Original movies, like Jordan Peele’s “Us” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” pulled in big money at the domestic box office. The top 10 highest domestic-grossing original movies in 2019 out-earned the top 10 in 2018 by roughly $50 million. Original movies have to be really goodWithout the built-in marketing of a sequel, or a larger character universe, word of mouth is incredibly important for original movies. A-list Hollywood stars still sellThe top 10 domestic-selling o

“If you win the World Series … the valuation goes up. The Cubs won [the World Series] in 2016, and since then their valuation has gone up well over $1 billion,” he said. The Houston Astros are an example of how a World Series win can excite fans and lead to a pop in revenue at the gate. Each year, they drew about 1.6 million fans, according to data provided by Baseball Reference. After their 2017 World Series win, they managed to attract more than 2.8 million fans next two seasons.

A Hallmark spokesperson said the lesbian couple’s public display of affection violated its policies. However, while Hallmark cut the ads with same-sex weddings, the network continued to air two other Zola ads that didn’t include lesbian couples. Wedding website Zola will no longer run advertisements on the Hallmark Channel after the network removed four commercials that featured two brides kissing each other. A Hallmark spokesperson said that Crown Media Family Networks, the channel’s parent com

We’ve hit a turning point: Oscar-worthy movies are coming to your living room nearly as quickly as they arrive in theaters. A year after showcasing Best Picture-nominated “Roma,” Netflix has made “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story” available to subscribers in November and December — around the same time they hit movie theaters — in preparation for awards season. “The Irishman” is the latest gangster movie from director Martin Scorsese, featuring veteran actors Joe Pesce, Robert DeNiro and Al Pac

Their goal: to come up with new ways to turn human waste into valuable resources, including renewable energy. In India alone the sanitation economy could be worth $62 billion by 2021, the Toilet Board Coalition estimates. Typical sanitation systems cost an average of $200 per person, but the Toilet Board Coalition sees a chance to transform that cost to a net value of $10 per person. To create a business, companies are finding ways to use and reuse resources, in this case human waste. Partnershi

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer acknowledged on Sunday the White House had to make concessions in order to sign its USMCA trade agreement. “We had an election and the Democrats won the House,” he said, when CBS’ Margaret Brennan asked about wins the Democrats were claiming in their negotiation of the bill. The White House last week reached an agreement with House Democrats to move forward with its replacement of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The United States-Mexico-Canada

Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked in an aerial photo at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, July 1, 2019. Boeing rolled out what became the Max months after Airbus launched its new fuel-efficient model of its workhorse single-aisle jet, calling it the 320neo line. Over the last 10 years Boeing and Airbus racked up orders for more than 20,000 jetliners, up 66% from the previous decade. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed into the Java Sea after takeoff from Jakarta on Oct. 29, 2018, kill

Liu He, China’s vice premier, right stands with Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, while arriving for a meeting at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday that the phase one U.S.-China trade deal reached on Friday is “totally done,” and it will nearly double U.S. exports to China over the next two years. U.S. and Chinese officials announced on Friday that the U.S. and

There’s one form of discrimination that the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act didn’t fix: economic. Until recently, people who were eligible for federal assistance programs such as Medicaid and SSI still faced an uneven playing ground. In order to stay under the cap, people routinely spent money monthly on non-essentials, such as extra clothes or DVDs. People with a disability are more than three times likely to have extreme difficulty paying their bills, Kennedy says. The problem of poverty

The team was established as a pilot for a broader initiative to support remote workers in both the U.S. and Australia. Atlassian Co-CEO Scott Farquhar said he believes catering to remote workers will give his company an edge over competitors in recruiting top talent. Driven by Trello acquisitionAtlassian began exploring the idea of remote work after its 2017 $425 million acquisition of Trello, a project management service. A team under human resources staffer Nicki Bellington started doing resea

The 2015 Paris Agreement to keep global temperature increases under 2 degree C during this century is now seen as unattainable. At the close of this decade, global carbon dioxide emissions are now projected to hit 37 billion tons in 2019. That sets another record for a third consecutive year and veers countries further off course from combating global warming. Despite that slower growth, natural gas use is surging across the world and fossil fuel emissions are still hitting records that are unsu

Congress aims to tackle a string of pivotal votes this week as it rushes to tie up work before the end of the year. A flurry of activity will take place in the House, which plans to vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump. The House hopes to approve legislation early in the week, to give the Senate plenty of time to pass the measures. House Democrats got behind the trade deal this week after they secured changes to boost labor enforcement, among other tweaks to the Trump administration

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will. “If he thinks … saying no is the end of the matter then he is going to find himself completely and utterly wrong,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. “You cannot hold Scotland in the union against its will … If the United Kingdom is to continue it can only be by consent. And if Boris Johnson is confident in the case

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for this party’s crushing defeat in the British general election but defended his campaign, which failed to resonate with the party’s working-class base, as “one of hope rather than fear.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won 365 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons in Thursday’s landslide election. “I’m sorry that we came up short and I take my responsibility for it,” Corbyn wrote in a letter published in the left-

This coming week, market participants will continue to monitor trade and they’ll also focus on a slew of economic reports due and look ahead to the end of the year. A report released last week showed that the number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits spiked, and traders will watch for another increase in this week’s report. Meanwhile, economists currently project an improvement in a report of 10 leading economic indicators that’s due this week. Here’s what to watch in the

“Tell me about yourself” is one of the most common interview questions, yet lots of job candidates draw a blank when trying to come up with a strong answer. Through practice and preparation, though, you can avoid common mistakes and make a good impression on your potential employer. Chelsea Goodman, president and career elevation expert at Got The Job, says one rookie mistake candidates make when asked about yourself is giving away too much. Start by thinking about how your current role has help

Amazon and Google use A.I. to cut down on billions of pounds of excess inventory destroyed each yearReturned goods account for 5 billion pounds of waste in U.S. landfills each year and that number is growing with the rise of e-commerce. Amazon, Google, and other tech and retail companies are trying to cut back on the waste by increasing donations and using data and artificial intelligence.

Every year, Amazon and other retailers end up with billions of pounds of excess, unsold inventory that they send straight to landfills. Overall, returned goods create more than 5 billion pounds of waste in U.S. landfills each year. That number is going up as more customers shop online, where the rate of returns is 25%, compared to just 9% for in-store purchases. Now, Amazon and major retailers are doing something about it. Watch the video to see how Google, Amazon and others are using artificial

Love them or hate them, most career experts agree that it’s a good professional move for workers to RSVP “yes” to their office holiday party. In the survey of 2,000 working professionals, the job site found 28% of senior managers and 33% of people making over $160,000 per year have lied to get out of attending their company holiday party. “Across the board, we see working professionals feeling like they have to participate in everything from gift exchanges to indulging in sweet treats, and toppi

Why giving away software for free makes good business senseSoftware used to be proprietary, but over the past decade, open-source tools have seen a meteoric rise. This software is freely available and is developed collaboratively, maintained by a broad network that includes everyone from unpaid volunteers to employees at competing tech companies. Here’s how the business model works.