Posts by Nathan Pine
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher
[ad_1] Published Thu, Jul 24, 2025 · 09:43 PM [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Thursday as investors assessed tech earnings and monitored trade negotiations, while losses in shares of IBM, Honeywell and UnitedHealth weighed on the Dow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 233.9 points, or 0.52 per cent,…
Read MoreIn Rare Joint Statement, UK Broadcasting Union & Producer Trade Body Pledge To Eliminate “Broken Turnaround”
[ad_1] The UK broadcasting union and producer trade body have come together for a rare joint statement to pledge the total elimination of “broken turnaround,” the practice of crew being required by their employer to return to work within less than 11 consecutive hours in each 24-hour period. This breaking of UK working rights regulation…
Read MoreFinite Films & TV To Make Scripted Series On First Biracial Vogue Model & WWII Spy Toto Koopman
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: London and Belfast-based independent production company Finite Films & TV has optioned Jean-Noël Liaut’s The Many Lives of Miss K, based on the Dutch fashion model and secret agent Toto Koopman, for a TV adaptation. The series will follow Koopman’s compelling professional and personal life. Born to a Dutch cavalry officer father and half…
Read MoreKhloe Kardashian Reveals Her “Control Freak” Pre-Trip Checklists Before Leaving Kids
[ad_1] Khloe Kardashian Details Her “Control Freak” Pre-Trip Checklists Before Leaving Kids Khloe Kardashian sticks to her kids’ routine—no matter what. The Kardashians star recently shared that while she allows herself to take trips away from her and ex Tristan Thompson’s kids True, 7, and Tatum, 2, from time to time, she doesn’t leave without…
Read MoreAndrew Barth Feldman Taking Over ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Lead Role In September
[ad_1] Maybe Happy Ending won Best Musical at the Tony Awards last month, and it’s getting a new lead actor after Labor Day. Andrew Barth Feldman will take over as Oliver starting September 2. Feldman — who played the title role for a year in another Tony-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen — will assume the…
Read MoreSri Lanka orders Singapore shipowner to pay US$1 billion over marine disaster
[ad_1] The shipping firm initially paid US$7.85 million for the immediate cleanup and as compensation for fishermen who were deprived of their livelihoods Published Thu, Jul 24, 2025 · 08:47 PM [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka’s highest court on Thursday (Jul 24) ordered a Singaporean shipping firm to pay US$1 billion in damages for causing the island’s…
Read MoreYou can now Venmo the government to help pay off national debt
[ad_1] The federal government will accept Venmo payments from citizens who want to help pay off the national debt. The Treasury has begun accepting Venmo transactions as contributions toward the national debt, which currently stands at $36 trillion. Newsweek contacted the Treasury for more information on the decision via email. The Context The United States…
Read MoreECB keeps rates steady as it awaits clarity over trade
[ad_1] [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday (Jul 24) after cutting eight times in a year, biding its time while Brussels and Washington try to negotiate a trade deal that could ease persistent uncertainty over tariffs. Financial markets scaled back bets on future easing, however as ECB President Christine Lagarde…
Read MoreBBC, Reuters & Other World News Orgs Urge Israeli Authorities To Let Journalists Facing “Threat Of Starvation” In And Out Of Gaza
[ad_1] Some of the world’s biggest news organizations including BBC News and Reuters have said journalists in Gaza now face the “threat of starvation.” A joint statement from the AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters urged Israeli authorities to “allow journalists in and out of Gaza” and said “it is essential that adequate food supplies…
Read MoreFrasers Centrepoint Trust retail portfolio occupancy hits 99.9% in Q3
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Committed occupancy in the retail portfolio of Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) reached 99.9 per cent in the third quarter ended Jun 30, 2025. This was a growth of 0.2 percentage point year on year, and 0.4 percentage point quarter on quarter. The Q3 2024 figure excludes the Tampines 1 mall, and the Q3…
Read More‘Leaving Neverland’ Director Dan Reed Takes “Full Throttle Journey Into Mayhem” Of UK Riots In Latest Film ‘One Day In Southport’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Long before Dan Reed was making BAFTA-winning documentaries about paedophiles, terror attacks, and problematic pop princes, he directed episodes of crime dramas Poirot and Inspector Lewis. It was on the latter, he got to know Laurence Fox, a dashing British actor, embraced by the establishment alongside his ex-wife, the Doctor Who star Billie…
Read MoreEx-DAZN Japan President Takashi Nakamura Joins Dubbing Platform Camb.AI To Launch APAC Office
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Former DAZN Japan President Takashi Nakamura has a new role. He’s joined start-up dubbing and localization firm Camb.AI as President of APAC and will oversee a new Tokyo office. Camb.AI, which owns an AI-powered multilingual translation tool, has launched in Asia due to the significant growth in the media and entertainment sector in…
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