Photo Amy Forsyth in “Channel Zero: No-End House.” Credit Allen Fraser/Syfy “Channel Zero” borrows from another creepy, cultish internet story for its second installment. And Kristen Bell returns to the “good place” with plenty of questions. What’s on TV CHANNEL ZERO: NO-END HOUSE 10 p.m. on Syfy. This anthology horror …
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Tata Steel plans to create European steel enterprise joint venture with Thyssenkrupp
Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg An employee beside a blast furnace cast house at ThyssenKrupp AG’s steel plant in Duisburg, Germany. Tata Steel says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Thyssenkrupp to create a “leading European steel enterprise.” The company said the 50-50 joint venture — Thyssenkrupp Tata Steel …
Read More »Trump Takes to Twitter to Pan the Emmy Ratings
Photo Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, made a surprise appearance at the Emmy Awards on Sunday. Credit Mario Anzuoni/Reuters President Trump had international affairs on his mind Tuesday morning. In his speech before the United Nations, he threatened to “totally destroy North Korea.” He lambasted the Iran …
Read More »Toshiba memory chip business: Bain-SK Hynix group deal
Hitoshi Yamada | NurPhoto | Getty Images The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at the company’s facility in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan February 28, 2017. Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has selected a group comprising Bain Capital and South Korea chipmaker SK Hynix to buy its prized memory business, …
Read More »International businesses could win big on savings with ‘borderless’ accounts
Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder and chair of TransferWise, at the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California on Oct. 25, 2016. However, TransferWise is not the only fintech firm offering customers peer-to-peer transaction solutions. Blockchain-based start-ups are also beginning to occupy the …
Read More »Review: ‘One Night Only,’ With Energy to Spare
Photo The longtime collaborators Anna Bass and Monica Bill Barnes in “One Night Only.” Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Competition is inherently dramatic, yet sports have been woefully underrepresented on stage. When they have, whether in “Damn Yankees,” “Take Me Out” or “Lombardi,” the focus has largely been on …
Read More »David Stemerman shuts Conatus Capital, may run for Connecticut governor
Brendan McDermid | Reuters David Stemerman, founder of Conatus Capital Management. David Stemerman is winding down his hedge fund firm to explore a run for governor of Connecticut, according to a letter sent to clients of Conatus Capital Management LP on Tuesday. “Connecticut – home to my family and business …
Read More »Trump said ‘sorry’ about DC violence involving Turkish bodyguards
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with U.S President Donald Trump as they make statements to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. May 16, 2017. President Donald Trump said he was “sorry” about an incident where Turkish security …
Read More »It Might Have Been a Masterpiece, but Now It’s a Cautionary Tale
Mr. Hanssen, a professor at the Tilburg School of Humanities in the Netherlands, asked permission to research the provenance of the painting from the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, which was scheduled to receive it next. The Stedelijk and the anonymous private collector granted him the opportunity. Based on this research, …
Read More »Hurricane Harvey Closes Houston’s Opera and Ballet Home for a Season
Photo Flooding at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey. The center, home to Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet, will be closed until at least May because of flood damage. Credit Kirill Kuzmin The Wortham Theater Center — home to Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet …
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