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From a distance, the movie business might look pretty glamorous. Celebrities and producers glide down red carpets, clutch their Oscars, and vacation in St. Barts—just because they can. While there's a lot of money to be made in the film industry, the economics of making movies are far from simple. Something you’ll likely hear if you walk through the halls of any movie studio is “nobody knows anything.” And that’s true. The public can be fickle, and the industry is in flux. Just about any movie is an extremely risky investment, even a film starring big-name actors and actresses. According...

From advancing same-sex marriage to blocking “bathroom bills” to opposing attempts to legalize discrimination, corporate America has been among the most consistent and vocal supporters of LGBTQ equality over the last several years. But now, as an unprecedented wave of legislation targeting transgender people blankets much of the country, many of the same companies that engaged vigorously in earlier battles are taking a quieter and more restrained approach. Ask a transgender advocate which corporations or business executives are prominently standing against the legislative barrage, and the most frequent response is: No one. That’s a difference that’s been noted by many...

Former Anheuser-Busch CEO arrested for trying to fly helicopter while allegedly intoxicated Jul 11, 2017, 3:33pm CDT Updated Jul 11, 2017, 4:13pm CDT Former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Adolphus Busch IV was arrested in Swansea Monday night after police say he tried to fly a helicopter while allegedly intoxicated. According to a statement from the Swansea Police Department, officers at 12:48 p.m. were dispatched to a report of a helicopter landing, for an unknown reason, at 1 Bronze Point, Swansea. Upon their arrival the helicopter was already on the ground in a parking lot. Assessment of the area and safety of...

India has been named the most attractive country for investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors published by accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young) on Wednesday. Thirty-two percent of the 505 executives questioned said India was their favoured market for investment, with China second on 15 percent of the vote, followed by Southeast Asia, Brazil and North America.

Round Table, the Concord-based pizza chain that boasted the slogan "The Last Honest Pizza," filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday in Oakland federal court, but the filing shouldn't affect Sacramento locations, officials said Thursday.

My husband is thinking of selling our business. The business is operated out of our home, provides us with a good income (I am a SAHM and his office manager) we have no employees at the moment. A business associate of my husband's expressed interest in the business a few months ago, and would more than likely hire dh to run the business after the sale. Other factors: we are purchasing two investment properties, which may qualify for the go-zone depreciation allowance, have one child still at home who may or may not go to college. We do not intend...

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. said Monday its loss widened to $5.8 billion in the third quarter, weighed down by the costs of its massive restructuring plan aimed at reshaping the company and cutting expenses so it can compete better against lower-cost rivals from overseas. It was the largest quarterly loss in more than 14 years for the nation's second biggest automaker, and company officials predicted things would get worse in the fourth quarter as market share drops and Ford pays for further plant closures and restructuring costs. The July-September performance brings Ford's losses to $7.24 billion for the...

NEW JERSEY has always been positioned at the leading technological edge of the American economy. This has long been the foundation of the state's prosperity, its high standard of living, and its attractive quality of life. Initially, New Jersey was preeminent in advanced technology-based manufacturing, but by the end of the 20th century, the state had evolved into a technology driven, knowledge-based, information-dependent economic dynamo. Only by being on the frontiers of economic innovation – only by continually moving "up-market" – has New Jersey maintained its enviable position. But, the economy did this largely on its own, with minimal public...

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) -- At least a thousand people rallied in central Indiana against steep wage cuts proposed by auto parts manufacturer Delphi Corp., which has filed for bankruptcy protection. Workers say the proposed cuts -- from $27 an hour to between $10 and $12.50 -- are unfair, especially as Delphi has given bonuses to managers and other executives. United Auto Workers officials have said a strike against Delphi appears increasingly likely. "To the Delphi workers here and everyone else, there are 380,000 union workers in the state of Indiana who will march in this battle with you," said Indiana...

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