WALT DISNEY is the world’s most powerful brand, thanks to the likable robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, who propelled the entertainment company to the top spot following the box office success of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, London-based Brand Finance said.
THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY was on pace to lose $6.3 billion last year by showing digital ads to robots, according to a December 2014 study by White Ops, a fraud detection firm. The study applied some concrete numbers to illustrate a problem that most people in the industry understood was pervasive.
OSLO — A Norwegian chain of Arctic islands is seeking to turn numbing cold and total winter darkness into a draw for visitors who usually only venture north for the midnight sun during fleeting summers.
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LOS ANGELES — Jane Austen’s classic tale Pride and Prejudice gets a somewhat different makeover for cinema screens with heroine Elizabeth Bennet armed with a sword and fighting zombies.
