A careful reading of the national income accounts suggests that after a strong recovery from the pandemic, there has been a significant ebbing of dynamism over the last three quarters to more modest levels recently, note Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman. How is the Indian economy doing? The answer to […]

Anaheim, the Southern California city that’s the home of Disneyland, has released a report on how the theme park’s proposed expansion would impact the environment. On Thursday, Anaheim released a 17,000-page environmental impact report for Disney’s proposed expansion, known as “Disneyland Forward.” There was good and bad in the outlook. […]

The CEO of Universal Destinations & Experiences said hopes are high that the new Epic Universe theme park in Orlando set to open in 2025 will extend visitor stays from three or four days to a full week, becoming a new destination for families with kids age eight and above […]

‘As part of our D33 strategy, the plan is to establish 30 unicorns in Dubai within the next 10 years.’ Dubai has laid out an ambitious $8.7 trillion economic plan in a decade under the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) to boost its position as a financial and innovation hub, said […]

With the actors’ strike now in its 63rd day, SAG-AFTRA leaders are ramping up their rhetoric against the studio heads, accusing them in the latest issue of the SAG-AFTRA Magazine of “behaving like petty tyrants,” “would-be feudal lords” and “land barons in feudal times.” Contract talks broke off July 13 […]

Linda Yaccarino spent 15 years at Turner Entertainment and 11.5 years at NBCUniversal before her surprise appointment as Twitter’s (now X) new CEO. As she continues to build her team, she just announced four hires of executives she had worked with at Turner or NBCUniversal, bringing more Hollywood experience to […]

‘As part of our D33 strategy, the plan is to establish 30 unicorns in Dubai within the next 10 years.’ Dubai has laid out an ambitious $8.7 trillion economic plan in a decade under the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) to boost its position as a financial and innovation hub, said […]

Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Elon Musk includes a number of intriguing vignettes involving everyone from Bill Gates to Google co-founder Sergei Brin. Two in particular involve Endeavor chief Ari Emanuel, who reportedly proposed running Twitter for $100 million, not long after Larry David had chastised Musk to his face […]

A Semafor story about the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against America’s three big car makers pointed out that Tesla was among the 10 largest car companies in the world based on revenue. That is extraordinary because Tesla sells only electric vehicles (EVs). (This is the most dependable car brand […]

Stocks moved mostly higher early in the session on Friday and continue to see modest strength in afternoon trading. The major averages have pulled back off their highs of the session but remain in positive territory. Currently, the Dow is up 69.00 points or 0.2 percent at 34,569.73, the Nasdaq […]