Nicole Kidman is everywhere these days.In 2024 alone, the Academy Award-winning actress will appear in three films and three TV series. The 57-year-old hasn’t gone a year without a film or series releasing since 2000, a span over which she has accumulated nearly 60 IMDb credits.For Kidman, working steadily is about much more than seeing herself onscreen: she is aware that her star power has the ability to create work for others.”It’s very hard for me to go, ‘Okay, I’m just going to take care of myself,’ because I’m so much about taking care of other people,” Kidman told Variety…
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Investors should take a selective approach toward utility stocks in 2025 as the incoming Trump administration could create a more challenging environment for the sector, according to KeyBanc. The utility sector has rallied nearly 25% this year as investors realized increased electricity demand from artificial intelligence is not a passing fad, analyst Sophie Karp told clients in a note this week. AI has translated into tangible electricity load and earnings growth revisions for the sector, Karp said. Utilities also benefited this year from stabilizing interest rates and inflation. But the sector could face headwinds from the inflationary policies favored by…
A driver for an independent contractor to FedEx delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHoliday shopping is expected to reach record levels this year. But a growing share of those purchases will be sent back.Returns in 2024 are expected to amount to 17% of all merchandise sales, totaling $890 billion in returned goods, according to a new report by the National Retail Federation and return management company Happy Returns. That’s up from a return rate of about 15% of total U.S. retail sales, or $743 billion in returned goods, in 2023.Even though…
In October 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent his trillion-dollar social media company into a new direction. Facebook changed its name to Meta and Zuckerberg set his sights on a new horizon, the metaverse.”There was genuinely a need and a desire at the time for Facebook, the company, to rebrand into something else,” said Leo Gebbie, principal analyst and director at CCS Insight. “The company Facebook wanted to make clear that it was more than just that one social website.”While the term metaverse predates Facebook, Zuckerberg’s metaverse ambitions have existed inside Meta since 2014, when Facebook bought virtual reality headset…
Is it possible to be too merry and bright heading into the holiday season? The question is timely, given the unmistakable upwelling of investor enthusiasm toward equities in recent weeks and a reignited impulse by traders to grab for the raciest assets. The trick, though, comes in trying to distinguish between a bull market feeding off rational fundamental positives and one that has grown so frisky as to be acutely risky. It’s not clear that line has been crossed, though it might not be too far away at this rate. What’s clear for sure is that we’ve entered the “belief”…
Healthcare Realty Trust building in in Nashville, Tennessee.Source: Google MapsCompany: Healthcare Realty Trust (HR)Business: Healthcare Realty Trust is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around hospital campuses. The company selectively grows its portfolio through property acquisition and development. Its portfolio includes nearly 700 properties totaling over 40 million square feet, concentrated in 15 growth markets. The company’s properties are in high-growth markets with a broad tenant mix that includes over 30 physician specialties.Stock Market Value: $6.38B ($17.99 per share)Stock Chart IconStock chart iconHealthcare Realty Trust’s shares in 2024Activist: Starboard…
There’s a bunch of buy-rated stocks that have plenty more room to run, according to Bank of America. The firm says these companies are a must-own heading into the final weeks of 2024. They include: ServiceNow, Citigroup, Booz Allen Hamilton and Affirm. Citigroup Don’t sleep on this banking giant, analyst Ebrahim Poonawala said recently. “The investor perception (rightly so, in our view) of Citi being much more globally exposed relative to peers also appears to have hurt stock performance in the aftermath of Trump’s win,” Still, investment bank says the stock is a table pounding buy. Poonawala says he sees…
Whether you’re craving a new adventure, feeling stuck, or wondering if the place you call home still fits, moving abroad might be the change you need. But relocating to another country is more complicated than just packing a bag and booking a flight. My own journey began at 17 with a trip to the Netherlands that sparked my love for international travel. By 21, I’d had my “Goldilocks moment” in Madrid — I knew Spain was just right for me. I had a few stints there studying Spanish, teaching English, and pursuing a master’s degree, but life kept pulling me back…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – NOVEMBER 07: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends a press conference on state affairs at the presidential office on Nov. 7, 2024.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBeleaguered South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday survived an impeachment motion triggered by his short-lived failed attempt to impose martial law earlier this week, after his ruling party boycotted the vote, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. The motion, tabled by opposition politicians including the leading Democratic Party, needed the support of two-thirds of South Korea’s 300-member National Assembly to pass. Allied lawmakers walked out…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.Emily Elconin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the world stage on Saturday to join leaders for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, still a private citizen but already preparing to tackle a host of international crises. It is Trump’s first trip overseas since he won the presidential election a month ago and it could offer French President Emmanuel…
