“The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel. Disney’s live-action remake has made only $3.6 million in mainland China since opening there on May 26, according to Box…

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The Binance Coin price has dived by 8% in the past 24 hours, dropping to $276 following the SEC’s opening of legal proceedings against Binance.This price represents an 11% drop in the past week and a 15% fall in the last 30 days, with BNB up by 12% since the…

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Thesis Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (NYSE:ETV) is an equity buy write fund. The vehicle has a technology tilt when compared to the S&P 500, a feature which on paper should have helped the fund navigate an astounding 2023 for tech: Compare (Fund Fact Sheet)However, ETV is up only…

TSMC has defended its push to diversify manufacturing beyond the company’s native Taiwan as a vital step to secure the future of the world’s largest contract chipmaker, amid increasing geopolitical tensions.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s overseas expansion plans have triggered concerns at home, with shareholders challenging management at its annual meeting…

When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared for the first time before the Florida Federalist Society in January 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared to a large banquet audience on the Disney World grounds: “I do think he is our greatest living justice.” Later that night, DeSantis and Thomas retreated…

Small-cap stocks in the U.S. are putting up “a fight,” showing “better trends” while lagging the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite this year, according to RBC Capital Markets. The Russell 2000, an index tracking U.S. small-cap stocks, has seen modest gains of around 2.8% so far in 2023, while the…

The stock market raised another red flag for investors last week when Nvidia Corp.’s breathtaking guidance for rising sales, driven by products tied to the corporate deployment of artificial intelligence, seemed to make people forget two things: A higher concentration in your portfolio also means higher risk. And the Federal…

The numbers: Mortgage rates inched toward 7% as strength in the U.S. economy prompted investors to expect another rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.79% as of June 1, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday.  That was up 22 basis points from…