Posts by Nathan Pine
China expands travel curbs to top AI talent at private firms
The moves highlight how elite AI engineers are now seen as strategic assets to the country Published Tue, May 26, 2026 · 05:49 PM [BEIJING] China is restricting overseas travel for top AI professionals in private firms such as Alibaba Group Holding and DeepSeek, suggesting an escalation in measures intended to safeguard its technology and…
Read MoreNetflix Unveils First Brazilian Medical Drama ‘MED’ Amid Slate Of New Originals
Netflix is launching MED, a medical drama out of Brazil. The streamer announced a slate of new Brazilian originals today as the Rio2C film and TV confab got underway. MED will be Netflix’s first medical drama from Brazil. Clara Moneke will star and Paranoid is the production company, the same label that produced global hit…
Read MoreGoalhanger Launches Ventures Arm; Invests In Invisible Media
Gary Lineker’s Rest is… outfit Goalhanger has launched a ventures arm. Goalhanger Ventures’ first investment is in Charlie Tymon’s Invisble Media, which runs digital media platform and YouTube channel Invisible Hand. It has also struck a partnership with Backyard Cricket, a sports creator brand. Invisible Media said its videos “unpack the forces shaping modern life,…
Read MoreAmpere Analysis Sold To Private Equity Firm Goldenpeak & Buys PlumResearch At Same Time
Ampere Analysis today has a new owner and another research house in its stable. Private equity firm Goldenpeak has acquired the influential UK-based entertainment analysis business for an undisclosed fee, marking the first time Ampere has had an institutional investor on board. At the same time, Ampere has acquired PlumResearch, the Poland-based audience specialist company.…
Read More‘The Comedy League’: Banijay Takes On Norway TV2 Format For Sales
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Entertainment has acquired global rights to Norwegian comedy format The Comedy League (Ligaen). The show, which has already been recommissioned locally for a second season on TV2, sees entertainers go head-to-head in a series of sporting challenges. Its creators, Håkon Herresthal and Steffan Ludvigsen at Happy Sheriff, say it delivers a “fresh twist…
Read MoreMalaysia jolts bullion trade with 10% import duty on gold bars
Malaysia imported around US$2.5 billion of non-monetary gold through April this year Published Tue, May 26, 2026 · 04:19 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has imposed a 10 per cent import duty on some gold bar shipments, according to traders familiar with the matter, disrupting the bullion trade in the South-east Asian nation. Some inbound cargoes…
Read MoreNorth Korea launches ballistic missiles in show of force
North Korean launched various projectiles including short-range missiles toward its western seas on Tuesday, the South Korean military said. The close-range ballistic missiles were fired at around 1 p.m. local time from Chongju, a coastal area in the North’s western province of North Pyongan, and flew approximately 50 miles before coming down in the Yellow…
Read MoreRussell T. Davies On ‘Tip Toe’ & An American Version Of The C4 Drama
Russell T. Davies’ “angriest and darkest series yet” launches on Sunday but the Doctor Who showrunner is already thinking about the shape of an American version, and he has talent in mind. Davies’ new show Tip Toe is about a gay bar owner in Manchester and his long-standing neighbor, who become embroiled in a feud.…
Read MoreSri Lanka jolts markets with outsized 100-bp rate hike to counter Gulf crisis
Published Tue, May 26, 2026 · 03:49 PM [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka’s central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday (May 26), the biggest hike in four years, as policymakers scrambled to stem inflation and support a currency buckling under soaring energy prices. Economic growth in the…
Read MoreTriple Green CineCapital Sets Charlie Nguyen Video Game Adaptation ‘The Scourge’ As First Vietnamese Investment
Southeast Asian film investment fund Triple Green CineCapital (TGC) has announced its first investment in a Vietnamese project, partnering with Charlie Nguyen’s Chanh Phuong Films on The Scourge. The horror drama is based on a Vietnamese video game of the same name, which has more than 100,000 downloads and a 94% positive rating on Steam.…
Read MoreOrange County update: New evacuation map released
Californian authorities have scaled back the evacuation zone for the Garden Grove chemical tank emergency in Orange County after determining the risk of a “catastrophic” explosion had passed, though a significant blast or fire is still possible. It shrinks the number of evacuation orders in place from more than 40,000 to about 16,000, as of…
Read MoreSats may reward shareholders with special dividend if there’s spare cash
The company is on course to achieve FY2029 targets of S$8 billion in revenue and 20 per cent Ebitda margins [SINGAPORE] Air freight handler and inflight caterer Sats may pay out special dividend or buy back shares when it has the spare cash. Kerry Mok, CEO of Sats said if the company has spare cash…
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