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Micro dramas, the buzzy format awash with billionaires behaving badly and werewolf lovers, are raking in cash.The mobile-focused shows have caught Hollywood’s eye in recent months, and a new report from streaming consulting firm Owl & Co. hints at why. The short-drama apps are on track to make $3 billion in revenue this year globally, excluding China, Owl estimated. That’s nearly triple their haul last year.”Short dramas are no longer an experiment,” Owl founder Hernan Lopez said. “They’re a $3 billion industry — and that’s before any of the best known IP, brands, talent, or producers get in.”About three-fourths of…

Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 7. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP The Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive elections data from voting officials, announcing lawsuits against two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department’s requests. The DOJ is suing Oregon and Maine and those states’ secretaries of state in an effort to gain access to each state’s voter registration list, including personal information such as partial Social Security numbers. The department has asked for sensitive voting data from…

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and Smith Entertainment Group CEO Ryan Smith said this week that live events are more central than ever to culture and commerce in a post-pandemic world.Speaking at CNBC Sport and Boardroom’s Game Plan conference on Tuesday, the executives said that the high demand for in-person events has been unmistakable.”No matter what you bring to that table that day, you unite around that one shared experience,” Rapino said. “For those two hours, I tend to drop whatever baggage I have and have a shared moment.”According to Goldman Sachs, the live music industry is expected to grow…

For Walmart, it’s a priority to quickly stock store shelves with the freshest food possible.In doing so, the nation’s largest grocery-store retailer can prevent food waste from eating into its profits, even in an industry known for thin margins.Yasemin Gunay, a managing director at Boston Consulting Group, told Business Insider that retailers and restaurants have historically planned their inventory levels based on their internal data, mostly based on past sales trend data.However, advancements in AI algorithms have allowed companies like Walmart to consider external factors, like changes to the weather or major sporting events. By more accurately anticipating demand, retailers…

Americans could get some financial relief next year when the IRS adjusts its federal income tax brackets for inflation, a change that could help lower taxes for millions of households.Each fall — typically in October or November — the IRS announces inflation adjustments that affects everything from the tax brackets people are subject to based on their income to the size of the standard deduction. Some experts are already projecting those changes by analyzing the same inflation data the tax agency uses as part its annual reset. Based on that analysis, the IRS is likely to apply an inflation rate of…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been making headlines about their high-wattage celebrity engagement. Swift’s “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married” post on Instagram captured worldwide attention this summer, but unlike most schoolteachers, the music superstar and Kansas City Chiefs football player together would have a vast fortune and are likely to need expert tax and financial planning advice.”When we’re thinking about individuals that are in that ultra high net worth space, there are a number of different planning considerations that are relevant to couples,” said Mike Prinzo, a managing principal at CliftonLarsenAllen, a Top 10…

More than half of tax practitioners use AI in their research in some form or another, most commonly to look into tax deductions and general corporate matters. A recent survey from tax research solutions provider BlueJ, in cooperation with CPA.com, found that 54% of tax practitioners use some form of AI in their research, and 86% agree that firms that use AI have a competitive advantage over firms that do not. As for what exactly it is they’re researching, the two most common topics are tax deductions and general corporate issues, both at 13%; followed by questions regarding tax rates, at…

When I announced that my family was moving to Wisconsin, many friends and colleagues were surprised.I’m a journalist, and in my industry, choosing life outside certain major cities is still sometimes seen as an odd move, even with the prevalence of remote work.Moving to the Midwest from Los Angeles meant I would be potentially further away from networking and job opportunities. Plus, I’d only visited Wisconsin a few times.There were a few reasons this felt like the right decision, though. My husband’s parents lived in Milwaukee, and mine were in Ohio and Pennsylvania. We’d already been talking about living closer…

Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips, and Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark.Porter Binks | Matt Kelley | Stacy Revere | Getty ImagesCollege sports leaders are crunching the numbers as they head toward payments for players and new avenues for revenue growth.Speaking at CNBC Sport and Boardroom’s Game Plan conference on Tuesday, Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips and Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark addressed the NCAA’s $2.8 billion settlement that’s enabled paying players directly and the rollout of player revenue sharing.”Revenues have never been greater,” Phillips said. “Expenses for our schools also…

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