‘We do crazy stuff’: How cinemas are going beyond studio marketing to lure moviegoers back

A Regal Cinemas movie theater stands at night on 42nd Street in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Amir Hamja | Bloomberg | Getty Images “If you build it, they will come.” Universal’s president of domestic theatrical distribution borrowed the iconic line from “Field of Dreams” during the studios slate presentation at CinemaCon…

Detroit automakers aren’t letting up on a long-standing rivalry, even as they pivot to take on Tesla

In this article STLA-IT GM F Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks at the launch of the all-new electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. The F-150 Lightning is positioned to be the first full-size all-electric pickup truck to go on sale in…

Surging prices force consumers to ask: Can I live without it?

A pedestrian carries shopping bags in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Calla Kessler | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sandy Magny plans to take her teenage daughter to West Palm Beach, Florida, this summer, even though airfares are surging. It won’t be cheap, but Magny doesn’t want to…

Their son suffered horrible injuries, so these parents built a ‘Field of Dreams’ for kids of all abilities

A first of its kind inclusive complex, the RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams, will open Saturday in Toms River, New Jersey. The grand opening of the $3.6 million facility comes after nearly five years of planning and pandemic-related delays and challenges. The Toms River complex will focus on serving children with physical and social disabilities….

Bill Murray reflects on inappropriate behavior that led to the shutdown of his latest film

Bill Murray is still reflecting on his inappropriate behavior, which led to a production shutdown on the Searchlight Pictures’ film “Being Mortal” last week. On Saturday, the actor told CNBC that he had a “difference of opinion” with a woman he was working with on the film, saying, “I did something I thought was funny…

Suncor Energy is a buy, but be prepared to turn if oil prices peak, Jim Cramer says

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday advised investors to pick up shares of Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy, but only if they’re confident oil prices will stay elevated. Cramer’s comments come after activist investment firm Elliott Management, which holds a 3.4% stake in Suncor, called for the firm to shuffle its management and take other measures…

Cramer’s lightning round: I like CVS over Rite Aid

Loading chart… Johnson Controls International Plc: “It’s just very cheap.” Loading chart… Star Bulk Carriers Corp: “The way this stock is priced, the dividend’s going to be cut. I don’t know if that’s the case. … This is what I almost would call too good to be true.” Loading chart… Principal Financial Group Inc: “I…

CDC says adenovirus may contribute to liver injury in healthy children after investigating Alabama cases

Adenovirus structure, computer illustration showing the surface structure of the virus’ outer protein coat (capsid). Kateryna Kon | Science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images Nine children in Alabama with severe acute hepatitis, three of whom suffered liver failure, all tested positive for adenovirus and none of them had a history Covid-19…

Chinese leaders stick to Covid controls as the virus spreads and forces a Beijing luxury mall to close temporarily

Major luxury goods mall Beijing SKP, pictured here in 2021, said Friday it would close — with no reopening date specified — after the city confirmed three Covid cases in an apartment community nearby. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China showed few signs of loosening its zero-Covid control policies as the…

Cramer’s lightning round: Don’t sell Weber here

Loading chart… Weber Inc: “I would not sell this thing … because it makes money.” Loading chart… Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp: “I think it’s a good company. … I like it.” Loading chart… Affirm Holdings Inc: “It doesn’t make money, I know, but it’s [chief executive] Max Levchin. Max Levchin will figure something out.”…

Climate change will drive new transmission of 4,000 viruses between mammals by 2070

Blaise Kadjo, a specialist in mammals and a professor at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, shows a species of bat in the researcg laboratary of the zoology and animal biology depertment at the University in Abidjan on February 4, 2021. – Scientists say that bats are a crucial part of the food chain, but are also…

Denmark becomes the first country to halt its Covid vaccination program

Health personnel are preparing injection syringes with Covid-19 vaccine in 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark. the country has now announced it will suspend its vaccination program and will review whether it’s needed later in the year. Ole Jensen | Getty Images News | Getty Images Denmark has become the first country to halt its Covid vaccination…