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John Lasseter, the chief creative officer at Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, said in a memo to staff on Tuesday that he is taking a leave of absence amid what he detailed as "missteps" and difficult and painful conversations about his behavior toward staff. The news of the Pixar co-founder and "Toy Story" director, came as the Hollywood Reporter reported that Lasseter has, according to sources, a pattern of alleged misconduct that included grabbing, kissing, and making comments about physical appearance. Читать дальше...

Washington’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would benefit shareholders and CEOs, not middle-class Americans, writes Howard Gold.

Trump backs Moore for Senate seat, says he is opposed to AT&T-Time Warner deal

President Donald Trump said Tuesday Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore "totally denies" sexual misconduct allegations against him. Speaking to reporters before departing the White House, Trump said "40 years is a long time," referring to the allegations -- and that he didn't believe voters should pick a Democrat. He also weighed in on the AT&T , Time Warner deal, saying it's not good for the country.

Opioids are killing tens of thousands of Americans every year.

Guess Inc. said Tuesday that actress and singer Jennifer Lopez will be the star of the fashion brand's spring 2018 jeans ad campaign. Other famous faces featured in past Guess campaigns include supermodel Claudia Schiffer, Anna Nicole Smith and Kate Upton. Guess shares are up 1.5% in Tuesday trading and up more than 49% for the year so far. The S&P 500 index is up 16.1% for 2017 to date.

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The ‘Weinstein effect’ is changing office culture — including holiday parties.

Pink sheets-listed Tencent Holding’s market value has just passed Facebook, and is now closing in on Amazon.

What’s at stake for consumers if the FCC ends ‘net neutrality.’

The hunt for yield has pushed $25 trillion of fixed-income assets yielding 4% out of the market

Oil settle higher Tuesday, as traders await an update on U.S. crude supplies that comes ahead of a key meeting of major producers next week.

Workers facing situations like Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s employees have limited options for recourse.

You may be better off waiting for prices to go even lower on some products throughout the holiday season.

Inside one state’s battle to regulate the student loan industry.

J.P. Morgan is considering allowing its clients access to the CME’s planned bitcoin-futures trading market, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, even though CEO Jamie Dimon’s public criticism of the cryptocurrency.

The fine points from the Federal Reserve’s last big gathering are likely to confirm what Wall Street sees as blindingly obvious: The central bank will jack up interest rates a few weeks before Christmas.

‘It started out a different film that didn’t meet the standards of the market’

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Gold finished higher Tuesday, recouping some of the hefty decline suffered a day earlier, as the U.S. dollar headed lower and investors looked to minutes due midweek from the Federal Reserve’s recent meeting for clues on plans for interest rates.

Producing movies is often more glamourous than profitable, but the latest Senate tax bill revives one obscure tax provision that will be applauded by film and television producers .

Despite the big, broad rally in the major stock market indexes, breadth readings for the NYSE suggest investors aren't so worried about missing the boat to buy stocks. There are 1,960 stock gaining ground on the NYSE, compared with 925 declining stocks and 146 stock that are unchanged, according to FactSet, which means 64.7% of the stocks traded are rising. But volume of advancing stocks represents just 59.2% of the total volume. That has pushed the NYSE's Arms Index up to 1.434. The Arms Index is a volume-weighted breadth measure... Читать дальше...

ViiV Healthcare, which is majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline and has Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi as shareholders, said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its two-drug HIV regimen. The therapy, Juluca, is the first such HIV drug composed of just two drugs -- dolutegravir and rilpivirine, both of which have been previously approved -- while other HIV regimens are typically composed of at least three drugs. This advancement could make the regimen more tolerable for the patient, according to Dr. Читать дальше...

The latest MLB Hall of Fame candidate list has at least four players linked to the performance-enhancing drug scandal that some argue Major League Baseball is still fighting its way back from. Hall of Famer Joe Morgan wants a principled stand against honoring the so-called steroid era.

Netflix’s high-profile $90 million movie, “Bright,” starring Will Smith, will hit the streaming platform on Dec. 22. Whether the fantasy cop action flick succeeds or fails will be a major test of Netflix’s film aspirations.