This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles highlighting the financial realities of everyday Americans. Unlike most people who switched jobs during the Great Resignation, Shannon Penney is working twice as much for roughly the same pay she made years ago. She wouldn’t change it. Penney, 37, became disenchanted nearly a […]
It’s probably no surprise to find artificial intelligence leader Nvidia (NVDA) among the best stocks of 2024 so far. But egg producer Vital Farms (VITL) beat Nvidia stock in the IBD 50. ↑ X NOW PLAYING How To Make More Money By Handling Faster Market Rotations Vital Farms gained an impressive 198.1% from Jan. 1 […]
Producer Steven Paul — who is said to be among suitors to take control of Paramount Global and has a deal to co-produce and finance films with the National Amusement-controlled company — has been found liable for copyright infringement in a lawsuit accusing him of manufacturing and distributing counterfeit DVDs of faith-based film I Believe, a […]
Ron Simons, the actor who turned into a formidable screen and stage producer winning four Tony Awards, has died aged 63. SimonSays Entertainment, his New York-based production company, said Simons died on Wednesday but gave no cause or other details. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the unexpected passing of our beloved, blessed, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in May amid lower energy costs, another indication that inflation was subsiding after surging in the first quarter. The producer price index for final demand dropped 0.2% last month after advancing by an unrevised 0.5% in April, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Thursday. […]
A former protege of Grammy-winning writer and producer The-Dream has accused him of sexual assault and other abuse. Chanaaz Mangroe, who performed under the stage name Channii Monroe, filed a lawsuit against The-Dream, whose legal name is Terius Gesteelde-Diamant alleging he lured her into “an abusive, violent, and manipulative relationship filled with physical assaults, violent […]
Jun. 2—John Hendrix was stressed on Thursday. He temporarily shut down a well that produces 50% of his company’s gas from Cook Inlet for a mandatory state test. The well produces large quantities of water and Hendrix didn’t know if gas would flow again. “We were biting our nails there on that one,” he said. […]
Albert S Ruddy, a colourful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, developed the raucous prison-sports comedy The Longest Yard and helped create the hit sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died aged 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” on Saturday at the UCLA Medical Centre, according to a spokesperson, who added […]
Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather Part II who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died aged 89. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said on Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film Megalopolis […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in April amid strong gains in the costs of services and goods, indicating that inflation remained elevated early in the second quarter. The producer price index for final demand rose 0.5% last month after falling by a downwardly revised 0.1% in March, the Labor Department’s […]
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) – She met him at 16. A year later at the age of 17, she was groomed, manipulated, and turned into a victim. “He found every weakness that I had, and exploited it.” Today, she is 31 years old and considers herself a survivor. After testifying against 55-year-old Samuel Sylvester, Abby George […]
BROOKHAVEN, Ga. – The Atlanta music community has lost a prominent music producer and engineer. One of Clinton “D-Billz” Dorsey’s business partners tells FOX 5 the producer was shot at a Brookhaven apartment complex on Thursday morning. Police confirmed that a shooting happened around 11:48 a.m. at the Arium Lenox Park Apartments on the 2100 […]