Casinos face shareholder votes over indoor smoking

A new strategy has emerged in the battle to ban smoking in casinos: the shareholder vote. Shareholders at Boyd Gaming, Bally’s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment will put on the ballot at the respective casino companies proposals to force them to study the costs associated with permitting smoking indoors — and whether going smoke-free could save

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Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery bundle streaming services

In this photo illustration the Disney+ logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The bundle is back. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are planning to offer their streaming services — Disney+, Hulu and Max — in a bundle mirroring the traditional cable TV package, the companies said Wednesday.

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Movie slate lacks franchise hits

Ryan Gosling stars in Universal’s “The Fall Guy.” Universal For the first time since 2009, the box office doesn’t have a Marvel film to kick off the summer movie season — and it shows. Since the 2008 release of “Iron Man,” Marvel Cinematic Universe films have consistently launched during this highly lucrative moviegoing season, with

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Oddity Tech (ODD) earnings Q1 2024

As Ulta Beauty says it expects a slowdown in retail’s most resilient category, an upstart says it is bucking the trend.  Oddity Tech, the newly public Israeli cosmetics platform that uses artificial intelligence to develop products, posted first-quarter results that blew past expectations and raised its full-year guidance.  Here is how the beauty retailer behind

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Disney (DIS) earnings Q2 2024

The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023. Joe Burbank | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney reports its fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday, and analysts will be paying attention

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Ex-CEO Howard Schultz weighs in on Starbucks earnings miss

Howard Schultz, former chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., drinks from a Starbucks mug during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz weighed in Sunday on the coffee chain’s dismal latest quarterly

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Starbucks, McDonald’s, Yum earnings show consumers pulling back

It’s finally here: the long-predicted consumer pullback. Starbucks announced a surprise drop in same-store sales for its latest quarter, sending its shares down 17% on Wednesday. Pizza Hut and KFC also reported shrinking same-store sales. And even stalwart McDonald’s said it has adopted a “street-fighting mentality” to compete for value-minded diners. For months, economists have

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