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Tom Cruise, who turns 63 in July, remains one of Hollywood’s biggest draws

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones |David Crowther

(Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)The star’s latest “Mission: Impossible” installment helped boost a record weekend at the Memorial Day box office. Last weekend, the US box office had its best Memorial Day on record, helping theater stocks like AMC to soar and Regal Cinemas to shift over 6 million pounds of popcorn. The man at the center of the blockbuster weekend? OK, the man stood next to the blue alien and young Hawaiian girl who were also at the center of the blockbuster weekend?
Thames Water has a ~£16 billion debt pile, now it owes £123 million in fines as well

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

The company has been hit with the biggest fine in UK water regulation history. On the homepage of its website, Thames Water says it “takes care” of water for 16 million people in the UK; industry watchdog Ofwat doesn’t seem to agree.
Nikon will raise camera prices on the back of tariffs

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

(Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images)The Japanese brand’s sales are way down from their early 2010s peak. Japanese camera and chipmaking equipment company Nikon plans to introduce “a necessary price adjustment for products” that will kick in on June 23rd, as tariffs — or their ever-looming threat — continue to rock the world of consumer technology.
Hoka running shoes have been right on Ugg’s heels, but growth is slowing and the future looks uncertain

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

Deckers’ stock dropped after not providing guidance for its coming fiscal year as Hoka sales slow. You may have noticed that almost everyone you know is into running now. People pad along sidewalks like never before, share Strava highlights to their stories like nobody’s business, and even use running to find love. Naturally, that vibe shift has played into the hands (or feet) of one of America’s biggest footwear companies.
America will officially stop making cents in 2026

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

The next time someone offers you a penny for your thoughts, it might be a limited-time offer. According to exclusive reporting from The Wall Street Journal, the Treasury will stop pushing new pennies into circulation by early 2026 as the government makes a move to end the conversation around the cost efficiency of minting America’s lowest denomination.
Monzo, with its first year of profit behind it, wants to be taken seriously

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

(Jaque Silva/Getty Images)The British digital bank has enlisted the help of Morgan Stanley ahead of its long-rumored IPO. The UK doesn’t have a long list of tech giants to trumpet, but one fintech name has reached corporate nirvana. Digital bank Monzo now sits proudly in the pantheon of brands so ingrained in UK culture as to become fully fledged verbs — as in, “I’ll Monzo you for the meal” — with one in five British adults reportedly using the online bank.
Elon Musk probably won’t be dropping $290 million on next year’s midterms

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

In an interview with Bloomberg yesterday, the Tesla chief revealed that he’ll cut back on political spending going forward, answering “I think I’ve done enough” when pressed further.
Tariffs sent smartphone shipments from China down 72% last month

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

How do you like them exports, Apple? Smartphone shipments from China got seriously hung up in April, as the (now-paused) reciprocal tariffs between the two nations shocked some parts of the international supply chain into standstill, with exports dropping 72% last month. Immobile According to Chinese customs data and numbers from Trade Data Monitor cited by Bloomberg, the country sent $689 million worth of smartphones to the US in April.
Virgin Galactic’s $600,000 tickets to space are getting more expensive

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson drinks champagne after a space flight (PATRICK T. FALLON via Getty Images)The company has posted over $2 billion in losses since going public in 2019. Bad news for anyone toying with the idea of going into space, but already perturbed by the astronomical costs: Virgin Galactic last week said that it’ll be raising the price of tickets — already around $600,000 — to get onto one of its space tourism flights next year.
UK retail giant Marks and Spencer is still suffering from April’s cyber attack

3 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones

(Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)Shares in the British icon have slumped almost 15% since it disclosed the breach. On Tuesday, Marks & Spencer said that thousands of customers’ personal data was stolen in a cyber attack that’s blighted the company for around a month now. The supermarket giant confirmed that names, contact details, and order histories may have been taken.