Everything we learned at D23 Expo′s Pixar and Walt Disney Animation panel

Everything we learned at D23 Expo′s Pixar and Walt Disney Animation panel

In this photo illustration a Pixar Animation Studios logo is seen on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Walt Disney Company is set to reveal new information about its upcoming slate of animated movies and TV shows during its Pixar and Disney Animation Studios panel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, […]

Everything we learned at D23 Expo′s Pixar and Walt Disney Animation panel

Everything we learned at D23 Expo′s Pixar and Walt Disney Animation panel

In this photo illustration a Pixar Animation Studios logo is seen on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Walt Disney Company is set to reveal new information about its upcoming slate of animated movies and TV shows during its Pixar and Disney Animation Studios panel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, […]

Nomura cuts its China GDP forecast — again

Nomura cuts its China GDP forecast — again

Shoppers buy groceries at a wet market as Chengdu imposes a lockdown to curb a new Covid-19 outbreak on Sept. 1, 2022. Chen Yusheng | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Nomura has cut its China GDP forecast again due to new Covid lockdowns. Several cities including the tech hub of Shenzhen have […]

Here’s where the jobs are for August 2022 — in one chart

Here’s where the jobs are for August 2022 — in one chart

The U.S. economy added another 315,000 payrolls in August, with jobs growth slowing overall but still widespread throughout the economy. The economy saw growth in all the key sectors and subsectors in August, led by a gain of 68,000 jobs in professional and business services. “The market will like the broad-based gains in jobs as […]

Bitcoin drops below $20,000 to lowest level since mid-July as investors dump risk assets

Bitcoin drops below $20,000 to lowest level since mid-July as investors dump risk assets

Bankruptcy filings from Celsius and Voyager have raised questions about what happens to investors’ crypto when a platform fails. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 on Monday as investors dumped risk assets after the Federal Reserve affirmed its commitment to an aggressive tightening path. The world’s largest digital […]

Dish is paying $1300 to watch 13 Stephen King movies—what to know

Dish is paying $1300 to watch 13 Stephen King movies—what to know

Would you terrify yourself for $1,300? That’s what Dish wants to find out. The satellite TV network is hosting its third Stephen King movie marathon this fall, and is looking for one horror aficionado to watch 13 films based on the prolific author’s books. The winning participant will wear a Fitbit to track their heart […]

This retired couple left the U.S. and bought a home in Portugal for $534,000—take a look inside

This retired couple left the U.S. and bought a home in Portugal for $534,000—take a look inside

In 2015, my wife Noki, daughter Evie and I took a vacation to Lisbon, Portugal. We immediately fell in love with the beautiful weather, the rattle of cable cars, and the most welcoming people that we’d ever met while traveling. At the time, we were living near Washington D.C. I’d retired early in my 40s […]

China pumping billions to infrastructure — but commodity markets muted

China pumping billions to infrastructure — but commodity markets muted

Yellow pylons work at a construction site in China. China’s new home prices in May fell for the second month this year, depressed by still fragile demand as widespread Covid-19 curbs dented already weak buyer confidence, suggesting more policy stimulus is needed to return the market to growth. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty […]