By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Dealmaking booms when markets are stable and businesses are feeling good about the economy and access to financing. When conditions deteriorate, confidence flags, and the number of companies going public or pursuing takeovers drops. That’s what is happening now. Details, details: The number of global initial public offerings, or IPOs,
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Five years after the last “Despicable Me” movie and a dozen years since the first, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” extends the animated franchise without exactly rising to the occasion, delivering a mundane exercise set to an odd 1970s soundtrack. Loud and colorful, it’s likely to divert smaller kids whose
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Five years after the last “Despicable Me” movie and a dozen years since the first, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” extends the animated franchise without exactly rising to the occasion, delivering a mundane exercise set to an odd 1970s soundtrack. Loud and colorful, it’s likely to divert smaller kids whose
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is “comfortably recovering” following surgery to repair a broken hip after he fell in his Virginia home on Wednesday. It is unclear how long he will be out in the 50-50 split Senate, but the chamber is in recess until the week of July 11.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Internet search traffic on abortion medication surged 162% higher than expected and reached a record high in the days after a draft of the US Supreme Court’s abortion decision was leaked in May, according to new research. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Wednesday, found that there was higher
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Una mujer que empujaba a un bebé en un cochecito recibió un disparo en la cabeza a corta distancia y murió en Manhattan en la noche de este miércoles, dijo la policÃa. El bebé de tres meses resultó ileso, y la relación entre la mujer de 20 años y el
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN A rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, will be on public display for the first time after it was recently sold at auction. The oil sketch, a preparatory study for a formal full-length portrait by American artist Nelson Shanks, was completed in 1994, three years before Diana’s death in Paris. It
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holden, Missouri man was killed Wednesday in a rollover tractor crash. The crash happened on Route TT near SW 1821 Rd. sometime between 2 to 5 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a tractor driven by 90-year-old William E. Brunner went off the side of the
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Scientists have identified a gene that appears to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s in women, providing a potential new clue as to why more women than men are diagnosed with the disease. The gene, O6-Methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase, or MGMT, plays an important role in how the body repairs damage to DNA in both
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Keeping your body and brain fit has long been a prescription for better mental health as you age. A new study has now revealed that women’s mental processing speed may actually benefit more than men from a boost of exercise, such as brisk walking or biking for at least 15 minutes
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN Vicki Hankins has not been able to consistently find baby formula for months. She says the last time her family found the kind her son needs was on June 9. “My husband got two bottles at Walmart, and that’s the last time we’ve seen it in stores,” Hankins, who lives in
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Xi Jinping abandonó la China continental por primera vez desde el inicio de la pandemia, llegando a Hong Kong este jueves antes del 25º aniversario del traspaso de la ciudad del dominio británico al chino. Se espera que Xi pase dos dÃas en el centro financiero y asista a una
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La jueza Ketanji Brown Jackson se unirá a la Corte Suprema este jueves, haciendo historia como la primera jueza negra de Estados Unidos y comenzando lo que podrÃa ser un mandato de décadas. Pero Jackson comenzará su trabajo en una corte en crisis. El paÃs se está recuperando de las
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Amazon has brought a new facility to Mid-Missouri, the first Amazon facility outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas.
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Prominent Wall Street economists like Mark Zandi, investing luminaries like ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood and executives like JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon can make recession predictions until they’re blue in the face, but their guidance will remain just that — an economic forecast. That’s because, in the United States,
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Un hombre bajo custodia policial se golpeó la cabeza contra la pared de una camioneta de prisioneros en la ciudad de New Haven en Connecticut el DÃa del Padre, según muestra un video publicado por la ciudad, un incidente que su familia dijo el martes que lo dejó parcialmente paralizado. Richard “Randy”
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By Jeff Wagner Click here for updates on this story DULUTH, Minnesota (WCCO) — A popular North Shore restaurant is temporarily closed for a major remodel ahead of its busiest weekend of the year — but this wasn’t a planned project. A drowsy driver crashed into the Island Lake Inn early Wednesday morning. “Cleaner just
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By KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story VICTORVILLE, California (KCAL/KCBS) — An explosion leveled at least one home and damaged several others early Wednesday in Victorville. The explosion was reported just before 3 a.m. in the 14900 block of Adalane Court in Victorville. One house was completely leveled by the explosion, which
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MILAN (AP) — Serie A is hailing a change to Italian law that abolishes a three-year limit on contracts for foreign TV rights. The change should also eliminate long delays in formulating contracts. Serie A president Lorenzo Casini says the new rules “will help increase revenue” and “will have a favorable impact on the entire
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Buncombe County couple has been arrested and charged with the death of their two-month-old daughter. Authorities say on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the couple’s home on Four Wheel Drive
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