Cannes film festival: The actor’s role in Jorge Thielen Armand’s Venezuela-set surrealist thriller explores deep-rooted tensions of ownership and colonialism In Death Has No Master, Asia Argento stars as an anxious foreigner in Venezuela. Her character, Caro, is on a harried mission to reclaim inherited property from the local caretakers who still reside there. That’s the setup in a surrealist psy...
Cannes film festival: The actor’s role in Jorge Thielen Armand’s Venezuela-set surrealist thriller explores deep-rooted tensions of ownership and colonialism In Death Has No Master, Asia Argento stars as an anxious foreigner in Venezuela. Her character, Caro, is on a harried mission to reclaim inherited property from the local caretakers who still reside there. That’s the setup in a surrealist psychological thriller, in which Venezuelan-Canadian film-maker Jorge Thielen Armand unpacks personal history alongside deep-rooted and “eternal” tensions that still affect the country today. “The film has multiple layers of meaning,” says Armand, ahead of the film’s premiere in the director’s fortnight section at Cannes. “Recent events only make those multitudes greater.” Continue reading...
Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up online order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S., a rich source of untapped sales that major retailers long wrote off as too sparsely inhabited, too remote or too impoverished to serve profitably. Walmart has a running start in the contest to build a loyal customer base in rural America. Roughly 90% of U.S. residents live within 10 miles of a Walmart sto...
Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up online order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S., a rich source of untapped sales that major retailers long wrote off as too sparsely inhabited, too remote or too impoverished to serve profitably. Walmart has a running start in the contest to build a loyal customer base in rural America. Roughly 90% of U.S. residents live within 10 miles of a Walmart store, and 45% of the company’s full-service Supercenters are in places with populations under 20,000, according to a report by investment bank Morgan Stanley.
In a social media post, Emon said: "Cancer is something that has touched every member of this group in one way or another and we know how important hope, support and care can be for families going through the hardest times imaginable."
In a social media post, Emon said: "Cancer is something that has touched every member of this group in one way or another and we know how important hope, support and care can be for families going through the hardest times imaginable."
Trump announced the joint operation in Africa's most populous country in a late-night social media post. He said Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was second in command of the Islamic State group globally. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump announced the joint operation in Africa's most populous country in a late-night social media post. He said Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was second in command of the Islamic State group globally. (Image credit: Mark Schiefelbein)
piranka/E+ via Getty Images US retail and food services sales rose in April with increases in nine of 13 categories. Sales in April grew 0.5% month-over-month, meeting the consensus forecast, according to advance estimates from the US Census Bureau and analyst data compiled by Econoday. Previously reported sales for March were revised to show a 1.6% month-over-month increase, down from the origina...
piranka/E+ via Getty Images US retail and food services sales rose in April with increases in nine of 13 categories. Sales in April grew 0.5% month-over-month, meeting the consensus forecast, according to advance estimates from the US Census Bureau and analyst data compiled by Econoday. Previously reported sales for March were revised to show a 1.6% month-over-month increase, down from the originally estimated 1.7% increase. Retail numbers rose in April even when excluding a continued rise in gasoline station sales amid elevated fuel prices, suggesting that inflationary pressures have yet to dent spending among higher-income consumers. "The powerful equity market rally is supporting spending on the upper leg of the K-shaped expansion, more than offsetting any pullback from those on the lower leg who are struggling with higher fuel, transportation and food costs," BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri said in a May 14 note. Amid resilient spending, however, consumer debt has hovered near record levels this year. US consumer credit card debt totaled $1.252 trillion in the first quarter, down from a record $1.277 trillion in the preceding quarter, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data. Meanwhile, total household debt hit a record $18.794 trillion in the first quarter. "Rising credit card debt nationwide suggests many everyday consumers are struggling to keep up with everyday expenses and make ends meet," Leslie Tayne, founder and head attorney at Tayne Law Group, a debt solutions law firm, said in an email to Market Intelligence. "This is a strong sign that inflation continues to strain household budgets. More Americans are relying on credit to pay for essentials as pandemic-era savings have largely been depleted." Pressure on consumers could mount as balances rise and probabilities fade for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year due to inflation concerns. "While rates are lower than historic levels, borrowing costs are still expensive for the eve...
Alphabet unveiled the Googlebook, a new AI-native laptop line built around Gemini Intelligence, with hardware partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo.
Alphabet unveiled the Googlebook, a new AI-native laptop line built around Gemini Intelligence, with hardware partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo.