Stouffer’s takes on Kraft with new boxed mac and cheese

Stouffer’s takes on Kraft with new boxed mac and cheese

Stouffer’s Supreme launches with two flavors: cheddar cheese and three cheese. Source: Nestle Stouffer’s is expanding beyond the freezer aisle and taking on Kraft Heinz with its new shelf-stable mac and cheese. The Nestle brand, which celebrated its centennial in June, has spent the past 70 years focused on frozen entrees, such as pizzas, lasagna … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. The Fed’s up Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole on August 23, 2024. David A. Grogan | CNBC The long-awaited Federal Reserve interest rate cut may finally arrive this week. The central bank’s policymakers are set to announce Wednesday whether they … Read more

How Connie Chung launched a generation of Asian American girls named ‘Connie’ — and had no idea

How Connie Chung launched a generation of Asian American girls named ‘Connie’ — and had no idea

NEW YORK — Some public figures are honored with namesake buildings or monuments. Veteran broadcaster Connie Chung has a strain of marijuana and hundreds of Asian-American women as legacies. Chung was contacted five years ago by a fellow journalist, Connie Wang, whose Chinese immigrant parents gave her the chance as a preschooler to pick an … Read more

Inside Media: Kyle and Jackie O in trouble in Melbourne as ABC investigates Heston Russell story and Big Brother returns

Inside Media: Kyle and Jackie O in trouble in Melbourne as ABC investigates Heston Russell story and Big Brother returns

Welcome to INSIDE MEDIA where we bring you the inside story on media news, with plenty of views, every Monday and Thursday. ABC’S BIZARRE STATEMENT OF ARROGANCE A cracking yarn last night on 7NEWS’ Spotlight has forced the ABC into a humiliating backdown, but the taxpayer-funded broadcaster has attacked the program that brought its mistakes … Read more

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is No. 1 again; conservative doc ‘Am I Racist’ cracks box office top 5

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is No. 1 again; conservative doc ‘Am I Racist’ cracks box office top 5

Moviegoers said yes to more “ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ” this weekend. After its monster opening, the Tim Burton sequel easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Down only 54% from a week earlier, the North American gross for the Warner Bros. release is … Read more

Housing funding announced as Senate battle continues

Housing funding announced as Senate battle continues

As the federal government announces initial funding rounds for two key housing policies, two more face fierce resistance in the Senate. The first tranche of funds for the Housing Australia Future Fund and National Housing Accord programs are expected to deliver more than 13,700 new social and affordable homes nationwide. Construction on almost 40 per … Read more

The five industries with the highest rate of burnt out workers according to LinkedIn research

The five industries with the highest rate of burnt out workers according to LinkedIn research

The job with the highest burnout rate is also one of the most popular jobs companies are hiring for: Project manager. That’s at least according to recent research from LinkedIn, which surveyed more than 16,000 professionals in the US between March and June. Four in 10 US workers report feeling stuck and burned out in … Read more

Senate committee to vote to hold Steward Health Care CEO in contempt

Senate committee to vote to hold Steward Health Care CEO in contempt

BOSTON — Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to adopt two resolutions next week to hold Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt — one for civil enforcement and another for certification to the United States Attorney for criminal contempt — after he refused to … Read more

Bill would ban sports betting ads during games and forbid bets on college athletes

Bill would ban sports betting ads during games and forbid bets on college athletes

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The federal government would ban in-game advertising and bets on college athletes under a sports betting regulation bill proposed by two northeastern legislators. Rep. Paul Tonko of New York and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut introduced the bill Thursday. It’s designed to address what they say are the harmful effects of … Read more

Hollywood’s secret weapon is an animation studio called Titmouse

Hollywood’s secret weapon is an animation studio called Titmouse

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” is one of the many shows using animation from independent studio Titmouse Animation. Amazon Studios There’s a powerhouse in the entertainment industry that remains unknown to many casual cartoon viewers — it’s called Titmouse Animation. As mainstream theatrical animation is digging itself out of a rut and … Read more