Posts by Nathan Pine
Europe’s STOXX 600 hits record high on earnings boost; ECB in focus
Pan-European index is at 626.36 by 0945 GMT, with all major regional benchmarks in the black Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:11 PM THE STOXX 600 rose 0.8 per cent to hit a record high on Wednesday (Feb 18) as defence and banking shares gained while investors assessed corporate updates and reports of leadership…
Read MoreDisney+ Creates Top Development Job In UK
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has created a top development job in the UK as the streamer continues to expand its EMEA team. A job ad posted two days ago said Disney is seeking an “experienced, strategic, creative, and highly collaborative Senior Manager, Development, UK Scripted,” to join the Rivals and Extraordinary commissioning team, which is run out…
Read MoreBeta Film Boards Quebec Noir Series ‘Northern Traces’ Starring Danny Gilmore
EXCLUSIVE: Quebec noir is coming to London. Northern Traces is one of the most-watched shows of the last five years on French-language streamer illico+ in Canada, and Beta Film has swooped for international rights. The six-parter will be part of Beta Film’s slate for the London TV Screenings next week. Northern Traces hails from Quebec-based…
Read MoreJapan’s US$550 billion investment in US seen widening gains on hedged JGBs
Yields on hedged Japanese government bonds may increase on rising costs for US dollar funding Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 05:04 PM [TOKYO] Japanese government bonds (JGBs) may become an inadvertent beneficiary of a wave of investment into the United States being hammered out between Tokyo and Washington. Japan last year agreed to invest…
Read MoreGet Your AI Off Our ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix Tells ByteDance In Latest Hollywood Cease & Desist Letter
Netflix “will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” the streamer told the TikTok owner tonight. In a short and stern cease and desist letter over Seedance 2.0, Netflix want generated AI videos of Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters, Squid Game and Bridgerton shut down now.…
Read MoreECB President Christine Lagarde expected to leave bank before term expires next year: report
The FT report comes only a week after Bank of France governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that he would step down in June this year Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 02:39 PM [BENGALURU] European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is expected to leave before the end of her eight-year term that expires…
Read MoreTed Sarandos Accuses Paramount Of “Flooding The Zone With Confusion” In WBD Merger Saga
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took aim Tuesday at Paramount‘s rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing the David Ellison-led company of “flooding the zone with confusion for shareholders.” The exec sat for a CNBC interview at the end of an eventful day in the months-long battle for control of Warner. (Watch the interview above.) Netflix…
Read MoreDaniel Radcliffe Doesn’t Want New ‘Harry Potter’ Cast To Be Asked About Original Cast To Not Be “Weird Spectral Phantoms”
Daniel Radcliffe is looking out for the new Harry Potter cast and suggests fans not ask about the original cast. The actor portrayed The Boy Who Lived across eight films, which were adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s book series. As HBO embarks on a new adaptation, now as a series, Radcliffe wants the kids to have their own…
Read MoreBillionaire Henry Cheng’s units agree settlement with Hong Kong regulator
The SFC says that the settlement is in the public interest and underscored the need to comply with takeover rules Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 01:30 PM [HONG KONG] Business units owned by one of Hong Kong’s richest families have agreed to pay as much as HK$1.5 billion (S$242 million) to shareholders of clothing…
Read MoreBillionaire Henry Cheng’s units agree settlement with Hong Kong regulator
The SFC says that the settlement is in the public interest and underscored the need to comply with takeover rules Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 01:30 PM [HONG KONG] Business units owned by one of Hong Kong’s richest families have agreed to pay as much as HK$1.5 billion (S$242 million) to shareholders of clothing…
Read MoreStephen Colbert Calls Out CBS, Again, Over Equal-Time Furor, But Says “I Don’t Want An Adversarial Relationship With The Network”
Last night, after Stephen Colbert’s monologue and before his second act, he had to go backstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater to discuss FCC guidelines. Knowing that he was going to discuss the fact that his interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico was not going to be broadcast on the show, but rather only on…
Read MoreNvidia sells off stake in Arm, a company it once tried to buy
The world’s most valuable company has become a major investor across the technology industry Published Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 12:59 PM [SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia sold off the last of its stake in Arm Holdings, a chip technology company that it tried and failed to acquire five years ago. Nvidia unloaded 1.1 million shares, worth…
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