AT&T Inc. detailed its plans for the spinoff of WarnerMedia on Friday, with investors eventually expected to receive a share of the new streaming-media entity for every four AT&T shares they own. AT&T T, -1.95% is in the process of spinning off its WarnerMedia business in a combination with Discovery Inc. DISCA, which executives have … Read more
By: Minuteman Press Int’l. | 1 Share 21 Reads May 05, 2022 // Franchising.com // SILVERTON, Pretoria, South Africa – Minuteman Press in Silverton officially opened in March of 2006. The design, marketing, and printing franchise is owned by Wendy and Leon Krause, who were immensely to Celebrate their 15th business anniversary with a ‘WILDLY … Read more
Investors in credit-card companies have beat the odds lately. Now they will have to decide whether to cash in their winnings or keep rolling the bet. Shares of many companies in the business of card payments have held up in a turbulent year. Discover Financial Services DFS 3.04% and Visa V -1.11% are down a … Read more
AT THE RISK of triggering horrible, gingham-tinged flashbacks, let’s revisit the Zoom shirt. For at least a year, starting in March 2020, these inoffensive, often gingham or plaid shirts were what homebound men and women wore on video call after video call. Suits were mothballed. Ties? Forget about it. But the button-up Zoom shirt—even if … Read more
KYOTO, Japan—On Christmas Day last year, three dozen geisha danced, sang and talked before several hundred guests at a luxury hotel in Japan’s ancient capital. Their ancient sisters would have been shocked. For centuries, Kyoto’s geisha reserved their art for a moneyed few behind closed paper doors. Dressed in ornate kimono, they danced in customary … Read more
I have an urgent message for Elon Musk: When the number 58,008 is turned upside down on a calculator, the 8s looks like Bs and the 5 a bit like an S, yielding an informal anatomy term that gets a laugh from young schoolboys every time. Rhymes with “tubes.” It’s a potential game-changer for the … Read more
A New York retired nurse lost $43,000 of her life savings to bitcoin scammers, after transferring the money to them through a malicious computer pop-up – an unfortunate reminder to be vigilant when it comes to your money. Retirement Tip of the Week: Be careful of what sites you trust, and if a pop-up or … Read more
By Jaime Llinares Taboada Anglo Pacific Group PLC on Wednesday reported a record profit for 2021 and said that the outlook for the business is very strong due to an increase in commodity prices. Here’s what the royalty and streaming company had to say: On 2021 performance: Record annual portfolio contribution of $85.6 million (2020: … Read more
Lululemon Athletica Inc. posted higher revenue and profit for the fourth quarter, becoming one of the few direct-to-consumer brands to find growth amid rampant supply-chain challenges and the emergence of the Omicron variant. The athleisure company on Tuesday reported net revenues of $2.1 billion in the quarter ended Jan. 30, up 23% from the previous … Read more
XPO Logistics Inc. sold its North American intermodal segment for about $710 million, further unwinding a sprawling transportation business built up through a decade of acquisitions. The sale to freight and warehousing provider STG Logistics Inc., which XPO said was completed Thursday and was announced Friday, brings Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO closer to its goal of … Read more