viewer draw is about to return. College football season kicks off on Saturday, with a slate of seven televised games starting with Notre Dame’s opener against Navy. A shadow is falling across […]

Fifth Season, the company formerly known as Endeavor Content, is cutting around 12% of its workforce as a result of the impact of the dual Hollywood strikes. The company, which is behind series such as Severance and Normal People, is axing 30 positions, across both executive and administrative roles. Related Stories Fifth Season Undergoes Layoffs; Eight Executives Leaving WGA Says […]

The June quarter numbers of the country’s largest listed healthcare services provider, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (Apollo), were in line with Street estimates on the operational front. Net profit estimates, however, missed expectations due to higher interest and tax outgo. The revenue performance of the core hospital segment was robust, registering a 13 per cent increase over the year-ago quarter. It […]

It was not until the Republican presidential debate entered its second hour that Fox News anchor Bret Baier addressed “the elephant not in this room” — the indictments of no-show Donald Trump. “If former President Trump is convicted in a court of law, would you still support him as your party’s choice?” When six of the eight candidates raised their […]

European stocks may open lower on Thursday amid concerns about global interest rates staying higher for longer. The Bank of England is expected to hike rates again in late September after U.K. core CPI came in unchanged in July. The FOMC meeting minutes released on Wednesday indicated that the Fed may not be done with rate hikes. Citi economist Veronica […]

Lauren Pazienza, who deliberately and randomly shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern to the ground on a Manhattan sidewalk in 2022 causing the elderly woman’s death, changed her plea from not guilty to guilty and will be sentenced to eight years in state prison. The plea deal was announced today by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. “Lauren […]

Demand for automobiles in the United States has been at a fever level for three years. Prices have risen as pandemic-driven parts shortages slowed production lines. Dealers were able to charge above the manufacturer’s suggested retail price for models consumers had trouble finding. Recently, as car production has risen to normal levels, supply has jumped. Although some cars are in […]

European shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after the release of Eurozone industrial production and Q2 GDP data. Euro area industrial production unexpectedly rose by 0.5 percent month-over-month in June 2023, after a revised flat reading in the prior month, the Eurostats reported. Separate data revealed the Eurozone economy expanded by 0.3 percent on a quarterly basis in the three […]

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) declared disappointing results in Q1FY24. While it reported a net profit of Rs 9,540 crore in Q1FY24, this was attributable to the transfer of Rs 7,490 crore from non-participating (non-par) products to shareholders’ accounts due to the accretion on available solvency margin. In operational terms, annualised premium equivalent (APE) declined and value of new […]