At the time, the copyright on Steamboat Willie, the first film appearance of Mickey Mouse, was facing expiration, and Disney’s push for the extension became so notorious that the legislation came to be known by detractors as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.” Instead of losing protections for the corporate mascot in 2003, they were able to kick the can to […]

Retailers at Auckland Airport have begun opening up after a two-year hiatus for most, but the country’s busiest airport warns not all will have their doors open this year. Just 30 per cent of Auckland Airport’s some-90 retailers have their doors open for travellers, inline with the recovery of international passengers. And while more and more are preparing to open […]

The challenge, Godrej says, was to reach a younger audience and children who might have had very little association with the brand. Surajeet Das Gupta reports. It is not the first time the history of the Godrej family is being written. In its centenary year in 1997, film journalist and former editor of Filmfare and Screen B K Karanjia had, […]

The American housing market took off during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The homeownership rate – or the share of housing units occupied by their owner – jumped by 2.6 percentage points from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2020, by far the largest increase ever recorded. By the end of 2020, there were 2.1 million […]

The teams which have been big winners in NFL history have changed recently. The New England Patriots were a dynasty when Tom Brady was the quarterback. Most years recently, they have struggled to get near a playoff berth. The Dallas Cowboys were among the top teams in terms of wins in the NFL for years. Now, each year, the team […]

New York (CNN Business)The American economy is super weird right now. Pretty much anyone who wants a job can have one. The economy is so hot that prices are surging faster than at any point since the 1980s. The housing market is on fire. Consumers are spending like crazy. Yet we keep hearing the word “recession” like it’s 2007 all […]

Droughts have come and gone over the course of U.S. history. The worst periods of drought were in the 1950s and 1930s, though the droughts of the Dust Bowl era of the ‘30s remain the most extreme. Over the past 50 years, climate conditions have been generally wetter than average but getting drier since 2000. Now, droughts are back with […]

There was a hope that the consumer price index for April might show inflation had peaked or moderated. But as the CPI rose 8.3% compared to the same month a year ago, those hopes disappeared. Now it seems inflation will almost certainly not slow until the middle of the year. And if supply chain issues worsen because of the COVID-19 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-nominated poet, screenwriter, producer, and director Amir Sulaiman has signed with M88. Sulaiman most recently served as writer and producer on Season 2 of the hit Hulu series Ramy. On the music front, he earned a 2022 Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for his collaboration with Dave Chappelle on their album 8:46. Sulaiman has also released music […]