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Updated Dec 2, 2022, 12:35pm EST Topline In his first response to a torrent of antisemitic remarks spewed by controversial rapper Kanye West, President Joe Biden called out political leaders for giving antisemitism a platform, arguing in a tweet on Friday that they should be “rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.” Key Facts In a tweet
Updated Dec 2, 2022, 11:30am EST Topline Just days after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a slowdown in the central bank’s aggressive economic tightening campaign, the job market posted a vastly stronger-than-expected report for last month—signaling employment, which has remained one of the economy’s strongest pillars during the pandemic recovery, may still not be
Topline Will Smith’s new film Emancipation —based on the true story of “Whipped Peter,” an enslaved man who joins the Union army during the Civil War—was met with mixed reviews Friday ahead of its theatrical release, with some critics hailing the film as “essential” and others as “shallow,” as Smith was expected to use the
Topline Kanye West, also known as Ye, has been banned from Twitter again after sharing an image combining the Star of David and a swastika, billionaire owner Elon Musk announced Friday—it’s the latest in a series of widely criticized antisemitic remarks from the rapper and the move indicates one of Musk’s red lines for content
Updated Dec 2, 2022, 04:20pm EST Topline Stocks plunged early Friday after the closely watched November jobs report revealed a still resilient labor market, again highlighting the seemingly contradictory need for unemployment to rise for the Federal Reserve to cut back its interest rate hike crusade—which has sent the market into a tizzy. Key Facts
Topline Disney’s Splash Mountain ride will close in Walt Disney World in January, the company announced Friday, shuttering the attraction more than two and a half years after Disney initially announced its closure amid controversy over the ride’s depictions of race. Key Facts Splash Mountain will close at Walt Disney World in Florida on January
“ I think if you’re a senior leader at Tesla, you’re praying and hoping that either Elon changes focus or gets off this Twitter thing .” L ast year, Elon Musk was cracking jokes on Saturday Night Live. Now, he is the butt of them. In the past week, he's been ridiculed on almost every
AT&T Inc. agreed to pay a $6.25 million penalty to settle an unusual lawsuit by federal regulators claiming its executives selectively disclosed nonpublic information about the company’s finances to Wall Street analysts.