‘Barbie’ is just the beginning: How big brands are using Hollywood to get their message out by pouring money into film and TV production
Big brands are becoming an active new class of entertainment financiers boosting Hollywood. Beyond Mattel, marketers like REI and Nike have been funding films and TV to reach ad-avoidant consumers. But brands are eager for better ways to measure their content’s impact on audiences. As studios cut back on spending and strikes halt production, Hollywood…
Billion-dollar physical-therapy startup Sword Health shares the strategies it’s using to drive growth ahead of a potential IPO
Sword Health wants to be profitable before an IPO, and it’s aiming to hit that milestone in 2024. CEO Virgilio Bento said Sword was still growing rapidly without compromising that timeline. The company wants to triple its AI team and is considering more acquisitions along the way, he said. Virgilio Bento founded Sword Health in…
New all-time highs are coming next year as a multi-year bull market rally kicks off, a veteran chartmaster says — and these 5 leading sectors look ready to dominate
After an 18-month-long bear market, investors should prepare for an extended rally. Long-time technical analyst David Lundgren shared why US stocks are set to take off. Here are the five sectors that will lead the rebound, according to Lundgren’s charts. David Lundgren, a veteran technical strategist and hedge fund manager, advised his clients to bet…
A 27-year-old investor building a retirement portfolio of $2 million in 8 years shares why he’s heavily buying a fund paying a 12% annualized yield on a monthly basis with tax advantages
Austin Hankwitz is challenging himself to build a $2 million retirement portfolio. His strategy includes using dividends and distribution yields to compound his growth. One of which is an ETF with an options strategy that pays a yields on its premiums. Before creating personal finance content on social media platforms in 2020, Austin Hankwitz worked…
Cal loses starting QB, but crushes North Texas anyway in blowout win
Starting quarterback Sam Jackson V went out injured barely a minute into the second quarter, but Cal didn’t skip a beat in a 58-21 rout of North Texas Starting quarterback Sam Jackson V was injured and lost for the game less than a minute into the second quarter, but Cal didn’t miss a beat in…
Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 2 action
Amador Valley shuts out No. 11 Campolindo. Pittsburg heats up late to turn back Granite Bay. Valley Christian wins tight road game over Salinas. Christopher holds off Piedmont Hills. Welcome back to the high school football roundup from the Bay Area News Group. You’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news…
Home opener against top-20 opponent on national TV ‘awesome opportunity’ for San Jose State Spartans
SJSU head coach Brent Brennan’s Spartans play host to No. 16 Oregon State on Sunday as part of CBS doubleheader SAN JOSE, Calif. — The football team at San Jose State will be scrutinized more than usual for its home opener. A week after trailing No. 6 USC by a touchdown at halftime in a…
Emotional return: Mountain View plays in honor of mother who died
Mountain View holds moment of silence, wears helmet decals with initials of Lucinda Daniels, who collapsed on field while tending to injured son VIEW FROM THE MOUNTAIN – The Mountain View High School football team played its first game on Friday night, with heavy hearts, after an unthinkable tragedy left the program mourning the death…
Kurtenbach: Cal and Stanford are in the ACC and college football is officially dead
College football has been sterilized over the last decade, leading to Friday’s strange re-alignment of Cal and Stanford. College football’s “caretakers” made the most serious error, and it killed the sport. They mistook the game for something serious. No, it was the sheer chaos of it all that made college football great. It was a…
