Amid a myriad of struggles, has the Walt Disney Company found its knight in shining — and pricey — armor? After a rough 2023, greatly dampened fan expectations, an embarrassing legal loss to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and a very public proxy battle for control of the ailing media behemoth (which incumbent CEO Bob Iger […]
Few names are more synonymous with the traditional toy space than Hasbro. The multinational entertainment conglomerate based out of Rhode Island has its hand in a number of massive franchises, from Transformers and G.I. Joe to Marvel and Star Wars. It also owns a number of classic board game properties, such as Monopoly, as well […]
Former President Donald Trump has added almost $2 billion to his total fortune, according to recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That filing — a Schedule 13D form filed by Trump himself — said that the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee was eligible to receive an additional 36 million shares of […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. As salvage efforts continue, authorities also announced late Wednesday they had recovered the body of a fifth person who died in the […]
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it’s canceling $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institutes, a defunct, for-profit art school that shuttered its campuses last year. Under the plan, borrowers enrolled at any Art Institute campus between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct. 6, 2017, can have their debt forgiven. The […]
WASHINGTON — Medical device maker Philips said Monday it will pay $1.1 billion to settle hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines, which have been subject to a massive global recall. The Dutch manufacturer did not admit any fault and said it reached the agreement to resolve any […]
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billion, its ruler said Sunday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s announcement marks the latest chapter in the rebound of […]
The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday. The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot systems. The package also includes more munitions for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, […]
Congress passed President Biden‘s $95 billion foreign aid package thanks, in part, to making some of the Ukraine aid a loan though the prospects for getting repaid aren’t good. Most of the $61 billion in the package for Ukraine will be spent in the U.S. for weapons to send into the war zone. About $9 […]
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and it’s likely he’ll get them in an additional $6 billion aid package expected to be announced by the U.S. as soon as Friday. Zelenskyy discussed the need for Patriots early Friday at […]
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