How Hollywood Glamour Is Reviving the Endangered Broadway Play
Robert Downey Jr. is deep in rehearsals for his Broadway debut next month as an A.I.-obsessed novelist in “McNeal.” Next spring, George Clooney arrives for his own Broadway debut in…
‘Corporate Greed Is Out of Control’: Warren Slams Kroger’s AI Pricing Scheme | naked capitalism
Yves here. I am surprised (and perhaps this article skipped over any remarks Warren made on this issue) that the senator did not mention that surge pricing almost certainly violates…
How the Olympics Warp Time
Let’s say you learned to tell time on a simple, round analog clock, with 12 big numbers and two hands. The Olympic Games present a mind-bending puzzle: What if, between…
A Bike-Riding Barber Cuts Hair on Broadway, in the Park and on the Roof
Imagine a barbershop where the sky is the ceiling and the bustling cityscape of New York City forms its walls. That is the world of Julien Howard, who is known…
Susan Wojcicki, Former Chief of YouTube, Dies at 56
Susan Wojcicki, who helped turn Google from a start-up in her garage into an internet juggernaut and became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent female executives with her leadership of…
What We Know About the Plane Crash in Brazil
A passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed on Friday outside São Paulo, Brazil. No one on board survived. The plane crashed in the yard of a home, but it did…
Dear Pentathletes: Enjoy Your Last Ride. Get Ready for the Obstacle Course.
The farrago of a sport that is the modern pentathlon owes its rarefied existence to Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, who, according to legend, imagined it…
Nasdaq Announces End of Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date July 31, 2024
NEW YORK , Aug. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2024 , short interest in 3,043 Nasdaq Global Market SM securities…
US Deploys Pathetic Wizard of Oz Messaging Strategy to Pretend It Can Influence Iran Conflict Trajectory | naked capitalism
When I was briefly in Venezuala, my client’s joint venture partner described a politician as someone who would get in front of a mob and call it a parade. I…
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/8/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I am struggling to finish my long delayed-by-events post on mask bans, so this is an open thread. –lambert P.S. However, as a…