• Josh Groban and Katy Perry livestream weekend concerts

    Josh Groban and Katy Perry livestream weekend concerts

    Josh Groban fans were supposed to have seen their man, in all his popera glory, last Saturday at Radio City Music Hall. But while it’ll be some time before the 39-year-old star can make up that June 20 performance of his “Great Big Radio City Show” — which has been rescheduled for April 16, 2021 …
  • Feds water down Volcker Rule restrictions

    Feds water down Volcker Rule restrictions

    The Federal Reserve and four other regulatory agencies announced on Thursday that they have finalized a rule that will ease restrictions curtailing the ability of banks to make investments in such areas as hedge funds. The announcement of the easing of regulations know as the “Volcker Rule” gave an immediate boost to bank stocks because …
  • Wirecard files for insolvency owing $4 billion

    Wirecard files for insolvency owing $4 billion

    Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost $4 billion after disclosing a gaping hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud. The payments company filed for insolvency at a Munich court saying that, with 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) of loans due within a week, its …
  • Chuck E. Cheese parent company files for bankruptcy

    Chuck E. Cheese parent company files for bankruptcy

    Every kid’s favorite pizza-loving mouse has become a coronavirus casualty. Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, CEC Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy late Wednesday after the pandemic shuttered most of its family-friendly eateries. The restaurant-and-arcade chain said it will use the Chapter 11 process to restructure its debt-heavy balance sheet through talks with financial stakeholders and landlords …
  • Chuck E. Cheese parent company files for bankruptcy, another casualty of pandemic

    Chuck E. Cheese parent company files for bankruptcy, another casualty of pandemic

    Restaurant chain Chuck E. Cheese parent CEC Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, making it the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic that has crushed entertainment and leisure industries globally. The company described the current crisis as the “most challenging” in its history and said it would use the bankruptcy proceedings to continue …
  • GNC files for bankruptcy, shuttering stores as it looks for a buyer

    GNC files for bankruptcy, shuttering stores as it looks for a buyer

    GNC filed for bankruptcy, saying it will shutter more than 15 percent of its stores after state-ordered coronavirus lockdowns crimped sales this spring. The 85 year-old supplements seller — which struggled with sagging sales in recent years, even as it shouldered more than $700 million in debt — said in a Chapter 11 late Tuesday …
  • Wall Street bonus forecast not as dire as in May

    Wall Street bonus forecast not as dire as in May

    With the economy slowly bouncing back from coronavirus quarantines, Wall Street bonus season is shaping up to be less of a nightmare and more of a very bad dream. The latest survey by compensation consultant Johnson Associates predicts that financial services pay will be slashed by 15 percent to 20 percent in 2020 — a …
  • Japanese supercomputer ranked as world’s most powerful system

    Japanese supercomputer ranked as world’s most powerful system

    A Japanese supercomputer built with technology from Arm Ltd, whose chip designs power most of the world’s smartphones, has taken the top spot among the world’s most powerful systems, displacing one powered by IBM chips. The Fugaku supercomputer, a system jointly developed by Japanese research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu in Kobe, Japan, took the highest …
  • Hertz seeks bankruptcy loan of up to $1B after stock sale nixed

    Hertz seeks bankruptcy loan of up to $1B after stock sale nixed

    Hertz Global Holdings is in talks for a bankruptcy loan of up to $1 billion to fund its business reorganization after suspending its plan to sell new shares, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The car rental firm halted its plan to sell up to $500 million in …
  • Bankrupt Hertz shares halted as SEC questions controversial stock sale

    Bankrupt Hertz shares halted as SEC questions controversial stock sale

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