Blockbuster heatwave helping drive summer movie box office
What are some of the most packed movie screenings at the Maya Cinemas Fresno 16 in Fresno, California, these days? "Oppenheimer?" The multiplex's dozen daily showings of "Barbie?" Actually, it's the matinees of both.
2023-08-05 22:18
'Barbenheimer' box office success has reawakened America's moviegoing muscle
It's a tale of two movies and a box office triumph: "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" maintained incredible momentum into their second weekends.
2023-07-31 03:54
'Barbenheimer' had incredible box office momentum in its first week
It was an explosive week for "Barbenheimer," with the atomic bomb and the atomic blond working hand in plastic hand to deliver box office dynamite. In their first week in domestic theaters, "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" grossed more than $368 million combined.
2023-07-30 02:24
Temperatures reached record highs this week. Here's why you still need a sweater in the office
This week, temperatures soared past 100 degrees in many parts of the country. But if you work in an office, chances are the temperatures indoors felt the exact opposite.
2023-07-29 22:15
'Sound of Freedom' is a box office hit. It has an unusual ticket strategy
"Sound of Freedom," a movie about a US federal agent who quit his job to chase child sex traffickers, has become what is, by the numbers, a summer blockbuster, taking in around $125 million in theaters since its debut. But it's relying on an unusual strategy to boost ticket sales.
2023-07-25 23:23
Did 'Barbenheimer' just bring back cinema?
Summer blockbusters "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have given the troubled film industry a big shot in the arm, kindling hopes that consumers may have fallen back in love with the big screen three years after the pandemic forced movie theaters to close.
2023-07-24 20:21
Hybrid-work trend may wipe out $800 billion from office property values by 2030 - McKinsey study
A shift to remote working is likely to wipe off $800 billion from the value of office buildings
2023-07-13 18:55
Nigeria offers students loans - they want jobs
Two massive reforms are aimed at improving Nigeria's dilapidated universities - but will they work?
2023-07-03 08:25
Work from yurt? Co-working spaces are getting weird
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, nobody wanted to work full time in the office. Three years later, many of those same people have soured on working full time at home.
2023-07-01 18:20
Silicon Valley escalates the battle over returning to the office
Three years after Silicon Valley companies led the charge for embracing remote work in the early days of the pandemic, the tech industry is now escalating the fight to bring employees back into the office -— and igniting tensions with staff in the process.
2023-06-10 22:45
Half of the biggest global companies plan to cut office space. US cities will suffer most
Around 50% of major global companies will need less real estate in the next three years, with American cities — led by San Francisco — most exposed to empty offices, new research has found.
2023-06-06 23:16
Biden to address nation from Oval Office after avoiding catastrophic default
President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Friday evening -- his first time speaking to the country directly from that setting -- following congressional passage of a compromise measure that raises the federal borrowing limit and avoids a catastrophic default.
2023-06-02 23:18