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Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Investment, CDL, SingPost, SIA Engineering, Delfi, SLB, Dasin Retail Trust
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (May 21). CapitaLand Investment (CLI): The global real asset manager on Wednesday announced the launch of its first onshore master fund in China, the CLI RMB Master Fund. The fund has a total equity commitment of five billion yuan…
Read MoreFed officials expect tariffs to boost prices; White House downplays risk
[AMELIA ISLAND, Florida] Federal Reserve officials said on Tuesday (May 20) that higher prices are coming on the back of rising US import tariffs and counselled patience before making any interest rate decisions before it is clear whether the inflation shock will be fleeting or more persistent. “One thing that we have heard is that…
Read More‘Fuori’ Review: Valeria Golino Exudes Humanity In Mario Martone’s Refreshing Biopic Of A Struggling Literary Pioneer – Cannes Film Festival
Literary biopics are hard to pull off, and even harder to market (1995’s Total Eclipse missed a trick with “Leonardo DiCaprio IS Arthur Rimbaud!”). Even well-known U.S. writers tend to be the domain of the indie world, resulting in films as respectable but hardly lucrative as Capote (2005), Kill Your Darlings (2013) and Shirley (2020).…
Read MoreInside Sofia Richie’s Extravagant First Birthday Party for Daughter Eloise
Sofia Richie is the ultimate party planner. The model and her husband Elliot Grainge celebrated their daughter Eloise’s first birthday with a lavish backyard bash in honor of the special milestone. In a post on Instagram May 20, Sofia shared photos and videos from the pink-themed affair, which featured a bouncy castle, mini tents and a…
Read MoreLive Nation Adds Trump Confidant, Kennedy Center Head Richard Grenell To Board Amid DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit
Giant Live Nation has named Richard Grenell, an close confidant and ally of President Donald Trump recently in the headlines for slamming Les Misérables actors and Lin Manuel Miranda, to its board of directors. The ticketing and concert promotion juggernaut and venue owner unveiled its latest director in the midst of landmark antitrust lawsuit against it…
Read MoreSterling K. Brown’s ‘Washington Black’ Limited Series Gets Premiere Date At Hulu
Hulu has set a July premiere date for Washington Black, the Sterling K. Brown-fronted adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel. The series, which received a straight-to-series order, will launch with all eight episodes on Wednesday, July 23 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Washington Black follows the…
Read MoreTesla on track to launch robotaxi trial in Austin, Texas, by June end, Musk says
[SAN FRANCISCO] Tesla is set to begin a test of its long-promised robotaxi service on schedule in Austin, Texas, by the end of June, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday (May 20), even as the company faces safety questions from a US regulator. The electric vehicle (EV) maker will roll out about 10 self-driving…
Read MoreFormer Kennedy Center President Decries Trump Team’s “Malicious Attempt To Distort The Facts” About Finances During Her Tenure
When President Donald Trump hosted the board of the Kennedy Center at the White House on Monday night, the adviser he selected to lead the institution, Ric Grenell, spoke briefly of what he characterized as a “fraud” in the way that the finances of the institution were previously handled. But the person who Grenell replaced,…
Read MoreEminem Proves He’s Biggest Fan of Daughter Hailie Jade Scott’s Marriage to Evan McClintock
Eminem is a total stan of his daughter’s marriage. The “Mockingbird” rapper made a surprise appearance at Jelly Roll‘s concert in Detroit on May 18, and he adorably took a moment on stage to give Hailie Jade Scott a sweet shoutout in honor of a major milestone she reached with her husband Evan McClintock. In…
Read MoreChiwetel Ejiofor & Cristin Milioti Eyed To Star In ‘The Backrooms’ At A24
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Cristin Milioti are in talks to star in The Backrooms, A24‘s sci-fi horror flick based on the viral series of found-footage videos from Kane Parsons, Deadline can confirm. Reps for the studio declined to comment. No word on the roles to be played by the duo, and their deals may not make…
Read MoreOil prices little changed on geopolitical uncertainty, weak China demand signals
[NEW YORK] Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday (May 20) due to uncertainty in US-Iran negotiations and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while new government data delivered a cautious outlook for top crude importer China’s economy. Brent futures slid 16 US cents, or 0.2 per cent, to settle at US$65.38 a barrel, while US West Texas…
Read MoreMario Martone’s ‘Fuori’ With Valeria Golino Gets 7½-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere
Mario Martone‘s Cannes Film Festival Competition title Fuori had its world premiere Tuesday night at the Lumière Theater, earning a 7 1/2–minute ovation. From a script by Ippolita Di Majo and Martone, and starring Valeria Golino as writer Goliarda Sapienza, Fuori is inspired by Sapienza’s 1983 autobiography L’Università di Rebibbia (The University of Rebibbia) and…
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