Few shows were hyped as much as Game of Thrones S8. But has the show disappointed viewers? The latest IMDB data suggests yes.
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Ramsay Bolton once declared "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention". That may end up being true.
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Are you still watching? Netflix's subscriber count grew by 7.7m in the final quarter of the year, making up the majority of its 8.9m growth for 2022 โ salvaging what was otherwise a year to forget. [Congrats to everyone who picked A in the newsletter
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do you think reasonable to expect a similarly successful hit rate for YC in the more recent (much larger) cohorts?
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie just had the second-best box office debut for an animated movie in the US... can it knock Nemo, Incredibles 2 or Shrek 2 off the top spots?
Game of Thrones is done. Weโve updated this chart but it's not pretty. The last season has an average rating of 6.7 on IMDB, and the finale itself is a 4.5. The rest of the show averages 9.1. After 8 seasons maybe it wasnโt Jon Snow that โknows nothingโ after all.
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Walmart stays in business by being hyper-competitive on price. But despite its gargantuan economies of scale, the retailer has reported just a 2.2% net profit margin so far this year โ although when you sell as much Walmart does, even that shakes out to $10.6bn in profit. ๐ ๐ต
Inflation makes the "sell everything for a dollar" strategy really hard.
In fact, DollarTree is giving up on selling eggs, saying it can't make money by selling them at flat prices anymore.
๐ช Inflation is that one unwanted guest that just wonโt leave: headline inflation (CPI) in March rose to 3.5% annually, up from 3.2% the month before. So whatโs still going up in price?
In 1996, the first cash was transferred into the Government Pension Fund of Norway. Since then, the fund has grown exponentially as the oil money was poured into a smรถrgรฅsbord of investments, from real estate and government bonds to equity investments in 9000+ companies. ๐ ๐ธ
Historically opposed to third-party delivery, Domino's recently surprised the market by announcing a partnership with Uber Eats. The deal could add $1B in sales for the world's largest pizza chain (1.5m pies/day) โ ideally helping to reverse a recent decline in same-store sales.
August 15 1998: Apple launches the first iMac computer, marking a significant milestone now 25 years behind us. In 2001, Mac sales commanded 70% share of the company's net revenue, raking in $4.4bn โ fast forward to now, and the $40bn from Mac sales accounts for just 10%.
Job openings for July dropped to their lowest level in over 2 years according to yesterdayโs update from the Labor Department. That said, the ratio of job openings to unemployed people sits at ~1.5, still one of the highest readings in the last 20 years. ๐ผ ๐