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Micro dramas are entering their Hollywood phase as new players aim to give the format the star treatment.The latest example is Tommy Harper, a prolific film producer whose credits include “Star Wars” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”Harper is going small for his next act. He’s launching VeYou, an app for the made-for-mobile soaps that originated in Asia and have taken off among women viewers.Harper raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding for VeYou from lead investor S32, a venture firm led by Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, whose other investments have included 23andMe, Impossible Foods, and Nest.Harper wants to make VeYou…

A Lufthansa passenger aircraft is parked at a gate while a SASCA fuel truck services it on the apron at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Blagnac in Occitanie in France on March 15, 2026.Isabelle Souriment | AFP | Getty ImagesThe surging price of jet fuel isn’t the airline industry’s only problem. Now, it’s whether it will have enough.Since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, the price of jet fuel in the U.S. has nearly doubled, going from $2.50 a gallon on Feb. 27 to $4.88 a gallon on April 2, with the increases even sharper in other regions.…

Finance types can’t stop talking about Citrini Research’s “Analyst #3” and what the firm says was a wild trip to the Strait of Hormuz. Loading audio narration… Wall Street’s denizens and market watchers across the globe rushed to X to commend the intrepid analyst with memes, GIFs, and kudos-filled posts.It’s insane not only how wild the story is, but how well it’s written.If Citrini’s team ever stopped writing investment memos, they could create novels that would put Tom Clancy or Jack Reacher to shame.One of the few research newsletters I subscribe to, and worth every… https://t.co/ovIdOW1p01— Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) April…

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 airplane lands at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Atlanta on March 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines raised its fee for checked bags by $10 for tickets purchased starting Wednesday, the third major U.S. carrier to increase prices as the industry grapples with a jump in jet fuel expenses this year.”These updates are part of Delta’s ongoing review of pricing across its business and reflect the impact of evolving global conditions and industry dynamics,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.The changes would bring the…

After years of trying to lose weight “the right way,” Jane Zuckerman realized that “putting in the work just wasn’t enough.” Zuckerman, a 32-year-old data analyst based in Washington, D.C., said she lost 90 pounds in college and spent years cycling through nutritionists, therapy and strict routines — only to find herself at her heaviest after the pandemic, at 270 pounds. Zuckerman said GLP-1 injections were out of the question, because she’s afraid of needles. But when the first GLP-1 pill for obesity became available in early January, Zuckerman called her doctor immediately, she said. Almost a month after starting Novo Nordisk’s new…

These days remote work is hard to come by — and at some firms, employees now risk losing equity or promotions if they don’t show up in person. Loading audio narration… Superhuman, however, is offering extra benefits to those who show up IRL more often, rather than penalizing those who don’t.The company — which offers a suite of AI productivity tools, including Grammarly — rolled out a system in January to reward workers who come to the office. The move followed an attempt at mandating two days in person for its engineering teams.Superhuman has over 1,500 employees globally, and its…

2024 was a marquee year for hedge fund startups, producing a hefty crop of pedigreed funds, including two of the largest launches ever: Jain Global and Taula Capital, both of which started with $5 billion or more in investor commitments. Loading audio narration… The third-largest of that year, Freestone Grove, has cruised under the radar — even as it has doubled in size.Freestone, an equities-focused multimanager fund launched by Citadel alums, now has more than 180 employees, according to a March filing with regulators, while assets have eclipsed $6 billion and are poised to grow further as the firm opens…

FILE PHOTO: A for sale sign is shown for a residential home in Encinitas, California, U.S. July 25, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The all-important spring housing market is well underway, but expectations are falling short due to the war in Iran and its impact on both the U.S. economy…

The economic downturn Wall Street has been fearing may have already arrived, according to Moody’s top economist. Loading audio narration… Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said he’s been looking at one signal in particular that suggests the US economy may have already tipped into a recession. It’s called the Vicious Cycle Index — an economic gauge that Zandi said he and his team at Moody’s created, which recently flashed a positive signal for a recession.The indicator is loosely based on the Sahm Rule, the famed recession indicator that says the US is in a downturn when the…

I was on a podcast recently, where the host’s husband had quit his job to work with her. One of her first questions for me was, “How do I make sure the business doesn’t affect our marriage?” Loading audio narration… This question had never occurred to me in the 10-plus years I’ve worked with my husband, Heath, because we’ve been teammates from the start. I worked as a sales director in tech for over a decade before starting my side hustle as a life coach in 2013, which he fully supported.As the business grew, I took the leap to work…