Paradigm Entertainment, the parent company of the Paradigm Talent Agency, said Wednesday that it has acquired BEST, a group of three management and marketing companies focused in the worlds of broadcast news, culinary and on-air media personalities. The new acquisitions will be housed in the newly created arm Paradigm Media […]

Social Security is reviled by many Americans. This is particularly true of people who receive it. The Social Security Administration has tried to improve its image after it was battered by its operations at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. People who receive Social Security payments often have trouble figuring […]

London (CNN Business)The United Kingdom’s new prime minister is reportedly preparing to commit as much as £150 billion ($172 billion) to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills, increasing government borrowing at a time when investors are already on edge about the country’s finances. Liz Truss, who earlier this […]

World leaders paid tribute to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who died in Moscow on Tuesday at the age of 91. He had been suffering from a long and serious illness, reports quoting hospital staff said. Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, from which modern Russia emerged, […]

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) tumbled nearly 20% on Tuesday driven by the news that the home improvement retailer’s Chief Financial Officer Gustavo Arnal jumped to his death from high-rise apartment balcony in Manhattan. Bed Bath & Beyond has named its Chief Accounting Officer Laura Crossen as interim chief […]

After reporting decreases in U.S. consumer confidence for three straights months, the Conference Board released a report on Tuesday showing consumer confidence rebounded by more than expected in the month of August. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index jumped to 103.2 in August from a downwardly revised 95.3 […]

The Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) board of directors has elected Laxman Narasimhan as the company’s chief executive officer. He replaces CEO Howard Schultz, who has made a mighty effort to stop Starbucks’ employees from unionizing. In fact, some Starbucks watchers think Schultz pushed out former CEO Kevin Johnson because he […]

Indian officials will focus on expanding the country’s footprint in oil-rich Siberia when they meet their Russian counterparts at the four-day 7th Eastern Economic Forum beginning Monday in Vladivostok. The two sides will discuss the possibility of joint oil exploration in the area and cooperation in running offshore oil and […]

Ford India has offered a “final revised severance package” for its employees at the Chennai unit, which is on average equivalent to 130 days of gross wages per completed year of service. The company said this was rolled out in the absence of any suitable alternative buyer. As part of […]

European stocks rose on Tuesday as investors sought bargains following two days of declines. A retreat in U.S. Treasury yields and gains in U.S. stock futures on expectations of more stimulus measures in China boosted investor sentiment. Banks were seeing broad-based gains on expectations that they would benefit from higher […]