>>Stocks Close Higher To End Week
(New York, NY) -- Wall Street awaits the opening bell after stocks closed higher last week.. This comes as the most volatile week for the market of the year comes to an end. Last Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than one-thousand points and the S&P 500 had its worst day since 2022. At the closing bell, the Dow gained 51 points to 39-497. The S&P 500 rose by 24 points to 53-44. The Nasdaq gained 85 points to 16-745.
>>Donald Trump Polling Ahead Of Kamala Harris On The Economy
(New York, NY) -- A new CNBC poll finds Donald Trump with a commanding lead over Kamala Harris on key economy issues. Trump leads Harris 48-to-46-percent overall in the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. But on the economy, Trump leads Harris by two-to-one. Seventy-nine-percent of Republicans who believe their economic fortunes will improve with Trump in the White House. Forty-eight-percent of Democrats believe they'll be better off if Harris wins, compared with 42-percent who say it makes no difference. Inflation and the cost of living continues to be a top issue of concern for voters. Trump has a 12-point lead on the second-most important issue, the country's economy overall.
>>Harris Pledges To End Federal Taxes On Tips
(Undated) -- Vice President Kamala Harris says she will end federal income taxes on tips if she were elected president, reflecting a policy proposal made by former President Trump earlier this year. Harris announced the proposal Saturday at a rally in Las Vegas. Harris said, "When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers." Former President Trump presented his "no tax on tips" pitch in June and immediately responded to Harris's proposal Saturday night by posting on Truth Social that she had "copied his idea, and that Harris had none of her own.
>>Disney Unveils New Attractions
(Anaheim, CA) -- Walt Disney unveiled multiple new attractions for its theme parks at the D23 fan event on Saturday. The company said it will build a new 'Avatar' experience at its Disney California Adventure theme park, based on the second film in the franchise, "Avatar:The Way of Water." An area at Disney's Hollywood Studios will soon feature the roller coaster from "Monsters, Inc.", and an area of Frontierland will include a thrill ride based on the Pixar "Cars" franchise. The company also announced two attractions for the new Tropical Americas expansion set to open in 2027 at Disney's Animal Kingdom park in Orlando. One follows Indiana Jones' exploration of a Mayan temple, and the other is inspired by the Disney animated film "Encanto." Walt Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro assured the fans at D23 that all these plans were in "active development."
>>"Deadpool," "It Ends With Us" Win Box Office
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Husband and wife Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are dominating the box office. Reynolds' "Deadpool & Wolverine" took the top spot at the box office for the third-straight week. The Marvel Studios film took in 54-million dollars to help bring it's global total to just over a billion dollars. Meanwhile. Lively's "It Ends With Us" blew past expectations with 50-million dollars in its debut weekend to take second place. The last time a husband and wife duo took the top two spots at the box office was in 1990 when Bruce Willis' "Die Hard 2" finished in first place and Demi Moore's "Ghost" debuted in second place.
