This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki and Colman Andrews. Fulshear, Texas, is the fastest-growing small town in America, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population and Housing Unit Estimates Program. This rural town, on the edge of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, has seen a population […]

Stocks have moved mostly higher in morning trading on Thursday, regaining ground following the sell-off seen late in the previous session. The major averages have all moved back to the upside, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the advance. The major averages have moved roughly sideways in recent trading, hovering near their best levels of the day. The Nasdaq is up […]

Canada’s population grew by more than a million in 2022, driven by immigration, according to the latest statistics on the country’s population growth. The North American country’s population was estimated at 39,566,248 on January 1, 2023, an increase of of 1,050,110 people within a year. This marks the first 12-month period in Canada’s history where population grew by more than […]

Disney has let go SVP and Chief Compliance Officer Alicia Schwarz, Deadline has learned, amid a major retrenchment at the company. Her role will be absorbed by Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel Horacio Gutierrez. She joined the company in 2014 as principal counsel, later serving as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, as well as Global Deputy Chief […]

Isaac Perlmutter, the famously frugal Marvel Entertainment chairman who unsuccessfully worked to shake up the Walt Disney Company’s board in the past year, has been laid off as part of a cost-cutting campaign. Disney confirmed the move. Mr. Perlmutter, 80, was told by phone on Wednesday that Marvel Entertainment, a small division centered on consumer products and run separately from […]

Lucid Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), the deeply troubled electric vehicle (EV) maker, may not be around for long. It will dump about 18% of its workforce, which is approximately 13,000 people. There may not be enough staff left for Lucid to be a viable manufacturer. (Here are the companies planning the biggest mass layoffs this year.) CEO Peter Rawlinson, who […]

A Swiss chief returns UBS unexpectedly said on Wednesday that it was bringing back Sergio Ermotti as C.E.O., as the Swiss bank begins the tough task of digesting its archrival, Credit Suisse. It’s another sign of how tricky UBS considers the work of taking over its main competitor, via a $3.2 billion deal that continues to draw blowback from investors […]

Mike Pence must testify before a grand jury about his conversations with Donald Trump, forcing the former vice president to comply with a subpoena issued as part of a special counsel investigation of efforts to overturn the election on January 6. CNN, citing unnamed sources, broke the news of Judge James Boasberg’s decision, and it was quickly confirmed by other […]

The recently renamed Universal Destinations & Experiences (previously Parks & Resorts) has named two executives to key roles at its growing creative division. In a memo to staff today, Destinations’ chairman-CEO Mark Woodbury said Brian Robinson has been named to the role of EVP, Chief Creative Officer and will lead the division’s Creative Studio, including ATI (Advanced Technology Initiatives), Media, Architecture and […]