Published on Saturday, May 18, 2020
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Hiring Brad Pitt alone has to add at least one zero to a movie’s budget. Photo: Tim Goode/PA Images. (Getty Images).
The Christie’s logo on top of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez (Getty Images)
Christie’s will try to sell art worth an estimated $840,000,000 this week. Hackers took down the website of Christie’s last week, causing a major setback to its plans.
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Anglo American generated $32 billion in revenue in 2023. Image: Bloomberg Contributor (Getty Images).
Anglo American, a British mining company, announced on Tuesday its intention to spin-off the iconic De Beers brand in order to “improve their strategic flexibility”.
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Graduates at commencement for Arizona’s Mesa Community College Photo: Caitlin O’Hara (Reuters)
Realtor.com has compiled a list of cities in which college graduates may find it relatively easy to find a place they can call home. Ranking factors include the availability of rental properties, affordable rents and the job market. This list is ranked from 10th to 1st among the top 10 cities.
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A Converse sneaker Photo: Brian Ach/Getty Images for Converse (Getty Images)
Nike is tired of relying on sneakerheads to drive its business. John Donahoe, the CEO of Nike, told The Wall Street Journal last month that he wants his company to regain its “sharp advantage” as a shoe innovator. Bloomberg reports that the company is cutting an unknown number of jobs from its Converse division. A representative of the division told the outlet that it was “realigning our teams” to support future growth.
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Smoke from wildfires blankets the city as a couple has a picnic in Edmonton, Alberta on May 11, 2024. Photo: Jason Franson/The Canadian Press.
On Sunday, Minnesota and Wisconsin health officials issued air quality alerts after smoke from wildfires in western Canada began to reach the Upper Midwest. It’s also causing a lot of anxiety among people in a wide swath across the U.S., who fear spending another summer feeling like they are going to choke when they step outside.
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Flipping Houses: How Property Brothers got into it
Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott, stars of the new HGTV show ‘Backed by the Bros.’ discuss how flipping a house got them to where they are now.
Source: Quartz