Posts by Nathan Pine
Moderna’s 177% surge burns shorts in ‘painful’ US$5.5 billion loss
The firm’s stock price soars after it says its personalised cancer vaccine helps reduce the recurrence of melanoma in trial Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 05:58 PM [CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts] A record surge in Moderna’s shares delivered a US$5.5 billion blow to short sellers who had bet that the vaccine maker’s years-long slump would continue.…
Read MoreLav Diaz Venice Title ‘Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors’ Gets Sales Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Lav Diaz‘s Venice Film Festival title Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors (Makikiraan Po) has been boarded by Greek international sales firm Heretic. The film, about Spain’s colonial subjugation of the Philippines, is one of the Filipino auteur’s shorter features running ‘only’ 2 hours 31 minutes. The film, which is playing Out of Competition on…
Read MoreSeriesly Berlin Selects 18 Projects For New-Look Pitching Competition
The Seriesly Berlin Project Pitches has selected 18 international projects from the likes of Star Trek: Discovery writer Ted Sullivan and British author Robert Wilson. Participants will take to the stage at the Seriesly Berlin Conference on September 15-16 at the Fotografiska Berlin in a new-look format that divides the projects in three – with…
Read MoreBFI To Launch Refreshed Film Academy Programme
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI Film Academy, the UK film body’s flagship skills incubator for young people aged 16-25, is expanding with the launch of 12 new BFI Film Academy Hubs across the UK. The BFI has said the scheme will focus on “local provision and devolving funding across the UK.” The 12 hubs will be led…
Read MoreWest Nile virus symptoms explained as NYC reports new case
New York City health officials have reported the city’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of 2026, renewing warnings for residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites during the peak summer season. According to the New York City Department of Health, the individual contracted the virus after spending time outdoors in New York…
Read MoreSK Hynix moves to calm market with US$29 billion share buyback
Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 04:15 PM SK HYNIX unveiled plans to buy back 40 trillion won (US$29 billion) of stock and return more profits to investors, moving to stabilise its shares after they fell more than 50 per cent in two months. The South Korean memory chipmaker said it will buy back as…
Read MoreSamsung, SK Hynix prep record shareholder returns amid AI boom
Samsung to announce plan worth more than US$72 billion; SK Hynix will buy back US$29 billion of stock Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 03:53 PM SAMSUNG Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing record shareholder returns after investors sent their stocks tumbling over concerns around the sustainability of AI hardware spending. Samsung will soon announce…
Read MoreMove over, CSI 300? Why the Star 50 is the index that matters amid China’s AI boom
CXMT, now the most valuable Chinese company, is widely expected to be included in the Star 50 by the end of 2026 Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 02:37 PM INVESTORS looking to track China’s hottest companies are shifting their focus away from the country’s traditional stock indexes. As the artificial intelligence boom reshapes the…
Read MoreNaomi Watts Set For Zurich’s Golden Eye Award
Naomi Watts will be honored at the Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye Award. The festival said Watts is being honored for her “outstanding performance in Ben Shirinian’s The Housewife.” Watts will present the film in Zurich. She stars as the enigmatic wife of a suspected Nazi in the feature. Watts will pick up…
Read More‘SoA’s Kurt Sutter Reacts To Charlie Hunnam’s FX Series ‘Legends’
Sons of Anarchy creator/executive producer Kurt Sutter took to Instagram to assure his followers that he is OK with series star Charlie Hunnam and FX doing a meta take on his motorcycle gang drama with new limited series Legends. “I’m not involved with Legends at all, nor should I be,” Sutter, wearing a yellow beanie,…
Read MoreMercedes-Benz debuts Studio lifestyle concept in South-east Asia with Singapore branch
It is located at Gardens by the Bay and open to the public from Sep 2; new GLC electric vehicle also unveiled [SINGAPORE] The first Mercedes-Benz Studio lifestyle space in South-east Asia was launched in Singapore on Thursday (Aug 20), alongside a new electric vehicle (EV) for the Republic. Located at the SG50 Lattice, the…
Read MoreHong Kong’s student housing crisis spurs bank lending boom
The city’s loan bankers find a new sweet spot – turning old buildings into student dormitories [HONG KONG] The aging Regal Oriental Hotel is hardly a Hong Kong hotspot, yet in recent weeks it has become a popular destination for bankers from some of the city’s top lenders, some of whom made repeat visits. They…
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