Posts by Nathan Pine
Berlinale Title ‘Köln 75’, With Mala Emde & John Magaro As Keith Jarrett, Sells To Metropolitan, Lucky Red, SF Studios, HBO, Selecta Vision & More For Bankside
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Bankside has inked a slew of sales on Ido Fluk’s Köln 75 following its Special Gala premiere at the Berlinale this month. The largely well-received film has sold to Bulgaria (Beta), Canada (Level Film), Czech/Slovak (AQS), Eastern Europe excluding Poland (HBO), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), France (Metopolitan), Hungary (Budapest Film), Israel (Naschon/Red Cape), Italy…
Read MoreCitigroup mistakenly credits customer account US$81 trillion in ‘near miss’, FT reports
[ad_1] CITIGROUP erroneously credited US$81 trillion, instead of US$280, to a customer’s account and took hours to reverse the transaction, a “near miss” that shows up the bank’s operational issues it has sought to fix, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Feb 28). The error, which occurred last April, was missed by a payments employee…
Read MoreOff The Fence Strikes Development Deal With Investigative Journalists Robin Carter And Gloria Gomez & Lines Up ‘King Of Kandahar’ Doc
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: My Octopus Teacher producer Off The Fence is going deeper into true crime through a development deal with investigative journalists Robin Carter and Gloria Gomez, and is making doc about an unsung modern warfare specialist. Under terms of the pact, OTF will develop and produce true-crime series based on the contacts, intelligence and…
Read MoreCorporate governance risks and opportunities in CDL’s family feud
[ad_1] COMMON wisdom holds that independent directors in family-controlled listed companies are an essential safeguard against family members on the board and management colluding at the expense of minority shareholders. The good news for minority shareholders of City Developments Ltd (CDL) is that they don’t have to worry about controlling-family members working in cahoots. The…
Read MoreVietnam steel body seeks tariffs on Chinese, South Korean galvanised steel
[ad_1] VIETNAM’S Steel Association has asked the government to impose tariffs on galvanised steel imported from China and South Korea to protect domestic production, the government said on Friday (Feb 28). Galvanised steel imports from China and South Korea have been rising rapidly, “putting heavy pressure on the domestic steel industry”, the government cited an…
Read MoreIndonesia’s move to control coal prices faces Chinese pushback
[ad_1] THE Indonesian government’s plan to regulate the price of coal exports is facing pushback from its largest customer, as firms in China baulk at paying higher costs as other suppliers lower their rates. Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia this week issued a regulation forcing coal exporters from Mar 1 to use the official pricing…
Read MoreDustin Hoffman Compares “Genius” Gene Hackman To Marlon Brando: “A Giant Among Actors”
[ad_1] After more than 60 years in Hollywood, Gene Hackman has left an indelible mark on his fans and peers alike. Dustin Hoffman, who starred with Hackman in the 2003 feature adaptation of John Grisham’s Runaway Jury, paid tribute to his longtime friend in a heartfelt statement after the 2x Oscar winner died at age…
Read MoreMel Brooks Recalls Gene Hackman’s “Perfect” ‘Young Frankenstein’ Performance: “I Was Over The Moon”
[ad_1] Although Gene Hackman‘s legacy includes a myriad of masterful dramatic performances, he also managed to elicit some laughs during his storied career. Following the 2x Oscar winner’s death at age 95, writer-director Mel Brooks reminisced about working with Hackman on his Academy Award-nominated 1974 comedy classic Young Frankenstein. “I was privileged to know Gene…
Read MoreChina’s Chery Automobile applies for Hong Kong IPO
[ad_1] CHINA’S Chery Automobile has applied for an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, seeking funds to develop new vehicles and technologies as well as to expand in global markets and improve domestic production facilities. Its filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange did not detail the size of the IPO or when a…
Read MoreGenting Bhd, Genting Malaysia take big tumble after news of CEO change; Genting Singapore edges marginally lower
[ad_1] GENTING Bhd and Genting Malaysia shares plunged shortly after the market opened on Friday (Feb 28), after news broke on Thursday that Lim Kok Thay will step down as chief executive of Malaysia’s Genting after nearly two decades at the helm. Both entities also reported a net loss in their latest earnings announced on…
Read MoreGenting Malaysia stocks tumble after news of CEO change; Singapore counter holds relatively steady despite heavy trading
[ad_1] GENTING Bhd and Genting Malaysia shares plunged shortly after the market opened on Friday (Feb 28), after news broke on Thursday that Lim Kok Thay will step down as chief executive of Malaysia’s Genting after nearly two decades at the helm. Both entities also reported a net loss in their latest earnings announced on…
Read MoreFCC Chairman Brendan Carr Suggests That Skydance-Paramount Merger Review Is Far From Finished
[ad_1] FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency’s review of the proposed Skydance-Paramount Global merger is far from finished, as the two companies have said that they expect to complete the deal by the summer. “At this point we haven’t made a lot of progress on any transaction at the agency,” Carr told reporters…
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