James Corden as Bustopher Jones in “Cats.” Universal Despite a stellar cast and the promise of unique, innovative computer-generated visuals, “Cats” couldn’t lure in moviegoers during its opening weekend. The film, which currently holds a 19% “Rotten” on Rotten Tomatoes, has polarized fans of the Broadway musical it was based on, critics and casual film
Brad Garlinghouse, chief executive officer of Ripple Labs Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Blockchain start-up Ripple says it’s raised a $200 million investment round, lifting its valuation to a huge $10 billion. The fundraising was led by New York investment company Tetragon, Ripple said Friday, while Japan’s SBI Holdings and Virginia-based
Anyone can line up to see the queen, her children and some of her grandchildren as they attend church on Christmas Day — and last year my mom and I braved the cold to spot all of them, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as well as Prince William
By Donna Freedman, Next Avenue Contributor Getty “Have a side hustle” is common advice for people who want to ensure their financial survival in case their full-time job goes away, survive unemployment or help boost retirement savings. About 28% of workers have one, according to the new Gallup Great Jobs Survey. One way to launch
Getty It’s the sixth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is Literacy For Incarcerated Teens. Literacy for Incarcerated Teens, Inc. (LIT) works to end illiteracy among New York’s incarcerated young people by
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Belgravia Gate, GrosvenorCrescent, Belgravia. LawrieCornish The most expensive penthouse to have been sold in London in 2019 exchanged hands on the day of the U.K. general election. An unnamed Hong Kong millionaire bought on December 12 a six-bedroom penthouse at Belgravia Gate on Grosvenor Crescent for
As Major League Baseball gets prepared to usher in a new decade, it may have achieved another milestone before the calendar flips to 2020. According to a report by Forbes, the MLB grossed a record $10.7 billion in revenue for the 2019 season, an increase from the $10.3 billion the prior year. The MLB did
Nobel-prize winning economist Robert Shiller believes the record market rally could last months — if not more. He suggests there’s an emotional high gripping the market right now that shows little signs of fading. “I put Trump as the primary cause of the recent strength in the market,” the Yale University professor told CNBC’s “Trading
Casters are showered with sparks, or ‘skeeters,’ as molten steel is shaped into bars called ‘billets’ at the TAMCO steel mini mill on in Rancho Cucamonga, California. David McNew | Getty Images United States Steel headed for one of its worst days of the year on Friday after it cut its dividend to 1 cent,
There is such a thing as a gift that keeps on giving. While unwrapping a monetary present may not be as thrilling as getting this year’s hottest toy, it is not as unexciting as it sounds, according to Jill Fopiano, the CEO of O’Brien Wealth Partners in Boston. In fact, it’s what Americans hope to