Gold futures on Tuesday surged to a fresh high of over $3,800 as investors continue to bet big on the safe haven asset.The real gold price, which adjusts for inflation, hit a record high earlier this month for the first time since 1980.In a note on Monday, Deutsche Bank analysts forecast that gold prices could rise above $4,000 by the end of the year – notching a massive full-year return of more than 50%.The real gold price, which adjusts for inflation, hit a record high earlier this month for the first tim ...

Walt Disney said Tuesday it will raise prices for its flagship Disney+ streaming service in the US next month, as the entertainment giant pushes to bolster profits from its digital platforms.Starting Oct. 21, the ad-supported Disney+ plan will increase by $2 to $11.99 per month, while the ad-free premium tier will rise $3 to $18.99 a month. Annual premium subscriptions will jump $30 to $189.99.Prices will go up starting Oct. 21. It’s the fourth straight year Disney has raised prices. HTGanzo – stock.adobe.c ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the central bank is in a “challenging situation” with an ongoing risk of faster-than-expected inflation at the same time that weak job growth has raised concern about the health of the labor market.In comments prepared for delivery to Rhode Island’s Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Powell offered little indication of when he thinks the Fed might next cut interest rates, noting that there was danger to both cutting too fast and risking a new surge of in ...

A former top official in the Trump Administration, Makan Delrahim, is in advanced talks to join the newly merged Paramount Global in a major legal role, according to sources with direct knowledge. Delrahim, who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice during President Trump’s first term, has become one of David Ellison’s key advisors over the last few years.Since leaving government, Delrahim has been a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he leads the firm’s ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback to late-night TV on Tuesday following a weeklong hiatus will be blacked out of dozens of markets after Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its ABC affiliates will not air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — replacing it with “news programming” instead.“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” the company posted on X on Monday.“Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potent ...

投资建议 - 券商Needham建议公司关闭ABC电视网而非出售 将内容转移至流媒体平台以降低监管风险并释放更高估值 [1] - 联邦通信委员会FCC的干预使得持有广播执照对股东而言成本过高且波动性过大 [1][6] 监管与运营事件 - 公司上周决定停播Jimmy Kimmel的节目 该事件引发了关于美国言论自由的辩论 [2] - 停播决定是在FCC主席Brendan Carr威胁调查Kimmel关于Charlie Kirk的评论后做出的 [3][4] - 联邦法律禁止FCC因负面报道或政府不喜欢的言论而吊销广播公司执照 [3] - 公司于周一宣布该喜剧演员重返深夜电视节目 [3] 业务表现与战略价值 - ABC电视网对于公司的受众覆盖和体育版权谈判至关重要 尽管流媒体业务在增长 [6] - 该业务近年来业绩下滑 反映出随着观众向流媒体转移的行业趋势 [6]

公司管理层动态 - 迪士尼CEO鲍勃·艾格在受到前任迈克尔·艾斯纳公开批评后 决定让深夜节目主持人吉米·金梅尔复播[1][7] - 艾斯纳通过X平台发文质疑"领导力何在" 并指责继任者未能应对FCC的"失控胁迫"[2][9] - 两位高管存在长期矛盾 源于20年前CEO继任过程中艾斯纳对艾格的"折磨与羞辱"[3][5] 节目播出争议 - 吉米·金梅尔因虚假指控查理·柯克与"MAGA团伙"有关联而被暂停节目[1] - 节目停播引发辛克莱和奈克斯塔等附属电视台业主抗议[5] - 复播决定未要求主持人道歉 引发创意人员工会和A级明星批评[1][10] 社会与政治影响 - 事件升级至好莱坞社交圈 艾格夫妇在洛杉矶住宅为媒体女性举办的筹款活动面临主办委员会退出威胁[12] - 争议被视作对第一修正案的攻击 导致公司面临盟友和捐助者关系风险[10][13] - 艾斯纳罕见介入政治敏感话题 行业观察者对此表示震惊[6][9] 公司治理历史 - 2000年代迪士尼在艾斯纳领导下因票房失败 ABC收视率下滑及与皮克斯关系破裂陷入停滞[13] - 2005年股东 revolt导致43%投资者不支持艾斯纳 使其失去董事长职位[15] - 艾格继任后迅速通过重建创意伙伴关系（特别是皮克斯）改变集权式领导风格[16]

公司搬迁计划 - 福特汽车将于2026年上半年完成从现有迪尔伯恩总部"玻璃屋"向数英里外新总部的搬迁 [1] - 新总部将于2024年11月正式开放 现有建筑将在约18个月内被拆除 [1] - 搬迁旨在促进创新并作为福特+转型计划的物理象征 [2] 新总部设施规模 - 新福特世界总部建筑面积达210万平方英尺 是原玻璃屋面积的两倍 [2][8] - 设施包括6个设计工作室 产品展示厅和16万平方英尺美食广场 [6] - 配备300多个技术支持的会议室以及健康中心和母婴室 [6] 园区规划与历史背景 - 新建筑将作为亨利福特二世世界中心园区的一部分 [3] - 选址位于1953年开放的福特产品开发中心原址 [6] - 该园区曾诞生Mustang、Thunderbird、F系列卡车等标志性车型 [7] 员工整合与协作 - 新总部将集中容纳工程、设计和技术团队员工 [2] - 建成后将有14,000名员工位于建筑15分钟步行范围内 [3] - 旨在通过紧密协作提升公司在新竞争时代的获胜能力 [2]

Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over digital advertising technology kicked off in Virginia federal court on Monday.Justice Department attorney Julia Tarver Wood slammed Google’s proposal for a lighter penalty – comparing it to “[putting] a band-aid on a seriously severed limb” – and said a forced divestiture of its key ad exchange, AdX, was needed to restore fair competition and protect news publishers and advertisers ...

市场格局变化 - Michelob Ultra在截至9月14日的52周内成为美国最畅销啤酒 取代了Modelo Especial的领先地位 [1] - 根据Nielsen IQ数据 Michelob Ultra在过去一年也是酒吧和餐厅渠道的顶级销售商 [1] - 星座公司的Modelo Especial在2023年成为美国最畅销啤酒 此前百威淡啤占据该头衔超过20年 [3][8] 公司业绩与市场表现 - 百威英博股价今年迄今上涨17% 而星座公司股价下跌40% [7] - 星座公司将其全年净啤酒销售预期下调至下降2%至4% 此前预期为持平至增长3% [7] - 百威淡啤与跨性别影响者Dylan Mulvaney的合作引发消费者强烈反对 导致全国性抵制和销售持续下滑 [2] 行业挑战与消费者趋势 - 星座公司首席执行官将销售下滑归因于 Hispanic消费者需求下降 该群体约占其业务的一半 [4] - Hispanic消费者因经济担忧（如食品价格上涨和就业市场疲软）以及移民问题而减少消费 包括减少社交聚会中的啤酒饮用 [6] - 铝和墨西哥进口商品的关税也对啤酒制造商构成挑战 [7]