Maoyan: China's 2025 summer box office hit $1.67B, up 2.7% YoY; average ticket prices fell to $5.04, driven by reduced distribution fees and ticket subsidies (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/china-summer-box-office-2-123…
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The IRS is rescinding layoffs at its civil rights office, an early target in its plans to slash its total headcount.
IRS Commissioner Billy Long, in a memo obtained by Federal News Network, told employees in the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance that the agency is “reversing” reduction-in-force notices they received in April.
Tokyo-based LayerX, which uses AI to help enterprises automate back-office workload, raised a $100M Series B led by TCV, taking its total funding to $192.2M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/01/layerx-uses-a…
Like "a professional wrestler’s dressing room."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/trump-oval-office-gold-before-after-decor-white-house-makeover?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
IRS rescinds layoffs at civil rights office, an early target of workforce cuts
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/irs-rescinds-layoffs-at-civil-rights-office-an-early-target-of-workforce-cuts/
Comscore: US and Canada summer box office revenue was $3.67B, down slightly from $3.68B in 2024, and well short of the $4B from the Barbenheimer-fueled 2023 (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m