Worried about the job market or stuck in a toxic workplace? These 2 movies can feel like ‘catharsis’

Feeling disappointed by your job or job search? Two recent films might strike a chord. Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” imagine what happens when workers in bad situations, whether a stagnant job market or a toxic workplace, are pushed to their limits, with murderous consequences. They offer cathartic, if violent,…

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Daikin shares jump 14% after Elliott pushes reforms

Shares of Daikin Industries surged as much as 13.9% on Thursday after activist investor Elliott Investment Management said it would work with the company to improve performance and narrow its valuation gap with peers. The stock later pared gains and was up about 11% as of 10:40 a.m. local time. “Elliott’s significant investment in Daikin reflects…

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Brown, MIT prof shooter Neves Valente is dead: authorities

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the accused Brown University mass shooter, and alleged killer of an MIT professor Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office The man suspected of the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others last Saturday, and then of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later, was found…

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