Movie theaters aren’t exactly booming these days. Most places struggle to fill seats after the pandemic, but one company keeps breaking records. Imax, known for its giant screens and booming sound, sold nearly $1. 2 billion in tickets last year. That’s huge, even though the overall movie business is
Infosys just locked arms with Roland-Garros for another eight years, promising to roll out AI gadgets for fans and insiders alike when the tournament returns in 2026. The tech giant—headquartered in Bengaluru—is betting big on turning a 19th-century clay-court classic into a 21st-century data playgr
Wadsworth’s public schools are making big changes this fall after voters rejected a tax increase that would have helped balance the budget. Instead of new money, the district is cutting 33 jobs, raising class sizes, and even talking about making some kids ride the bus to different schools. The vote
A new study looks at how Americans feel about sending military help to other countries. Many people think the U. S. should only give weapons and training to governments that protect human rights and allow free elections. That makes sense — supporting freedom seems like the right thing to do. But the
A top official from Maine once trusted with election duties now warns that basic freedoms are sliding out of view. She feels the change every day in courthouses and school boards, and she is urging voters to pick a leader who notices these shifts too. She used to skip party labels because leaders i
The federal government gives away over a trillion dollars every year in grants to states, cities, and organizations. For most of that money, there aren’t strong rules on who can receive it. Now, the current administration wants to add two big requirements before any cash gets released: all recipient
Eighteen years ago, a sudden health crisis left someone stranded on a city sidewalk, ignored by passersby. That moment of invisibility became a wake-up call that reshaped how success in business is understood. For years, their identity had been tied to constant motion—traveling nonstop, attending en
A school district in California is facing serious cash shortfalls after years of hiring too many staff for the money coming in. With student numbers tumbling from 16, 000 in 2016 to fewer than 12, 000 by 2025, the money that follows each student has shrunk fast. School leaders say they need more cas
Behind every major AI push sits a team of finance chiefs making the big calls. Six women now hold the purse strings at Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Oracle, OpenAI, and Nvidia—each steering billions into AI infrastructure. Their spending plans read like science fiction budgets: Microsoft alone plans to
Smart finance teams aren't rushing to rely solely on AI because the hype doesn’t match reality. While AI excels at spotting trends and crunching numbers, it struggles with the deeper work of building financial models—the kind that explain why a business actually works. Most AI tools today can foreca
