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
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »“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. …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »‘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 …
Read More »Manhattan shooting timeline: New details highlight minutes inside Manhattan office as Shane Tamura opened fire
Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. During evening rush hour in New York City on Monday, a man calmly walked into a Park Avenue office building lobby and killed a police officer, then opened fire on other innocent strangers. Within a minute, the gunman had disappeared into a labyrinth of elevator banks and …
Read More »Superman Box Office Knocks Off LOTR Movie To Crack The Studio’s All-Time Highest-Grossing Chart
Superman is climbing a major box office chart. The superhero movie, which is the latest title to feature the iconic DC Comics character, was written and directed by James Gunn and debuted with a $125 million opening weekend, which it followed by quickly flying past the $500 million milestone worldwide by the end of its third full week in theaters. …
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