Media

LTN China Luxury Market Research Report

Heffernan Capital Management report on China Luxury Sector: Analyst Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr. As foreign luxury brands compete in China’s fast-growing market, experts are predicting that Chinese companies will soon develop luxury brands of their own. It is time for domestic enterprises to establish luxury brands, since China has already become the dominant driver of [...]

ASEAN News: Knightsbridge Law Extends Operations to Myanmar

Knightsbridge Law Extends Operations to Myanmar Changes in Myanmar have seen the very beginning of an Economic Boom as investment, taxation and commercial laws have been changing. Resource rich Myanmar is set to see unprecedented economic growth and the need for quality Legal, Lobby and Financial services has brought Knightsbridge Law to the country as [...]

Securing Your Health and Retirement Benefits

This is National Consumer Protection Week – a coordinated campaign among federal and state government agencies and non-profit groups that encourages consumers nationwide to take full advantage of their consumer rights and make better-informed decisions. When most people think of the Department of Labor, they don’t think consumer protection. But it’s the Employee Benefits Security [...]

Hollywood Box Office, Act of Valor, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds,Journey 2

At the Movies With Monica Petrucci from Tinsel Town Box Office Report: The Navy SEAL’s film “Act of Valor” Tops this weekend taking $24.7-M Tyler Perry’s “Good Deeds” follows with $16-M; Jennifer Aniston-Paul Rudd’s “Wanderlust” and Amanda Seyfried thriller “Gone” at # 8 and # 9, taking in $6.6-M and $5-M respectively. Relativity Media’s government-endorsed [...]

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The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) Upgraded

The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) has been upgraded to a strong buy after posting a turn around quarter. Heffernan Capital Management upgraded the company today and Economist Shayne Heffernan put a 2013 price target of $15 on the company. In a note to traders today Shayne Heffernan said that The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: [...]

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Hollywood Box Office Report, Twilight: Breaking Dawn

Monica Petrucci from Tinsel Town Box Office Report: ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ Opens Huge at US$283.5-M Worldwide The Summit Entertainment pic marks the 5th largest opening of all time domestically. Warner Bros.’ “Happy Feet Two” lagged with US$22-M, while specialty pic “The Descendants” posts US$1.2-M Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn–Part 1 opened strong around [...]

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American Film Market 2011, Thailand Comes to Hollywood at Thai Night

Thai Night at the American Film Market 2011, Thailand Comes to Hollywood The American Film Market is being held from November 2 – 9, 2011 Santa Monica, California. The event will showcase Thailand as a premiere destination for Filmmakers. Many major Hollywood studios consider Thailand a key location for shooting films to make the country [...]

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Singapore F1

Singapore expects good business this Formula 1 weekend The Grand Prix Formula One race is in Singapore this weekend, and is expected to bring good business to the City-State, reported local media. The Singapore Tourism Board said it expected the race to bring in incremental tourism receipts of about 100-M Singapore Dollars this year (US$79.4-M), [...]

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McGraw-Hill to split into 2 companies

McGraw-Hill Cos. (NYSE:MHP) will split up into 2 public companies with 1 focused on education and the other centered on markets, featuring the Standard & Poor’s unit. The decision follows a yearlong review of the Company’s business. Investors have pushed the New York company to boost the Company’s stock price, which has dropped by more [...]

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Hollywood Box Office News

Foreign Box Office: ‘The Smurfs’ win again Overseas “Apes” and “Final Destination 5″ repeat in 2 and 3 spots; “Contagion” opens slowly in 6 territories. Those lovable Blue creatures narrowly maintained their hold on the # 1 weekend box office perch on the foreign theatrical circuit as The Smurfs grossed $14.9 at 7,610 overseas locations [...]

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Investor Services

Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …