With kids becoming a powerful segment of the booming $164-billion global skin-care industry, brands have been catering to them with new products packaged in colorful, eye-catching bottles and jars.

The services sector is booming, with the S&P Global Flash US PMI Composite Output Index rising to 56.6 in December, signaling the fastest expansion of business activity since March 2022.

It comes as many car brands grapple with growing competition as the industry shifts from petrol and diesel vehicles to electric, with production in China booming.

The Los Angeles economy — battered for years by recession, civil unrest and a major earthquake — was booming again.

England back Elliot Daly also fell foul of the stormy conditions when he attempted to find touch with one of his booming kicks, only to see the ball blown backwards.