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WASHINGTON — ACapitol Police officerkilled last week when a man armed with a knife rammed his car into two officers at a barricade outside the Capitol doesnot appear to have been stabbed, slashed or shot, a police official told The Associated Press on Monday.
Officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force, died Friday after the driver rammed into the barricade near the Capitol. The driver, identified as 25-year-old Noah Green, crashed into the officers and the barrier, then exited the car armed with a knife and lunged at the officers before police fatally shot him, authorities said.
In the chaotic moments after the attack, law enforcement officials initially believed the suspect, who was seen on surveillance video lunging at the officers with a knife, may have stabbed Evans, but that was not the case. Rumors also had swirled around fears that Evans may have been struck by friendly fire when police started shooting at the suspect.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/no-indication-officer-in-capitol-attack-was-stabbed-shot/2021/04/05/fe48ab28-962a-11eb-8f0a-3384cf4fb399_story.html
AMC upgraded as ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ renews confidence in the domestic box officeThe Warner Bros.′ film, which posted the best opening weekend of any film released during the coronavirus pandemic, “destroys lingering concerns around the theatrical window importance and demonstrates a solid path to resurgence,” wrote B. Riley Securities analyst Eric Wold in a report on Monday.
“Godzilla vs. Kong” signals that consumers are eager to head to the cinemas for new blockbuster features and suggests that the upcoming summer slate could see similar success.
Wold also upgraded AMC Entertainment to “buy” in his Monday note, raising his price target to $13 from $7. Shares of the company rose more than 6% on Monday and have jumped more then 370% since January, in part due to renewed confidence in the company’s ability to survive the rest of the pandemic. AMC has a market value of $4.2 billion.
“We have remained impressed with management’s ability to weather the pandemic headwinds by both strengthening the balance sheet and negotiating with landlords to improve the cash runway into 2022,” he wrote. “And as the largest exhibitor in North America that also operates the highest number of premium IMAX screens, we view AMC as well positioned to benefit from the industry’s projected resurgence and return to pre-pandemic attendance levels by 2023.”
AMC was battered by the pandemic. The company was already in debt from acquiring smaller theater chains and outfitting its existing locations with luxury seating. Closures, capacity restrictions and a lack of new film releases weighed heavy on the company’s finances.
The performance of “Godzilla vs. Kong” is a bright light for AMC and the rest of the movie theater industry.
The film, which debuted domestically Wednesday and was released on HBO Max, secured $32.2 million over Friday, Saturday and Sunday and garnered $48.5 million for the full five-day Easter weekend in the U.S. and Canada.
“We believe consumers want to leave the house and return to the theater and these results are very telling especially considering that the movie was available for free to HBO Max subscribers at the same time as the theatrical release,” Wold wrote.
Notably, less than 60% of the North American theater base was open over the weekend and theater capacity restrictions continue to hover between 25% and 50%.
“We feel these results are impressive considering the prior film, ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ opened to only $47.8M back in May 2019 (with all theaters open and without any capacity restrictions),” Wold wrote.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/05/amc-upgraded-as-godzilla-vs-kong-renews-confidence-in-the-box-office.html
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GameStop to Sell Stock After Reddit-Fueled Trading FrenzyGameStop Corp. said it could raise hundreds of millions of dollars from stock sales in the coming months, as the videogame retailer turns to public markets to help support its turnaround plan.
The company said Monday that it would sell up to 3.5 million shares, adding that the timing and size of any stock sale would involve various factors.
Though it has had the ability to sell up to $100 million in stock since December, GameStop—unlike theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. —had resisted raising cash in that manner as retail
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gamestop-to-sell-stock-after-social-media-fueled-trading-frenzy-11617620818
Pandemic Seen as Job Creator as Millions Speed Up RetirementMore than 3.1 million Americans age 55 or older plan to apply for Social Security benefits earlier than they once thought because of the pandemic, according to the Census Bureau.
That’s offset by 1.4 million people in the same age group who anticipate working longer due to the impact of Covid-19, according to the bureau’s latest Household Pulse survey conducted between March 3-15.
The upshot is a net 1.7 million early retirements, which will likely mean more positions opening up for younger Americans. Older workers the so-called “baby boomers‘’ born in the two decades after World War II have accounted for essentially all of the more than 17 million jobs created in the U.S. since 2000.
The shift may prove especially significant for some regions. In the New York City metro area, for example, a net 300,000 people expect to apply earlier for Social Security, according to the Census Bureau.
That could add to other evidence suggesting an exodus from New York even though home sales in Manhattan are now booming after a slump in 2020 and point to demographic changes ahead. A 2018 study of retired municipal employees by the city’s Independent Budget Office found that more than one-quarter left the state.
“In this bad economy caused by a disease that hit older New Yorkers hard, I’m not surprised older people are paying a high financial cost to leave the workforce and claim Social Security early,” said Ghilarducci. A drop in spending by that age group will slow the city’s economy, she said.
None of the country’s other 15 biggest metro areas came close to the New York numbers. The next-highest figures in the Census Bureau survey were Philadelphia, with a net 85,000 people planning earlier retirement, and Chicago with 68,000.
The Census survey also found that White Americans, who typically have a larger amount of accumulated wealth, were more likely to be planning to bring forward their retirement because of the pandemic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/americans-are-bringing-forward-retirement-plans-because-of-covid