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Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesDisney on Tuesday unveiled price increases for its streaming subscription packages beginning Oct. 21.The stand-alone Disney+ ad-supported plan will see a $2 increase to $11.99 per month, while the premium no-ads plan will jump $3 to $18.99 per month or get a $30 annual hike to $189.99 per year.The Disney+ and Hulu ad-supported package will increase by $2 per month, and both of the bundles with Disney+, Hulu and ESPN will see a $3 monthly increase. The packages with Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max will also both increase by $3 per month.The NFL+ plans…

Jimmy Kimmel is back on ABC, but Bob Iger’s reputation might not get a ratings boost.Disney’s decision to reinstate Kimmel’s show after benching him over comments he made in the wake of the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk might have quieted some critics, but it didn’t signal the final act for the drama starring Disney’s CEO.Soon after Disney announced the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” two top ABC affiliate operators, Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group, said they would continue to air alternative programming in place of the show.While the creative class that Iger has long courted has…

Globally, governments and the public sector are making slow but steady progress in adopting accrual-based accounting instead of cash-based accounting, according to a new report.Fully 56% of governments worldwide are expected to have moved to accrual accounting by 2030, according to the new “International Public Sector Financial Accountability Index 2025 Status Report,” published by the International Federation of Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. That is slower than was expected in the last index, in 2020, reflecting the impact of the COVID pandemic on government resources and priorities.”Strengthening public financial management through accrual reporting is fundamental to…

UBS Group AG ended a long-running legal case over helping French citizens dodge taxes by agreeing to pay €835 million in fines and damages, less than a fifth of the original penalty. The Swiss bank said Tuesday that it would pay a fine of €730 million euros and €105 million euros in civil damages to the French state to settle the case, which relates to activities between the years 2004 to 2012. That compares with the €4.5 billion penalty originally handed down in 2019, then the largest-ever fine in a criminal case.UBS had been found guilty of covertly and unlawfully dispatching bankers…

A rendering of Eli Lilly’s manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas.Courtesy: Eli LillyEli Lilly on Tuesday said it will spend $6.5 billion to build a manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, to boost production of the company’s pipeline of so-called small molecule drugs, including its closely watched experimental obesity pill. It is the second in a string of new planned U.S. investments by the drugmaker. Eli Lilly announced in February that it would spend at least $27 billion to build four new domestic manufacturing plants, adding to $23 billion in previous investments since 2020. Eli Lilly said it will announce the two remaining U.S.…

Another major TV company says it won’t air the return of Jimmy Kimmel’s show on its more than two dozen ABC stations.Nexstar Media Group, one of the nation’s largest local TV station owners, said it will continue to air other programming in place of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on its ABC affiliates ahead of the show’s return on Tuesday night.”We made a decision last week to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at a critical time in our national discourse,” Nexstar said in a statement Tuesday. “We stand by that decision…

A roster of high-profile conservative voices could soon return to YouTube.YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet, said in a letter published Tuesday that it intends to “provide an opportunity for all creators to rejoin the platform” whose accounts had been terminated over repeated violations of its COVID-19 and election integrity policies.The letter, written by Alphabet lawyer Daniel Donovan to Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said that YouTube “values conservative voices on its platform” and recognized their reach and role in civic discourse. (Read the letter in full below.)The House Judiciary Committee published the letter on its website on…

This month, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Flint, Paul Ballew, the National Football League’s chief data and analytics officer, said that Nielsen — widely regarded as the top media-audience measurement company — is not equipped to accurately capture the number of people watching each of the league’s games.”There are millions of viewers that we believe they are systematically undercounting,” Ballew told Flint.Ballew’s comments came as Nielsen rolled out its new audience-engagement tool, called Big Data + Panel, which is meant to more accurately count program viewership in the nascent ad-supported streaming era. For now, television viewership…

2025-09-23T15:53:54Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The US State Department issued new restrictions on Iran ahead of the UN’s annual meeting in New York. Representatives of Iran are barred from joining or shopping at wholesale clubs, including Costco. The US says club stores are a “benefit” that it may allow (or withhold) for diplomatic missions.…

Costco has always been a part of my life. I remember taking family trips to the warehouse as a kid and sharing soft-serve with my siblings.When I moved away for college, I still asked my parents to take me to Costco, often “borrowing” their membership card for big shopping trips to stock up on food and household items.Later, my partner and I went all in, splurging on our own executive membership and even getting the Costco Citi card.Now, as adults, we’re at Costco multiple times each month, filling up on everything from gas to groceries. We make almost all our…