Fans got pretty used to waiting for Final Fantasy Versus XIII,
which as of this week's E3 show is officially known as Final Fantasy XV.
Not exact matches
Bank stocks have benefited from both the anticipation
of higher interest rates,
which the Federal Reserve is expected to raise next
week,
as well
as the belief that the Trump administration will roll back some
of the more onerous financial regulations stemming from the Dodd - Frank Act.
«I felt in a bit
of a slump for a few
weeks,» confessed one,
which prompted a colleague to chime in, «I've been feeling that way
as well.
Meanwhile, earlier this
week, BuzzFeed wrote about a practice in
which it claims a growing number
of businesses are paying Facebook to promote positive news stories from publishers
as sponsored posts.
NBCU invested $ 200 million in Vox in 2015, one
of a flurry
of investments into digital companies by the Comcast (cmcsa) unit,
which has put $ 400 million into BuzzFeed and most recently invested $ 500 million
as part
of Snap Inc's initial public offering last
week.
In 2005, he spent
weeks in New Orleans
as part
of NBC's team coverage
of Hurricane Katrina, for
which he shared a national Emmy, an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award and broadcast's highest honor, the Peabody Award.
That could certainly be a problem for companies such
as Square,
which filed its IPO papers last
week with a valuation near $ 7 billion,
as well
as for a host
of tech companies whose red - hot valuations now appear to be cooling.
Former Viacom senior executive Tom Dooley was named
as Dauman's replacement, but he announced last
week that he will be leaving the company soon,
which leaves a leadership vacuum at the top
of Viacom — a vacuum that makes a merger with CBS even more likely, some believe.
In a controversial statement this
week, President Donald Trump highlighted Norway
as the kind
of country from
which he'd like more emigrants to the United States.
When I was in China last
week, I missed this key news item on digital health —
which I'm guessing some
of you may have passed over
as well, given the seeming prosaicness
of the topic.
Just
as the capital Kuala Lumpur settles down following a fraught rally last
week, at
which riot police turned water cannons on supporters
of the PM, top U.S. media outlets, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the New York Times (NYT), have reported yet more scandalous allegations about the country's sovereign wealth fund.
Instead, Raz recommends assigning another employee to show your new hire around, field basic questions, make introductions, and act
as a sounding board,
which can go a long way toward alleviating that dreaded «fish out
of water» feeling during the first
weeks.
We felt
as if we had been playing parts in a fascinating movie that suddenly took a bad turn, in
which we had worked like dogs for two
weeks to produce something really spectacular and then were written out
of the script.»
As for new programming, last week, Your OWN Show (which has not been drawing as high ratings as expected) announced two winners whose shows, «Kristina's Fearless Kitchen» and «Rolling Round The World With Zach Anner», both of which will be produced by the «Survivor» producer Mark Burnett, will be adding to the new lineu
As for new programming, last
week, Your OWN Show (
which has not been drawing
as high ratings as expected) announced two winners whose shows, «Kristina's Fearless Kitchen» and «Rolling Round The World With Zach Anner», both of which will be produced by the «Survivor» producer Mark Burnett, will be adding to the new lineu
as high ratings
as expected) announced two winners whose shows, «Kristina's Fearless Kitchen» and «Rolling Round The World With Zach Anner», both of which will be produced by the «Survivor» producer Mark Burnett, will be adding to the new lineu
as expected) announced two winners whose shows, «Kristina's Fearless Kitchen» and «Rolling Round The World With Zach Anner», both
of which will be produced by the «Survivor» producer Mark Burnett, will be adding to the new lineup.
A couple
weeks later, for Orthodox Christmas (
which falls in early January), Austro - Hungarian gunners returned the favor, shelling enemy positions «to disturb their Christmas
as they disturbed ours,»
as one unit diary
of the Austro - Hungarian 3rd Army noted.
The push by Republicans to obtain the memos came after the release this
week of Comey's memoir, «A Higher Loyalty,» and interviews in
which he portrays the president
as a liar and immoral.
The employees were in Spain
as part
of a program called GHouse, in
which the company rents an apartment in a foreign city and sends groups
of six staffers there for two -
week spells to come up with innovative ideas.
The action comes one
week after the FDA disclosed a nationwide crackdown on underage sales
of Juul e-cigarettes,
which have become popular among some teenagers
as a way to vape at school and in public.
On top
of all that, the November election is just a few short
weeks after the September meeting,
which makes this an awkward time for the Fed to move,
as it may create economic volatility that could affect the outcome.
Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum,
which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds
of millions
of pounds more a
week to spend on other priorities such
as its rickety National Health Service.
There's also that popular project
of space tourism: While Musk envisions $ 250,000 one - way trips to Mars, Jain imagines $ 10,000 or less
week - long vacations on the moon,
which he says could be just
as connected to the mother planet
as any two cities back on Earth.
UPDATE:
As of Tuesday, Adele's new album «25» has officially sold more copies in its first
week than any other album in history, out - selling the previous record holder, * NSYNC's «No Strings Attached,»
which had 2.4 million copies in its debut
week.
Meanwhile, 150 - year - old Parisian pastry shop Laduree,
which opened its first New York outpost two
weeks ago, seized on FNO
as the night to launch a New York - inspired flavor (cinnamon raisin)
of its signature confection, the macaron.
Indeed, cryptocurrencies crashed
as much
as 40 % in a 24 - hour period last
week, amid a longer selloff in
which the Bitcoin price has fallen to half
of its peak
of $ 20,000.
As a record - breaking 550 influential conservative donors prepared to gather in California for their annual winter retreat, the network overseen by Charles and David Koch highlighted its preferences for an immigration bill in Congress — parts
of which differ from the plan the White House laid out last
week.
Some programs have self - guided prep, some have no prep and others have up to 12
weeks of structured curriculum, a period
which will help lay the foundation for your success
as a new student.
Other currencies
which have borne the brunt
of the dollar's rally in the last two
weeks such
as the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc stabilised on Wednesday, rising between 0.2 to 0.4 percent.
I'm on a mini-vacation in Quebec, but I couldn't not write something about Steve Jobs's resignation,
which was about
as surprising
as Google taking over Motorola or HP announcing its exit from the consumer business, both
of which happened last
week.
In honor
of National Small Business
Week,
which ends Saturday, companies including Dell and Capital One are offering up discounts,
as well
as opportunities for mentorship to interested small business owners.
Just this
week, he published his Master Plan Part Deux in
which he outlined how a combined Tesla (TSLA) and SolarCity (SCTY) would create a clean energy powerhouse that makes and sells solar panels and batteries,
as well
as electric vehicles
of all types including buses and semis.
The news
of Kalanick's official departure
as CEO,
which was announced Wednesday morning, comes after he penned a letter to staff last
week that he would be taking a leave
of absence to cope with the death
of his mother, Bonnie Kalanick.
This is a big reversal
of fortune after a terrible
week for the digital currency in
which the CEO
of J.P. Morgan (jpm) slammed bitcoin
as «a fraud» and the Chinese government ordered cryptocurrency exchanges to cease trading.
As we reported last
week, Square filed a document with state regulators in Alaska saying Dorsey owned 28 percent
of the company,
which was valued at $ 1.6 billion in its last financing round.
The assertions
of voter fraud,
which Trump first made shortly after the election, gained traction this
week after Trump,
as president, repeated them during a closed - door meeting with congressional leaders on Monday.
Also, cryptocurrency investors are preparing for another Bitcoin hard fork next
week, in
which enthusiasts are planning to split off a second version
of the digital currency known
as Bitcoin Gold.
• StatMuse is available
as an iOS app, but the voice platform will launch on Amazon Alexa in the next few
weeks,
which means you could ask your Echo a question and hear Peyton Manning's voice instead
of Alexa's.
As for Amazon,
which weeks ago announced it would take part in the Day
of Action, the retailer has added a «Net Neutrality?
In addition, mention in your ad if there will be any sort
of delay in shipping or communication - whether it's a policy
of not shipping until payment is received, or using a lower - cost shipping method such
as third - class or media mail,
which could take several
weeks to arrive.
Given its areas
of specialization, Gilead wouldn't benefit
as much from consolidation
as, say, a generic - drug company would, but it still faces pricing pressure: To appease Medicaid and other insurers, Gilead is already steeply discounting its hep - C drugs,
which can cost more than $ 80,000 for a 12 -
week course.
«Something pretty crazy happened this
week,» Franco joked
as he began a monologue about the unprecedented attack on U.S. soil,
which included the theft
of sensitive data
of actors who had worked on Sony films.
The five films Murdoch's 20th Century Fox division put out this summer season (
which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day in the entertainment industry) grossed $ 783 million
as of earlier this
week, according to film revenue - tracking website Box Office Mojo.
Sandick said last
week's 32 - count indictment,
which was filed in the Eastern District Court
of Virginia, could be described
as a «rocket docket.»
A man known
as the «Spanish Spoiler» is uploading videos to YouTube in
which he details the entire plot
of the upcoming
week's episode.
Over seven days in the last
week of June, the Globe recounted everything from the tribulations Romney's great - grandparents faced
as Mormon pioneers to the now - famous incident in
which Mitt
as a young father loaded his wife and five sons into a station wagon, loaded the family dog into crate strapped to the top
of the station wagon, and proceeded to embark on 12 - hour journey, stopping only when the eldest son noticed doggie diarrhea streaming down the rear window.
The most glaring example
of this extravagance was a $ 2 million
week - long birthday party for his wife, Karen,
which became known
as «The Tyco Roman Orgy.»
Which explains why the Bank
of Canada's decision this
week to hold interest rates at 1 % for the sixth time in a row came
as little surprise.
Speaking
of which, this
week the low - price grocery Aldi,
which is owned by the same company
as Trader Joe's, announced a major expansion in the U.S.
Another Electronic Entertainment Expo is upon us,
which means the nerd news cycle
of the next
week will be dominated by a steady stream
of video game information and hype, not to mention a decent share
of child - like squealing
as the latest alien - shooting, terrorist - killing, football - throwing, aristocrat - stabbing and Italian plumbering titles are announced.
Most likely places where the money would be spent include upgrades on infrastructure,
which President Obama, in his State
of the Union address last
week, mentioned
as one
of his top priorities in his remaining two years in office.
Verizon (vz) closed its $ 4.48 billion deal with Yahoo last
week, marking the end
of the tech pioneer
as a standalone internet company,
which was once valued at more than $ 100 billion.