Wherever volatile fuel prices head this year, don’t expect bargain flights. Airfare in the U.S. in June was up 26.5% compared with a year earlier, according to the latest federal data. Airline leaders say customers continue to book even after carriers hiked fares. They told Wall Street analysts this month that they’re expecting to hold…
Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Son Spider-Man is taking on the Avengers. Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” tallied an estimated $355 million at the domestic box office this weekend, just $2 million shy of the record-breaking debut of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” The…
Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man in Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Sony Spider-Man is already webbing up a massive box office haul. Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” secured $72 million in preview ticket sales, the highest collection for any domestic film in Hollywood history. The previous record holder…
General views of the TCL Chinese Theatre during opening weekend for the Christopher Nolan film, “The Odyssey” in Imax on July 18, 2026, in Hollywood, California. AaronP | Bauer-Griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images For Mike Rohlfing to see “The Odyssey” in theaters this week, the 39-year-old marketer set off on a hero’s journey…
A FedEx worker walks past his truck in the North Beach neighborhood on June 23, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Heather Diehl | Getty Images As demand rises for specialized medications like GLP-1s, logistics companies including UPS and FedEx are adapting their strategies to be able to better ship and store those pharmaceuticals. Most injectable…
American Airlines further cut its 2026 earnings outlook, citing higher fuel costs, a sign that a jump in fares isn’t enough for the U.S. airline that flies the most to fully offset this year’s spike in fuel prices. American said it could post an adjusted loss per share of as much as 65 cents up…
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplanes park at Hobby Airport during an afternoon rainstorm on May 27, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines reported a more than 9% increase in second-quarter profit from last year as higher fares are increasingly helping the airline cover its fuel tab,…
Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store on July 16, 2026 in Kings Beach, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration’s reversal on a key piece of its cyclosporiasis investigation has sparked confusion in the U.S., but the agency said Monday that it has not changed…
A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320, left, passes a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 as it taxis on the runway, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wilfredo Lee | AP JetBlue Airways has won Spirit Airlines slots at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and is looking to move back into…
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is off to an epic start. The Universal film adaptation tallied an estimated $124.5 million in its opening weekend as audiences flocked to premium large-format screenings, especially IMAX theaters. “Death, taxes, and Christopher Nolan,” said Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory. “He’s reinvented the…
