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Fox Corporationβs direct-to-consumer streaming service carrying the companyβs news, sports and entertainment programming will be available for $19.99 a month, the company announced Tuesday. Fox Corp. Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts the offering, called Fox One, will launch Aug. 21 and target consumers who may want the companyβs content but no longer…
Every week, we answer your financial problems or consumer disputes – you can email moneyblog@sky.uk with yours. Our latest problem, available to newsletter subscribers first, is from cjenk, who asks… My partner bought a nearly new car from a garage three months ago, it has since become undrivable with both the garage and the finance…
Reality star Harry Jowsey has flirted, broken hearts and lied on TV. But now the 28-year-old Australian says heβs ready to find his soulmate β and heβs nervous. Last month, applications opened on a website for his new Netflix reality show, βLetβs Marry Harry,β with thousands of people signing up for the chance to be…
British Land, the FTSE 250 commercial property company, has hired lawyers to scrutinise rescue deals for the high street retailers Poundland and River Island. Sky News has learnt that Hogan Lovells, the City law firm, has been instructed by British Land to seek further information on restructuring plans that the two chains say are necessary…
On the Shelf The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World By Peter GuralnickLittle, Brown & Co.: 624 pages, $38If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As the author of multiple books about…
Shaun Ilten had a problem. The senior director of turf and grounds for the Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park had 26 full-size practice fields, two game fields and a warm-up pitch to line ahead of last winterβs Coachella Valley soccer tournament. And he had less than five days to do it. Since it takes…
BP has signalled an accelerated effort to bring down costs ahead, refusing to rule out further job losses as artificial intelligence (AI) technology helps drive efficiencies. The company, which revealed in January that it was to axe almost 8,000 workers and contractors globally as part of a cost-cutting plan, said alongside its second quarter results…
The premise of Billy Wilderβs critically acclaimed 1959 comedy, βSome Like It Hot,β starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is almost as famous as its stars. Two jazz musicians witness a mob hit and disguise themselves as women in order to escape town as members of an all-female band. Hilarity ensues as the…
The City watchdog has provisionally banned former star fund manager Neil Woodford and fined him and his former fund company almost Β£46m. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it planned to prevent Mr Woodford from holding senior manager roles and managing funds. The watchdog also aimed to fine him Β£5.89m and Woodford Investment Management (WIM)…
The Dodgersβ Tyler Glasnow and the Cardinalsβ Sonny Gray squared off in an old-school pitchersβ duel Monday. But both were watching from the clubhouse when pinch-hitter Yohel Pozoβs two-out single in the ninth lifted the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory at Dodger Stadium. Glasnow gave the Dodgers seven strong innings for the second time in…
