Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s budget surplus jumped to $21 billion in the second quarter as it raked in profits from expensive crude prices. The surplus was 35% higher compared to the first quarter, Saudi Arabia’s finance ministry said Thursday. The budget surplus soared even as spending for the Kingdom increased 16% from the year prior….
Monthly Archives: August 2022
This lamb barbacoa is cooked inside of a pit oven for 11 hours. The Texcoco, Mexico restaurant, El Pica 1 cooks around 500 pounds of barbacoa every weekend. The barbacoa is sold for $10 a pound to about 1,200 customers each weekend. Inside El Pica 1 in Texcoco, Mexico, the original barbecue of the Americas…
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke at the company’s Upfront 2022 show in May. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery is a 40,000-person mega-media company that spans properties from Warner Bros. to HBO. The new company has the breadth and depth of content to compete with Netflix and Disney in…
Daly and Newton/Getty Images If you love to sleep, mattress company Casper has the dream job for you (pun very much intended). It’s hiring three people to sleep on its beds, and it’ll pay them each $25 an hour to do so. The so-called Sleepers will get to come to work in their pajamas and…
FILE PHOTO: A placard reading “Energy crisis. Maximum limit 25 litres per filling” is seen as a man fills up a car during a fuel strike, at a gas station near Lisbon Reuters There may be no quick fix to the energy crisis, a Goldman analyst said, citing dwindling OPEC capacity. The cartel only has…
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Just 15% of Chipotle locations are located in college towns but perform “exceptionally well,” according to the CFO. Students buy more burritos and bowls when they’re at school than when they’re back at home. Chipotle has promoted deals and events to gain loyalty from college customers. College students are the stereotypical Chipotle…
Leslie Grace as Batgirl in “Batgirl” and Robert Pattinson as Batman in “The Batman.” Warner Bros./DC “Batgirl” won’t be released to HBO Max, as intended, or even to movie theaters. It had a modest budget compared to other superhero movies, but wasn’t considered ready for theaters. But theaters are desperate for product at a time…
Machines unload coal from a barge destined for the coal-fired Kraftwerk Mehrum power station near Peine, Germany Sean Gallup/Getty Images European governments should consider only targeted efforts to aid households dealing with soaring energy costs, said the IMF. Costs for oil and natural gas and other energy sources have surged in the wake of Russia’s…
Former President Donald Trump; Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas; Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas; former Vice President Mike Pence Getty Images Chris Christie predicts less than a dozen Republicans will run for president in 2024. He billed Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ted Cruz, and Tom Cotton as top contenders. Christie says the decision…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Aaron Rodgers. AP Photo/Aaron Gash The 2022 NFL preseason kicks off with the Hall of Fame game on August 4, airing on NBC and Peacock. Throughout the season, HD antennas and streaming services will offer select NFL games without cable. NFL+…