Star Wars was the first Lego license — 25 years later, it’s stronger than ever

Star Wars was the first Lego license — 25 years later, it’s stronger than ever

Star Wars Lego models are seen at the Bricks & Figs museum in Krakow, Poland, on April 15, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images If you are a Star Wars fan, Jens Kronvold Frederiksen may have crafted your childhood. A design director at the Denmark-based Lego company, he has spent the past 25 years creating … Read more

Earnings from Disney, Uber and Warner Bros.

Earnings from Disney, Uber and Warner Bros.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through the upcoming earnings-packed schedule on Wall Street, saying to focus on reports from companies such as Uber, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. Since April’s labor report was weaker than expected, he said investors can worry less about the Federal Reserve’s next move. “Now that it’s clear the … Read more

Masimo CEO Joe Kiani pledged $400 million in Masimo stock for loans

Masimo CEO Joe Kiani pledged 0 million in Masimo stock for loans

Founder and CEO of Masimo, Joe Kiani addresses a press conference in Bangalore on January 2, 2017.  Manjunath Kiran | Afp | Getty Images Billionaire Masimo founder Joe Kiani, best known for his successful legal fight against Apple and his friendship with President Joe Biden, has borrowed against half of his $660 million stake in … Read more

Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customers

Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customers

A Bally Sports display is shown in the eighth inning of the game between the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on April 9, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Astros defeated the Twins 5-1. David Berding | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Comcast customers lost access to Bally Sports’ regional networks a … Read more

NBC could buy back ‘Roundball Rock’ rights if it gets NBA games, John Tesh says

NBC could buy back ‘Roundball Rock’ rights if it gets NBA games, John Tesh says

Michael Jordan #23 and Scottie Pippen #33 Nathaniel S. Butler In the pantheon of theme songs for TV sports, “Roundball Rock,” John Tesh’s anthem that accompanied National Basketball Association games on NBC until 2002, is arguably the greatest. If NBCUniversal wins the rights to air the NBA again, it would have a chance to bring … Read more

Best way to make regular income from stocks — plus, how to use our trade alerts

Best way to make regular income from stocks — plus, how to use our trade alerts

Here’s our Club Mailbag email [email protected] — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. We can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. This week, we’re answering two questions. Question No. 1: … Read more

Cricket, big business in India, brings star power to US with world cup

Cricket, big business in India, brings star power to US with world cup

USA Cricket Vice-Captain Aaron Jones poses next to a giant cricket ball, installed at a marketplace to mark 100 days to go for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, in Miami, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2024. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty Images A major cricket world cup is coming to U.S. soil for the … Read more

What subscriber reporting change means

What subscriber reporting change means

The best way to get investors to stop focusing on something is to stop telling them at all. Netflix said Thursday it will no longer report quarterly membership numbers and average revenue per membership starting in the first quarter of 2025. This is a significant change for the company and for the so-called “streaming wars,” … Read more

News on negotiations with ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery

News on negotiations with ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #23, during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2024. Jevone Moore | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The National Basketball Association’s exclusive media rights negotiating window with current partners Disney and Warner Bros. … Read more

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley calls for women’s sports investment

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley calls for women’s sports investment

Dawn Staley just finished leading South Carolina’s undefeated season and witnessing the end of Caitlin Clark’s record-breaking college career — and she thinks women’s basketball is only getting started. “I think we are in a moment … from a place where our game has been held back to now it’s at a place where it’s … Read more