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Ryan Kavanaugh Is Ready for His Close-Up

Submitted by loner on 3 March, 2011 - 11:04am

The Relativity Media chief has big hopes—and two Oscar contenders

By Ronald Grover
Ryan Kavanaugh's emergence as a rising studio mogul was on display at the Golden Globes on Jan. 16 when Christian Bale gave a shout-out to the Hollywood financier as he accepted the supporting-actor award for his role as a drug-using former boxer in The Fighter. Backstage, the bearded actor joked that he singled out Kavanaugh, one of the film's producers, because "he said if I thanked him personally he would actually pay me for my next film."

Dim Sum Bond Top Underwriters See Sales Doubling: China Credit

Submitted by loner on 2 January, 2011 - 10:59am

By Shelley Smith

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc, the biggest foreign underwriters of yuan bonds sold in Hong Kong, say sales will double in 2011 as demand outstrips supply and the yuan appreciates.

Online Rental Markets Are Thriving

Submitted by loner on 27 December, 2010 - 6:42am

Sites like RelayRides and Airbnb are in the vanguard of rental services for all manner of private property, from automobiles to power saws to spare bedrooms

The G-20: Asia's Central Banks Face a Policy Dilemma

Submitted by loner on 13 November, 2010 - 10:20am

As money floods in, Asia's central banks are finding they cannot have free capital flows, controlled currencies, and moderate interest rates at the same time

 

Cottage industry thrives on bypassing banks

Submitted by loner on 19 July, 2009 - 4:15pm

Scott Langmack has given more than US$600,000 in unsecured loans to strangers.

"I can reliably get 12 per cent, worst case 9 per cent," said Mr Langmack, 50, a former Microsoft marketing executive who began investing in so-called peer-to-peer lending last year. "I can't find anything that gives me this kind of confidence."

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