China box office isn’t Hollywood kingmaker it used to be. Here’s why

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Posters of films are on display at a cinema in Shanghai, Aug. 31, 2025. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Hollywood has lost one of its most lucrative theatrical markets. It’s unclear if it will ever win it back. The Chinese box office was once a coveted space for American-made movies, so much […]


Advisors to rich say AI isn’t a gamechanger for landing new clients

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D3sign | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Market data firms have been pitching artificial intelligence as the key to locating elusive ultra-high-net-worth clients. But […]


SEO isn’t dead. But AI chat adoption is faster than most teams realize.

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If your organic traffic looks flat while impressions stay steady, you’re not imagining it. We’ve seen this pattern across B2B SaaS and ecommerce accounts since late 2023. Rankings hold. Clicks slip. Meanwhile, leadership’s awareness of why competitors appear in ChatGPT responses while your content doesn’t is crucial. That tension is the real story here. SEO […]


Outside AI, the market isn’t looking that hot

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CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images The “everything store” might have secured its biggest customer yet. On Monday, Amazon announced that it had signed a $38 billion deal with OpenAI, offering the ChatGPT maker access to Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure. On the one hand, the move isn’t too surprising — a continuation of OpenAI’s spending spree […]


Mikie Sherrill isn’t the first politician to face insider trading charges — but it may cost her the NJ election

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Mikie Sherrill, once comfortably ahead in the New Jersey governor’s race, has been getting plenty of attention over her stock trading lately, and not in a good way. Her fellow lawmakers should take note if they also have aspirations for higher office.  The Democratic New Jersey congresswoman seemed like a shoo-in to succeed Phil Murphy […]


Google says YouTube TV to lose Fox channels if new deal isn’t reached

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Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google-owned YouTube on Monday said it may remove channels including Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News and Fox Sports from its TV streaming platform if it doesn’t reach an agreement with Fox Corporation. YouTube TV’s renewal date with Fox is coming on Wednesday, and while the two companies have been […]


Summer travel isn’t as easy as it used to be for airlines

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People move through a crowded JFK International Airport days before the 4th of July holiday on July 02, 2024 in New York City. As the summer travel season takes off, millions of Americans and tourists are experiencing long delays and congestion at airports, train stations and on highways. July is the busiest month of travel […]


Man Employs A.I. Avatar in Legal Appeal, and Judge Isn’t Amused

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Jerome Dewald sat with his legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap in front of an appellate panel of New York State judges, ready to argue for a reversal of a lower court’s decision in his dispute with a former employer. The court had allowed Mr. Dewald, who is not a lawyer and […]


Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires

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The older he gets, the more Bill Gates is surprised by what the world dishes up. Take billionaires. There are many now from the tech industry, quite a few with politics that skew forcefully right. “I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center,” Mr. Gates said. “The fact that now there is […]