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rewrite this title Costner’s Costly ‘Horizon’ Bites Box Office Dust

Summarize this content to 1000 words “Inside Out 2,” starring a personified Anxiety, continued to resonate with moviegoers as the No. 1 film in North America for a third weekend. The dread-infused prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One” also struck a cultural nerve, arriving to stronger-than-expected ticket sales.But ticket buyers largely rebuffed Kevin Costner’s three-hour vanity project, “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” the supposed start of an Old
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rewrite this title Why NASA and Boeing Are Being So Careful to Bring the Starliner Astronauts Home

Summarize this content to 1000 words Two NASA astronauts who traveled at the start of June to the International Space Station were originally scheduled to return home a couple of weeks ago, completing a test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.Instead, the astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will remain on the station for several weeks longer as NASA and Boeing engineers continue to study misbehaving thrusters on the vehicle.But don’t
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rewrite this title S&P and Stocks So Far This Year: Turbulence Behind Gains

Summarize this content to 1000 words In the stock market, all is not quite as it seems.A slowdown in inflation has boosted investor confidence in the economy this year and, combined with an intense fervor for artificial intelligence, provided the backdrop to a rally that has beaten all expectations.The S&P 500 has climbed 15 percent in the first half of 2024.The gains have been remarkably steady, with the index only
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rewrite this title Boeing Angers NTSB With Disclosures on 737 Max Investigation

Summarize this content to 1000 words Boeing drew fresh criticism from a federal regulator on Thursday over disclosures about the continuing investigation into a harrowing January flight in which one of the company’s 737 Max planes lost a panel, exposing passengers to howling winds at an altitude of about 16,000 feet.Addressing reporters at a company factory in Renton, Wash., Elizabeth Lund, a Boeing executive, provided new details on Tuesday about
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rewrite this title Behind the Unrest in Kenya, a Staggering and Painful National Debt

Summarize this content to 1000 words The immediate trigger for the raging protest that gripped Kenya’s capital city on Tuesday was a raft of tax increases — additional shillings that ordinary citizens would owe their government. The underlying cause, though, are the billions of dollars their government owes its creditors.Kenya has the fastest growing economy in Africa and a vibrant business center. But its government is desperate to stave off
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rewrite this title Inside Nvidia’s $500 Billion Wipeout

Summarize this content to 1000 words Nvidia’s fall to earth It looks like another volatile day for Nvidia shareholders. And given the company’s enormous influence on the entire S&P 500, they may not be the only investors facing big swings.A head-snapping recap: The chip maker that rode the artificial intelligence boom to become the world’s most valuable public company last week has fallen into correction territory. It closed Monday down
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rewrite this title Apple’s Antitrust Headaches Intensify in Europe

Summarize this content to 1000 words The E.U. bites into Apple Apple’s feud with global regulators escalated after the European Union on Monday charged the iPhone maker with stifling competition on its App Store, a breach that carries potentially big penalties and could upend a hugely profitable area of the tech giant’s business.The $3 trillion company is the first to be charged under the Digital Markets Act, a landmark 2022
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rewrite this title Fact-Checking Biden’s and Trump’s Claims About the Economy

Summarize this content to 1000 words Consumer sentiment about the state of the economy could be pivotal in shaping the 2024 presidential election.President Biden is still grappling with how to address one of his biggest weaknesses: inflation, which has recently cooled but soared in his first years in office. Former President Donald J. Trump’s frequent economic boasts are undermined by the mass job losses and supply chain disruptions wrought by
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rewrite this title Going After the Middleman – The New York Times

Summarize this content to 1000 words With the presidential election approaching, many chief executives have been glued to the shot clock counting down to Election Day, wondering which companies and industries the Biden-appointed regulatory apparatus — perhaps the most aggressive in a generation — may try to target before it goes to zero.Business leaders have been combing through comments and transcripts to try to understand the pending priorities of regulators
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Pennar: Police Investigate Death of Woman Found on Beach

Police are investigating the death of a woman after her body was found on a beach in Pembrokeshire.  Sian Batchelor, 32, was described as a "beautiful, funny, and lovely person" by family members. Family Statement:"We are devastated by our loss," Ms. Batchelor's family said in a statement. "Sian was a beautiful, funny, and loving person, and we will treasure the good times we had with her. We would now like