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It was the long holiday that first raised eyebrows. Rupert Murdoch, for so long someone who rarely spent more than a week at a time away from the coal face of his global media businesses, News Corp and Fox Corporation, was on board a yacht once owned by magnate Aristotle Onassis.

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TIAA has overhauled the senior leadership of its wealth management business.

A new poll shows that Americans are much more sympathetic to Hollywood's striking writers and actors then they are to the studios on the other side of the table

nerve cells while regrowing them is critical to restoring the ability to walk in mice with spinal cord injuries, scientists at the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA), US, found.

The moment the statement went online, there were those within the News Corp empire whose professional stars rose and those whose stars fell. At least on paper, Rupert Murdoch will step back from daily management of News Corporation to become chairman emeritus, to be replaced by Lachlan Murdoch.

News Corp’s Australian newspaper editors were summoned to the Murdochs’ Los Angeles compound, Chartwell, last week for strategy meetings.

Resource Capital Funds has sold engineering and consulting firm Ausenco for about $900 million in a deal with a US billionaire and private equity firms looking to boost their exposure to battery minerals and energy transition.

(Reuters) -Faraday Future Intelligent Electric on Thursday named company insider Matthias Aydt its new global CEO, effective Sept. 29, as the troubled EV maker focuses on boosting production and generating revenue.

Altruist has played the latest card in its ongoing efforts to woo independent advisors to its asset custody platform.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell for the third month in a row in August, as higher mortgage rates, rising prices and a dearth of properties on the market shut out many would-be homebuyers

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged up again this week, another setback for would-be homebuyers navigating an increasingly less affordable housing market

Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters are resuming negotiations for the second day in a row

It's been nearly five months since the Hollywood writers strike began and more than two months since actors joined them

Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt

Ngor won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in his debut film, 'The Killing Fields'. With his role in the 1984 historical drama based on the genocide committed by the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, Ngor became the first Asian-American to win in the category. Haing S Ngor's life came to an end on February 25, 1996, when he was killed outside his Los Angeles home. Initially, it appeared to be a botched-up robbery, but more details eventually emerged suggesting the possibility of shadowy forces behind the scene.

Hopes were always high for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”

LA3C festival is set to return for its second year, taking place in downtown Los Angeles from November 10 to 12. The line-up for this three-day, all-ages event has been revealed.Erykah Badu and Herbie Hancock are the headliners, performing at the Orpheum Theatre and the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, respectively. The Theatre at the Ace Hotel will also feature Flying Lotus and LA jazz icons Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin, while the Palace Theatre will showcase Nick Hakim, Julie Byrne and John Carroll Kirby. Other notable performers include Kamasi Washington, Marc Rebillet, Sudan Archives, Fred Armisen, Lonnie Holley, Aja Monet, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Pauli the PSM, Novena Carmel, Siobhan Bell, Kilo Kish, Shabazz Palaces, Yrsa Daley-Ward with The Josh Craig, Acyde, and Def Rain. Additionally, there will be pop-up performances by Feels Like Floating. The Los Angeles Theatre will also host various artists throughout the weekend. For more details about the festival, including information about additional music, food, and film events, please visit LA3C.com. Tickets will go on sale starting Friday, September 22, at 9 a.m. PT. Penske Media's LA3C festival made its debut in December of the previous year as a two-day event held at LA State Historic Park, featuring performances by Maluma, Lil Baby, Snoop Dogg, and Seventeen.

Hopes were always high for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”

ABC will be airing more “Monday Night Football” games than originally planned