Posts by Nathan Pine
Wall St opens lower as bond yields climb
Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 09:46 PM [NEW YORK] The main US indexes opened lower on Thursday (Aug 20) as a rebound in government bond yields hurt sentiment, while retail bellwether Walmart’s rare sales miss disappointed investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 81.8 points, or 0.15 per cent, at the open to 53,381.22.…
Read MoreCharter Closes Acquisition Of Rival Cox, Expanding Spectrum Pay-TV And Broadband To 45 States
Charter Communications said Thursday it has closed its $34.5 billion acquisition of rival Cox Enterprises, creating a new cable and broadband giant. The combined company will have 38 million subscribers to video, internet and wireless services, with the Spectrum brand to be available in 45 states in the U.S. starting in September. Charter had been…
Read MoreChris Pratt’s James Reece Is On A Road To Redemption In ‘The Terminal List’ Season 2 Trailer
Prime Video has dropped the first trailer for Season 2 of The Terminal List, which finds Chris Pratt‘s Jame Reece seeking redemption and a new purpose. “Before he was a fugitive, James Reece made a career out of putting terrorists in the dirt,” a voiceover is heard in the trailer. “He may be exactly what…
Read MoreThe Office’s Jenna Fischer Reveals Why She Stepped Back From TV Roles
“They were so little when that change happened, they thought of me as a podcaster,” Fischer continued. “If anybody asked them, ‘What does your mom do?’ They go, ‘Oh she’s a podcaster. She has a podcast.’” Despite her podcast being directly tied to her role on The Office, she noted, “They didn’t even understand what…
Read MoreSemafor Taps Ashley Gold For Key Role Covering Technology
Ashley Gold is joining Semafor as senior technology correspondent, taking on a key role in coverage including AI and global politics. Gold joins from Axios, where she was senior tech policy reporter and co-authored the AI+ Government newsletter. She will start on Sept. 8 and report to Semafor’s senior Washington editor, Elana Schor. Before Axios,…
Read MoreTrump’s Washington makeover: Update on every major renovation project
President Donald Trump is reshaping some of Washington, D.C.’s most prominent landmarks, with a series of renovation and construction projects spanning the White House, National Mall and Kennedy Center. The much-debated plans range from the White House ballroom and visitor screening center to changes at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, alongside major new projects including…
Read MoreSnowglobe Co-Founder Eva Jakobsen Joins Nordisk Film
The veteran producer and co-founder of the Copenhagen-based indie outfit Snowglobe, Eva Jakobsen, has joined Nordisk Film. Jakobsen co-founded Snowglobe in 2015 and most recently worked through her own production company, Mater Pictures. Jakobsen’s credits include Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person In The World, Ralitza Petrova’s Godless, and Lust (2026). Jakobsen’s most recent credit is…
Read MoreUS dollar at three-month low as Treasury moves to soothe bond jitters
Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 08:19 PM [LONDON] The US dollar was pinned near a three-month low on Thursday (Aug 20) after the Treasury Department moved to calm a bond market sell-off that had pushed long-end yields to their highest since 2007, lifting risk sentiment and undercutting the currency. The dollar index, which measures…
Read MoreTarget gets billion-dollar tariff refund—will customers see any benefit?
The retail giant Target has disclosed a nearly billion-dollar refund from President Donald Trump’s now-annulled emergency tariffs, though consumers may be left waiting to see whether they will share in this windfall. On Wednesday, Target published its results for the second quarter, revealing a 5.3 percent year-over-year lift in sales as net earnings doubled to…
Read MoreDaniel Peddle To Adapt Southern Crime Thriller ‘Cold Moon Rising’
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Peddle, the director behind The Aggressives and Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, has signed on to adapt the Southern crime thriller Cold Moon Rising by North Carolina author Michael Sledge. Cold Moon Rising is Sledge’s debut novel. The book tells the story of a violent home invasion that spirals into a web…
Read MoreKieron J. Walsh’s ‘Skintown’ Wins Edinburgh’s Sean Connery Prize
Skintown, the latest feature by Kieron J.Walsh, has won the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival. Walsh’s Skintown beat out nine other features in the EIFF competition. The prize comes with £50,000 to support future projects. Skintown follows best friends Vinny and Jonty who party, cut deals and…
Read MoreAlberto Barbera Defends Selection Of ‘DAU’
Following weeks of criticism from activists and Ukrainian officials, Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera defended his selection of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s feature DAU in a lengthy Instagram message posted on Wednesday. Beginning by describing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “bloody and cruel”, Barbera said that critics of Venice and its inclusion of DAU…
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