New Zealand central bank cuts cash rate by 25 bps to 2.25%

New Zealand central bank cuts cash rate by 25 bps to 2.25%

Policymakers signal likely end to easing cycle as economy shows early signs of picking up [AUCKLAND] New Zealand’s central bank cut its benchmark official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday (Nov 26), its lowest level since mid-2022, but policymakers signalled the likely end to the easing cycle as…

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James L. Brooks On ‘Ella McCay’ Origins, Meeting Albert Brooks & ‘I’ll Do Anything’ War Stories – Crew Call Podcast

James L. Brooks On ‘Ella McCay’ Origins, Meeting Albert Brooks & ‘I’ll Do Anything’ War Stories – Crew Call Podcast

A widow’s relationship with an astronaut, the love triangle of a broadcast news team, and now a state lieutenant governor-turned-governor who is bogged down by the men in her life, chiefly her knuckleheaded husband in 20th Century Studios’ dramedy Ella McCay. The characters on the surface may appear as though they’re not in our immediate…

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Brookfield, GIC to weigh buyout of National Storage Reit: sources

Brookfield, GIC to weigh buyout of National Storage Reit: sources

The volume of mergers and acquisitions involving Australian companies as either targets or sellers has fallen to around US$70 billion this year [LONDON] Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s GIC are jointly exploring a potential takeover of Sydney-listed National Storage Reit, according to sources familiar with the matter. New York-based Brookfield and GIC have been in…

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Dancing With the Stars’ Witney Carson Shares Handwritten Note From Robert Irwin Ahead of Tough Finale

Dancing With the Stars’ Witney Carson Shares Handwritten Note From Robert Irwin Ahead of Tough Finale

Witney shared her appreciation for the letter and bouquet of roses Robert sent her, writing in the Story post, “In case you need another reason to love Robert Irwin.” And emotions were certainly running high, with Witney and Robert—who suffered a rib injury during their final week of rehearsals—also posting an emotional video about their…

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Google AI, Ashton Kutcher-Backed Animation Studio Spiridellis Bros. Partners With ‘Raining Tacos’ Creator Parry Gripp & Roblox On Parryverse

Google AI, Ashton Kutcher-Backed Animation Studio Spiridellis Bros. Partners With ‘Raining Tacos’ Creator Parry Gripp & Roblox On Parryverse

EXCLUSIVE: AI-powered animation studio Spiridellis Bros. Studios has announced an exclusive partnership with songwriter and music artist Parry Gripp, whose songs for children have drawn hundreds of millions of views over the past decade. The deal gives Spiridellis Bros. global rights to develop characters, stories, and worlds from Gripp’s full catalog to create a new…

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CAA Slams Range’s “Last Ditch Effort” Countersuit In Poaching War; Parallel Arbitration Ruling Expected Next Year

CAA Slams Range’s “Last Ditch Effort” Countersuit In Poaching War; Parallel Arbitration Ruling Expected Next Year

CAA hasn’t quite come out and called BS on Range Media Partners‘ noncompete-focused counter-complaint in the companies’ yearlong poaching legal battle, but they got pretty close. “The facts are clear: the four former agents forfeited their rights to profit from CAA when they began a competing business using stolen CAA property for use at Range,…

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Australia’s Optus suffers emergency call outage

Australia’s Optus suffers emergency call outage

[SYDNEY] Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered an emergency call outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after a broader disruption that probably caused four deaths when customers failed to get timely aid. Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, said an “aerial fibre break” could be the cause of the outage,…

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‘One Piece’ Casts Awdo Awdo & Daisy Head For Season 3

‘One Piece’ Casts Awdo Awdo & Daisy Head For Season 3

EXCLUSIVE: The cast of Netflix‘s One Piece for Season 3 is growing by two, as Awdo Awdo and Daisy Head (Shadow and Bone, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) board in the roles of Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger, respectively. The pair is currently in Cape Town, where production on the third season is underway.…

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Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’

Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’

Several tech companies have plotted ways to develop their own semiconductors or forge ties that make them less reliant on Nvidia’s bestsellers [LONDON] Since the launch of ChatGPT three years ago, analysts and technologists, even a Google engineer and the company’s former chief executive officer, have declared Google behind in the high-stakes race to develop…

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