In 2004, Blockbuster ruled entertainment with 9,000 stores and 60,000 employees. Netflix was mailing red envelopes and running a streaming site that barely worked. Reed Hastings knew DVDs were dying, but Blockbuster’s executives didn’t want to cannibalize their late fee goldmine. Five years later, one company owned Hollywood while the other sold assets in bankruptcy…
Labubu doll creator surpasses Bezos on world’s richest list Wang Ning, the founder and CEO of Chinese toy giant Pop Mart — best known for its popular Labubu dolls — has seen his fortune skyrocket by $18.8 billion in just the first eight months of 2025. His meteoric rise has outpaced legendary…
Facebook Tweet Email Link New York — Stocks were lower on Friday as investors digested inflation data that matched expectations and looked ahead to the Labor Day weekend. The Dow fell 187 points, or 0.41%. The broader S&P 500 fell 0.73% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 1.17%. The major indexes pulled back slightly after…
Washington — President Trump is looking to claw back nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funds that Congress already approved, deploying a rarely used maneuver known as a pocket rescission to withhold funding without lawmakers’ authorization. The move has prompted bipartisan pushback from Capitol Hill, with one top Republican calling it “unlawful.” In a letter…
Jamie Oliver’s new Channel 4 series, Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy, started this week, promising plenty of “nutritious nosh”. The first episode delivered several delicious dishes, including sustainable meatballs and a smoked salmon omelette that covers all food groups. But we’re more intrigued by Jamie’s chicken dish, which is doing the rounds on TikTok. The recipe?…
Eric Trump, son of the US president, urged a crowd in Hong Kong on Friday to buy bitcoin during a trip to Asia where his crypto company is reportedly seeking acquisitions. Eric Trump at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on August 29, 2025. Screenshot: BitcoinConfAsia/X. US cryptocurrency investors were major supporters of Donald…
As summer comes to a close, so too do our summer Fridays, Euro summers, and email-free days on the beach. Once again, we return to regular office hours. A “back to school” moment, if you will, but for adults. That said, being at the office doesn’t have to come with a sense of dread—sartorially speaking,…
Uefa will decide in September whether to approve a request by the Spanish football federation for Villarreal and Real Madrid to contest a La Liga game in Miami in December. European football’s governing body is expected to discuss the matter at its next executive committee meeting in Tirana on 11 September and, should no move…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Aug. 12. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image and its content cannot be independently verified. Korean Central News Agency/Korea…
No place in Syria was more feared than Sednaya prison during the Assad family’s decades-long, iron-fisted rule. Situated on a barren hilltop on the outskirts of Damascus, the capital, Sednaya was at the heart of the Assads’ extensive system of torture prisons and arbitrary arrests used to crush all dissent. By the end of the…