Posts by Nathan Pine
China car sales jump in June but EV price war concerns intensify
[ad_1] [BEIJING] China’s car sales rose in June for the fifth straight month, but reports by some major electric vehicle makers of easing demand raised concerns about intensifying competition in the world’s largest auto market. Sales grew 18.6 per cent in June year-on-year to 2.1 million vehicles from a 13.9 per cent rise in May.…
Read MoreLocarno Title ‘God Will Not Help’ Sets Sales With New Europe
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: New Europe Film Sales has boarded Croatian director and screenwriter Hana Jušić’s drama God Will Not Help ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August. It is Jušić’s second solo feature film after multi-award-winning 2016 debut Quit Staring at My Plate, on which New Europe also handled sales.…
Read MoreLocarno: Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche & ‘Viet And Nam’ Filmmaker Trương Minh Quý Among Directors Set To Debut New Works In Competition
[ad_1] Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival will debut 17 features, including new works by Radu Jude and Abdellatif Kechiche, as part of its 2025 competition. This year’s event runs from August 6 to 16. The festival announced its competition lineups this morning. The Radu Jude feature is his much-talked-about Dracula. The film was shot in Transylvania…
Read MoreFar-Right Purges On Culture Sectors In Slovakia & Hungary Spark Concern Among CEE Delegates In Karlovy Vary: “This Is Not Just A Local Fire”
[ad_1] It’s been nearly a year since Slovakia’s hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his position as director of the Slovak National Theatre, the country’s oldest and most significant theatre. While there was no immediate explanation, the move was seen as part of the government’s crackdown on contemporary culture with the…
Read More‘Last One Laughing UK’ Producers Developing Format In Which Comedians Transport A Gigantic Ball Across Various Terrains
[ad_1] The producers behind Last One Laughing UK have located what they hope will be the next big British format. Banijay labels Initial and Zeppotron are developing a version of Dutch format Let’s Play Ball, which broke out on YouTube with more than 1 million views and will soon launch on SBS6 in the Netherlands.…
Read MoreIndia’s small traders lose US$12 billion in equity derivatives
[ad_1] Mom-and-pop traders lost a combined US$33 billion over the four years through March Published Tue, Jul 8, 2025 · 03:33 PM [MUMBAI] Individuals in India lost over US$12 billion trading equity derivatives in the year ended March, the markets regulator said, raising fresh concerns about the impact of speculative activity on household savings. The…
Read MoreZelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s Former PA, Hails UK Plan To Ban NDAs Silencing Workplace Abuse
[ad_1] Zelda Perkins, the former assistant to Harvey Weinstein and campaigner against non-disclosure agreements, has welcomed UK government plans to ban gagging orders that silence workplace misconduct. The Labour government has tabled an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill outlawing the use of NDAs to silence victims or witnesses of harassment and discrimination. The clause was…
Read MoreGreat Eastern set to resume trading after delisting vote fails
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Great Eastern Holdings is set to resume trading after a vote for a delisting resolution fell through at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Tuesday (Jul 8). Some 63.49 per cent of minority shareholders present and voting at the EGM voted in favour of a conditional exit offer from parent company OCBC, falling…
Read MoreGuocoLand secures S$619.3 million green loan for River Valley Green development
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] GuocoLand has secured a S$619.3 million green club facility on Tuesday (Jul 8) to finance the acquisition and development of its upcoming River Valley Green (Parcel B) project – a high-end residential development located in Singapore’s prime District 9. The green loan was jointly provided by UOB, Bank of China’s Singapore branch and…
Read MoreShenzhen bourse nudges China firms to speed up IPO applications
[ad_1] [BEIJING] China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange has urged brokers to speed up applications for companies to list on the ChiNext board as officials seek to boost private enterprise and reignite the economy under threat from rising tariffs. The exchange, China’s second largest after Shanghai, called in a dozen investment banks to a meeting last month…
Read More‘The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Says Paramount’s Trump Settlement Is “Shameful” As Ex-‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Steve Kroft Calls It A “Shakedown”
[ad_1] Jon Stewart didn’t disappoint with his views on the multi-million-dollar settlement between Paramount Global, which owns The Daily Show network Comedy Central, and President Donald Trump. Five days after the company paid Trump $16M to settle the lawsuit that the President brought against it for its handling of a 60 Minutes interview with Presidential…
Read MoreChina shuns costly LNG imports even as summer power demand rises
[ad_1] [BEIJING] Sweltering temperatures are pushing up appetite for electricity in China, just not yet enough to revive the country’s spot purchases of costly liquefied natural gas (LNG). Traders hoping for a recovery in spot LNG deals had been watching for a surge in summer demand along China’s eastern seaboard. Scorching heat has indeed created…
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