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Steelcase Stock Skyrockets as Office Furniture Company Agrees to Sale

Steelcase Stock Skyrockets as Office Furniture Company Agrees to Sale

Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Shares of Steelcase were down 14% this year entering trading Monday Shares of Steelcase (SCS) soared more than 50% Monday morning after the office furniture maker agreed to be acquired by HNI Corporation (HNI) for $2.2 billion in cash and stock. Shareholders of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Steelcase would receive $7.20 …

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David Zucker Reacts to Reboot Movie’s Opening Box Office

David Zucker Reacts to Reboot Movie’s Opening Box Office

David Zucker, who directed the original Naked Gun film, sees the reboot’s positive reception as a sign that this is a good year — even if he has no plans to watch the new movie that stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Zucker has been outspoken about feeling burned that he and other members of the original 1988 film’s team …

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First Steps’ Collapsed At The Box Office

First Steps’ Collapsed At The Box Office

Fantastic Four: First Steps Credit: Marvel It’s been a rough year for Disney and Marvel’s MCU. Captain America: Brave New World was met with tepid reviews and a sluggish box office. Thunderbolts was better received, but the relatively unknown characters and title almost guaranteed that it would flop. More on these two in a minute. Fantastic Four: First Steps seemed, …

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NYSE Texas moving into historic Oak Lawn office park

NYSE Texas moving into historic Oak Lawn office park

The Big Board has found a home in Dallas, and someone to run it. The New York Stock Exchange-Texas will move into the historic Old Parkland office campus in Oak Lawn, the world’s largest exchange announced on Monday. With a signed lease in hand, the Big Board’s local branch is expected to open at the location in 2026, the NYSE …

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Fantastic Four faces steep drop-off at weekend box office

Fantastic Four faces steep drop-off at weekend box office

Could the age of Marvel’s uncontested dominance finally be over? Fantastic Four: First Steps had a “just fine” debut, though it couldn’t reach the heights of DC’s Superman. Now in its second weekend, the latest entry in the MCU faced a disappointing 66 percent drop off. It’s still Marvel’s biggest hit of the year, and it still came in at …

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Steelcase Stock Skyrockets as Office Furniture Company Agrees to Sale

Steelcase Stock Skyrockets as Office Furniture Company Agrees to Sale

Shares of Steelcase (SCS) soared more than 50% Monday morning after the office furniture maker agreed to be acquired by HNI Corporation (HNI) for $2.2 billion in cash and stock. Shareholders of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Steelcase would receive $7.20 in cash and 0.2192 shares of HNI common stock for each Steelcase share they own, with an implied purchase price of …

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“Fantastic Four ”suffers significant week 2 drop at domestic box office, but still holds on to top spot

“Fantastic Four ”suffers significant week 2 drop at domestic box office, but still holds on to top spot

Key Points The Fantastic Four: First Steps scored another No. 1 at the domestic box office. Two premieres took the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the domestic charts: animated sequel The Bad Guys 2 and action-comedy reboot The Naked Gun. Fantastic Four‘s nemeses next week are Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in another Disney-distributed production, Freakier Friday. …

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‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ‘F1’ Hit Box Office Milestone

‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ‘F1’ Hit Box Office Milestone

“Jurassic World Rebirth” keeps roaring at the box office with ticket sales clearing the $750 million milestone over the weekend. Universal’s dinosaur tentpole, which rebooted the prehistoric series with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali at the helm, has grossed $766 million globally after five weekends of release. It’s one of three Hollywood films this year — Disney’s “Lilo …

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I Ditched Office Work, Started a Food Stall Using My Grandma’s Recipes

I Ditched Office Work, Started a Food Stall Using My Grandma’s Recipes

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ernest Ang, the 24-year-old founder of Kokoyo Nyonya Delights, a Peranakan eatery in Singapore. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was younger, I wasn’t allowed in the kitchen alone. My family always feared I’d burn it down. So when I told my grandmother that I wanted to …

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‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ holds onto top box office spot

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ holds onto top box office spot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel’s first family stumbled in theaters in its second weekend, but still held on to the top spot at the box office. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” earned $40 million from 4,125 North American theaters, a 66% drop from a healthy $117.6 million debut. The film was accompanied by comedies “The Bad Guys 2” and “The …

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