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...Berkshire had struck a deal about six years ago to acquire an interest in Pilot Travel Centers, founded by billionaire James “Big Jim” Haslam II, patriarch of a powerful Tennessee family....
...Warner Bros Discovery, which produced the $190mn film alongside Legendary Entertainment, needs Dune: Part Two to perform well....
...The Mavericks have a 50 per cent stake in their arena, the American Airlines Center, which it shares with local NHL franchise the Dallas Stars....
...According to OryLab Inc, which runs the café, the goal is to use technology to achieve a new form of social participation....
...Additional reporting by Eung Sea A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 12. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Blade signed up high-profile early investors including IAC’s Barry Diller and David Zaslav, now CEO of Warner Bros Discovery Networks. It raised $365mn by going public last year....
...Companies are perceived to be resilient during times of economic uncertainty as they offer a cheaper alternative to foreign travel for consumers looking to save cash....
...Having disrupted the music industry, books, travel, banking, taxis — you know the list by now — the Valley came for Tinseltown....
...Undeterred, Mitsubishi Estate two years later took control of New York’s Rockefeller Center....
...“I travel 150 blocks south of where I live to see the musicals I work on....
...Shares have fallen 25 per cent so far this year, in part because of the increasingly competitive market for streaming which has forced Disney and competitors like Warner Bros Discovery and Netflix to rethink...
...Its opening was planned for 2001 but was cancelled after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which meant people were not inclined to travel, let alone buy art, and there was an accompanying economic downturn too...
...The latest report from Pew Research Center found that TikTok had rocketed in popularity among American teenagers....
...Additional reporting by Kim Dung Tong in Ho Chi Minh City and Yuji Kuronuma in Tokyo A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 6 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc....
...“Tech bros don’t do well on their own,” a hacker, who prefers to remain anonymous, tells me. “For computer dorks, work is the only socialisation they have.”...
...The direction of travel seems clear: Jope said in July there was plenty for the brand “to get their teeth into on their social justice mission without straying into geopolitics”....
...Woronka added that the slow recovery in the cruise industry — due in part to more onerous Covid-19 restrictions from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than are enforced on other travel operators...
...The mandate was instead struck down on Monday by a federal judge, who ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its authority in issuing the rules to protect against the spread...
...Ending the mask requirement will not have a “meaningful impact on demand” for air travel, said Savanthi Syth, an analyst at Raymond James....
...Judging by the curtains, bland lamps and control panel light flashing behind her, McLaughlin’s employer has maintained Walton’s penny-pinching approach to business travel....
...The same face, with her lipsticked half-smile and blue eyes, also served for “Luella Ocondo, Secretary of American Indian Center”....
...New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc vs Bruen The court’s conservative majority last week recognised a constitutional right to carry firearms outside the home, striking down a century-old New York...
...The investor group acquired Scotland’s largest studio as well as Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York and southern California’s CBS Studio Center, where Seinfeld was shot....
...Sheathed in aluminium and sparkling glass, the 99-storey Kingdom Center is the glitzier of the pair....
...No surprise that Warner Bros has pressed fast forward on its streaming service....
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