Business News In Brief

The trend began with a treat-filled basket left anonymously on a neighbor’s doorstep. It has already become something much, much bigger. You’ve picked the perfect pumpkin, nailed your costume, and decked out your porch, but have you put together your “boo basket” yet?

The company is dropping a huge chunk of its head count as it has struggled to fend off competitors like Box and Google. Dropbox is dropping a huge chunk of its head count.

Though Trump has recently paid lip service to family policies, his track record indicates that issues like paid leave and steep childcare costs are not a priority. Across social media and in interviews, Elon Musk has repeatedly aired his concerns about the declining birth rate, calling it “the biggest danger civilization faces” and urging his followers to have more kids.

Downey has the right to deny any digital replica uses in film—even after his death—because of California’s new law. Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t think Marvel executives would ever recreate his portrayal of Tony Stark using artificial intelligence. But if they did, he would lawyer up—even posthumously.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale and selected nearly $22 million in winning bids for four lease areas. The U. S. government chose winning bids Tuesday to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind project on the Atlantic Coast.

Tom Secrist is splitting off from Atomic Cowboy. Secrist, 64, sold the biscuits, beer and pizza spot for $3 million, along with the restaurant group’s headquarters around the corner in a house-turned-office-building at 1515 Adams St. “It feels great,” Secrist said of the closing. “It doesn’t mean that I’m out of the business … maybe I’ll go back to fix and flips on the houses … I just hope what I’ve done has helped to improve the selection of offerings on the street on the retail and restaurant end of it.” Justin Brockman, a broker at Required Properties, listed the spaces in August and was under contract by the first week of September, he said.