Eventually, his parents split up. The disrupted Norman Rockwell idyll, and the theme of families dividing, would recur in his early movies: a shark disrupting an American beach summer in “Jaws,” the single-parent family in “E.T.,” the father chasing U.F.O.s in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Stream These Underrated …

David Levenson/Getty Images Kazuo Ishiguro, author of “Remains of the Day” and other bestsellers, pictured in 2010. The novel, in which a butler reflects on his life, is one of several titles Amazon employees refer to as “Jeff’s Reading List,” according to the unofficial Bezos biography “The Everything Store,” by …

David A. Grogan | CNBC Rob Joyce (r) speaking at the 2017 Cyber Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Oct. 4th, 2017. Rob Joyce (r), White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, speaking at the 2017 Cyber Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Oct. 4th, 2017. The U.S. government is not looking for a “back …

“It comes at a time when the world is uncertain about its values, its leadership and its safety,” he wrote. “I just hope that my receiving this huge honor will, even in a small way, encourage the forces for good will and peace at this time.” In a career that …

Laura McDermott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Job seekers view information at a booth during a career fair in Sterling Heights, Michigan, Sept. 30, 2015. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, but the continued impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the …

Victoria Jones | PA Images | Getty Images Lanterns strung across Gerrard Street in Chinatown, London, as preparations are made ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations in January 2017. A week-long national holiday in China is providing a much-needed boost for the entertainment and retail industry in London, with …

It’s a valuation call that catapults stocks by 32 percent. Based on the latest calculations by PNC Asset Management’s Bill Stone, the S&P 500 could hit 3,368 in 2018. And he has a chart that proves it could happen. “Part of it came to me watching Warren Buffett on CNBC …

Photo Stephen Colbert ridiculed President Trump for his heated response to a report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had called him a moron. Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you …

Delivery company shares are dropping as investors worry Amazon is about to disrupt the industry. Shares of UPS and FedEx fell 3.3 percent and 2.2 percent respectively in Thursday’s premarket session. Bloomberg News is reporting Amazon is trying out a new delivery program called “Seller Flex” where the company will …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, participate in the Congressional GOP media availability to unveil the GOP tax reform plan in the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. …