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...Hundreds of late-night shows, sitcoms and drama productions are on hold as unions representing more than 11,000 writers demand better pay....
...The director is Eva Longoria, the actor best known for starring in TV’s Desperate Housewives. But stow whatever cynicism you bring....
...“Hong Kong is desperate to rebuild and catch up with Singapore,” Alex Au, co-founder of the city’s Digital Asset Society, told Nikkei Asia’s Pak Yiu....
...Investors, desperate for growth and yield amid historically low interest rates, were all too happy to prioritise the promise of growth over short-term earnings....
...Suppliers Luxshare and Foxconn have started test production of the Apple Watch in northern Vietnam, while the US company also plans to build test production lines for MacBooks....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 24. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...They are benefiting from rival distributors desperate for the next big hit. It is no wonder private equity has been snapping up Hollywood sound stages as well as production businesses....
...Desperate to stage a comeback, Samsung has shaken up the executive team....
...In addition to wooing engineers, semiconductor makers in Arizona are even more desperate for the technicians needed to staff the plants around the clock in order to ensure production runs smoothly....
...This is the booming market for second-hand chipmakers, where companies are desperate to get their hands on a 10-year-old (or even more ancient) machine. 5....
...In Squid Game, named after a Korean game of tag played in a squid-shaped court, a desperate group of 456 indebted people, including a gambling addict, a fugitive banker and a North Korean refugee, sign up...
...In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, both General Motors and Chrysler were in bankruptcy and desperate for a federal bailout....
...The new show features a desperate group of 456 indebted people, including a gambling addict, a fugitive banker and a North Korean refugee....
...“Now with this lockdown and Covid, there are obviously [streaming] platforms which are desperate and hungry for content.”...
...The lack of transparency around each company's production costs makes it difficult to assess a vaccine's profitability....
...None of this is ideal, leaving live entertainment in a desperate situation....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 1 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc....
...“For them, that is fandom . . . it is a desperate dependence.” Yet the business model pioneered by SM’s Mr Lee has proved successful....
...In recent years CES has become one of the biggest car shows in the world, with carmakers desperate to show they have a handle on tech....
...The investor group could also shift some production to China, which would clash with the ethos of the JIC. Still, these are desperate times....
...As his fame grew, his production unit operated more as a subsidiary of Konami, with ever greater control of budgets and artistic direction....
...A merger of Barrick and Newmont would create a gold-mining giant with annual production of more than 10m ounces....
...Mr Goldberg described Barrick’s all-share bid as “desperate and bizarre”, while Mr Bristow claimed he could run Newmont better than its current executives....
...What we do know is that the global economy is in deep recession, as governments implement a sudden economic stop in a desperate effort to contain the virus....
...is a co-production with the Spanish production company owned by Alex Pina, the showrunner behind the global hit La casa de papel (Money Heist)....
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