A still from Disney’s “The Lion King” featuring Nala (Beyonce Knowles) and Simba (Donald Glover). Disney While the critic’s consensus of “The Lion King” wasn’t exactly glowing, it’s clear that Disney has managed to find an innovative, and lucrative, way of retelling its 1994 animated classic. The visually lush film earned $543.6 million in its
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2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible Source: Corvette Little more than a week after the splashy introduction of the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, General Motors has put out a “teaser” video that shows what it has in store next for the two-seater often called “America’s sports car.” Over the next several years, GM officials told CNBC at
An employee drives a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric automobile, equipped with Autopilot hardware and software, hands-free on a highway. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two consumer safety groups are calling for federal and state investigations of Tesla’s semi-autonomous technology in the wake of several fatal crashes linked to the system earlier
A mobile phone open to the web site of credit bureau Equifax, with text on the website reading ‘Equifax Cybersecurity Incident’, providing steps for consumers to take following a security breach in 2017 that affected 143 million Americans. Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images I may have banked $125 Friday by taking less
Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios If you were to ask someone to name one of the main characters from the movie “Avatar,” odds are they wouldn’t be able to. That’s the risk Disney has undertaken in continuing James Cameron’s vision of four more “Avatar” films. While “Avatar” made its way to the top of the
Zuora: “No. I want you to hold for now. It’s in the penalty box … because they missed the quarter so badly last time that I just think that you have to wait a full quarter to see if they can get it together. The subscription economy is good, but their business is not.” Lithia
The consumer and industrial economies are telling conflicting tales this earnings season, and it could be enough to trigger a change in Federal Reserve policy, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “The industrial economy is so weak that [Fed Chair] Jay Powell now has plenty of ammo to justify cutting interest rates,” he said. “And if
Elon Musk Mike Blake | Reuters Tesla shares are headed for their steepest drop since 2013 after the electric carmaker reported a wider-than-expected loss and disappointing revenue and announced the departure of Chief Technology Officer and co-founder JB Straubel from the executive ranks. The stock plunged 14% as of late morning on Thursday to $227.63.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA in 2004. Epstein is connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images Victoria’s Secret owner, L Brands, has hired outside counsel to review the company’s relationship with accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a company spokesperson said on Thursday.
Twilio: “I think Twilio is the backbone of so much of what’s going on in Silicon Valley right now, whether it be Lyft, whether it be Airbnb. That even at the exalted levels … it is still a buy. “ AT&T: “I’m going to tell you I think AT&T delivered a good quarter. I didn’t