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Ryan Kavanaugh Is Ready for His Close-Up

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."

Big Gas Find Sparks a Frenzy in Israel

 By CHARLES LEVINSON And GUY CHAZAN

TEL AVIV—Two years ago, Ratio Oil Exploration LP, an energy firm here, employed five people and was worth about half a million dollars.
Operations in Noble Energy's Leviathan gas field, the world's biggest deepwater gas find in a decade.
Today it sits at the center of a gas bonanza that has investors, international oil companies, Israeli politicians and even Hezbollah, Israel's sworn enemy, clamoring for a piece of the action.

Hong Kong: outsourcing integrity

One country, one system. From the middle of next week, mainland Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong will be allowed to prepare financial statements according to Chinese accounting and auditing standards, rather than local or global norms.

Calypso Acquires CDO Platform Provider - February 26, 2009

Calypso Technology, a multi-asset-class trading and risk management software company, has purchased Codefarm, whose flagship Galapagos platform allows for the construction and management of collateralized debt obligation (CDO) portfolios. Terms of the deal, announced today, were not disclosed.

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