Dear Quentin, I don’t know where to start. So I will start at the beginning. I met a man at a friend’s wedding a few years ago. He was charming in that British-man-in-America sort of way (Hugh Grant has a lot to answer for), he told jokes (perhaps too many …
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Another week, another case of something being falsely reported as “canceled.” So when Disney+ launched in 2019, the Walt Disney Co. DIS, +0.28% made headlines for putting disclaimers in front of some of its iconic family films that hadn’t aged well. These movies included “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan” and “The Aristocats,” …
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Most Americans believe themselves to be members of the middle class. But a new report has shed light on who really makes up this segment of society — and how their numbers are shrinking. A paper released this week from the RAND Corporation, a public policy research firm, explores the …
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Zillow Group Inc. managed to beat high expectations for the fourth-quarter results by a wide margin, prompting investors to send the stock up double digits to another record and a host of Wall Street analysts to boost their price targets. The real estate information and transaction website reported late Wednesday …
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Hello there and welcome to the reveal of biggest bookcase build I’ve ever attempted! I shared a few weeks ago that I was going to start building a MASSIVE entertainment unit in our basement. I’ll get you caught up on the process first and then will share the after pics. This …
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“ ‘Think about what Apple is worth compared to John D. Rockefeller’s empire.’ ” That’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.56% Vice Chairman Charlie Munger talking this week about the “frenzy” in the stock market as exemplified by Apple AAPL, -1.59%, which he deems as “the most dramatic thing that’s almost ever …
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So much has been made of Tesla’s breathless rise to mind-boggling valuations in 2020. But the stratospheric rise of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company also might have a broader impact on the overall markets, not just Tesla or the nascent electrical vehicle market, notes one Deutsche Bank strategist. The share …
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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, agreed on Sunday after a phone call that they should go “the extra mile” to try to find a compromise on a trade deal. In a joint statement, the two leaders acknowledged that “deadlines …
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A trio of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates has raised hopes that America appears poised to finally turn the corner in the pandemic. But the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that there’s still a cold, hard winter ahead. “ “December and January and February are going …
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