SBI Shinsei Bank soars 11% from IPO price in Tokyo trading debut

SBI Shinsei Bank soars 11% from IPO price in Tokyo trading debut

The lender’s listing has boosted the total volume in the country’s IPO market to a seven-year high [TOKYO] SBI Shinsei Bank surged as much as 11 per cent in its trading debut in Tokyo on Wednesday (Dec 17) after raising 322 billion yen (S$2.7 billion) in Japan’s second-biggest initial public offering (IPO) of the year.…

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China chipmaker MetaX debuts after wildly oversubscribed IPO

China chipmaker MetaX debuts after wildly oversubscribed IPO

CHINA will have another major chip debut on Wednesday (Dec 17), eagerly watched by stock-market investors after the stellar gains by its peer Moore Threads Technology earlier this month. MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai is set to start trading in its home city after raising US$585.8 million in an initial public offering (IPO) that was 2,986…

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Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners Drops Out Of Paramount Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners Drops Out Of Paramount Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Affinity Partners, the firm founded by Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, will no longer be a part of the group of investors backing Paramount‘s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, a source confirmed on Tuesday. “With ​two ​strong competitors ​vying to secure ​the future ​of this ​unique American ​asset, ​Affinity ​has ​decided no longer to pursue ​the opportunity. We ​continue to ​believe ​there is a strong strategic rationale…

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‘Song Sung Blue’ & ‘Predator: Badlands’ Producer John Davis On Dad Marvin, Net Points & Frank Capra’s Advice On What Works In The Movie Biz – Crew Call Podcast

‘Song Sung Blue’ & ‘Predator: Badlands’ Producer John Davis On Dad Marvin, Net Points & Frank Capra’s Advice On What Works In The Movie Biz – Crew Call Podcast

Producer John Davis tells it all, going back to his early beginnings of the business, his oil tycoon father Marvin Davis who owned 20th Century Fox from 1981-1984, his days as a Fox production exec of low-budget films, his mentor Frank Capra, and more. What was the best advise that Capra gave him? “Make movies…

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Helmers Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein In Final Negotiations To Direct ‘The Traveler’ For Paramount

‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Helmers Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein In Final Negotiations To Direct ‘The Traveler’ For Paramount

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, the filmmakers behind this year’s horror smash Final Destination: Bloodlines, are in final talks to direct sci-fi drama The Traveler for Paramount, sources tell Deadline. Lipovsky and Stein are taking over the reins on the Skydance project from Lee Isaac Chung, who as we told you first, was the…

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US threatens retaliation over ‘unreasonable’ EU tech regulations

US threatens retaliation over ‘unreasonable’ EU tech regulations

THE United States threatened countermeasures against the EU on Tuesday over the bloc’s efforts to tax American firms, pointing to major European companies as potential targets. But the European Union swiftly vowed to keep enforcing its tech regulations “without discrimination.” In a social media post, the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office criticised the EU and…

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