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Wall Street is once again creating exotic investment vehicles, this time by securitizing life insurance policy settlements, U.S. financial analysts say. Even as the United States is still suffering from a global recession partially brought on by collapse in value of securities created by packaging subprime mortgages, Wall Street is quickly moving to similarly package and sell so-called life settlements, The New York Times reported Sunday. Under the programs, seniors and ill people sell their...
British actress Carey Mulligan reportedly has been hired for a role in the new U.S. movie Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. The Hollywood Reporter said Thursday the 24-year-old actress will play the daughter of the lead character, corporate raider Gordon Gecko, who Michael Douglas brought to life in 1987's Wall Street. Douglas will reprise his Gecko role for the sequel with Shia LaBeouf and Frank Langella also signed on as cast members LaBeouf, star of the Transformers films, will play a...
Actor Frank Langella is in talks to join Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to the morality tale of New York's financial district, the studio said. Shia LaBeouf is tapped to star with Michael Douglas, who'll reprise his Gordon Gekko role in the sequel, directed by Oliver Stone, who helmed the 1987 original, Variety reported Monday. Josh Brolin reportedly is considering a part in the drama as well. Langella is in talks to play Lewis Zabel, an old-time broker who mentors LaBeouf's...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Uni-Pixel, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UNXL), the developer of a color display technology called Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter ("TMOS") and a unique new thin film called Opcuity(TM) FPR (Finger Print Resistant), today announced that Mr. Reed Killion, the Company's President & CEO, was the subject of an in-depth interview with Juan Costello, senior analyst of the Wall Street Reporter. For direct access to the interview with Mr....
SALT LAKE CITY, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Street Communications today announced that it will continue serving as the public relations agency of record for Snell, the new company formed through the merger of Pro-Bel and Snell & Wilcox. In addition to maintaining worldwide media relations activities for Snell, Wall Street Communications will serve as the company's press contact for trade press across the broadcast, post-production, satellite, and broadband markets. Snell represents the...
News Corp. Chairman Robert Murdoch said 360,000 people downloaded applications in three weeks to view The Wall Street Journal on iPhones.In a conference call, Murdoch said the current system of Internet access was malfunctioning and likely to change to a fee-based system within a year, CNN reported Thursday.We are now in the midst of an epochal debate over the value of content and it is clear to many newspapers that the current model is malfunctioning, he said.Access to The Wall Street...
Expert Commentary from Lisa Viscidi, Latin American Team Leader of Energy Intelligence Group NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Wall Street Access, a leading research and brokerage firm, today announced that on May 7 it will host a conference call for institutional investors featuring Lisa Viscidi, Latin American Team Leader of Energy Intelligence Group and an expert on the Brazilian oil and gas industry. Viscidi will discuss Brazil's emerging status as the most important new development area...
U.S. actor Shia LaBeouf is in talks to co-star with Michael Douglas in Oliver Stone's sequel to his 1987 ode to greed Wall Street. Variety.com reported Twentieth Century Fox confirmed the news Tuesday. Douglas picked up an Academy Award for his portrayal of Wall Street titan Gordon Gekko in the original film. He is expected to reprise his role in the second movie, while LaBeouf could portray a young trader similar to the one Charlie Sheen played in the first picture. Things We Lost in the...
ST. LOUIS, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- E3thos.com, an online portal dedicated to delivering urban video content, announced the launch of "My Street," featuring Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande, dean of the School of Business and Technology at Webster University (www.webster.edu). "My Street" is a finance show that informs urban America about the impact of the economy and Wall Street on middle-class households. "Now, more than ever, Americans are terrified, especially middle-class...
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The following release is issued by Daniel A. Strasser, retired US diplomat and nonprofit manager. "Bad Brilliance," is a loveable, quirky art character, with his yellow balloon head and red zoot suit. Bad Brilliance is going to make his debut on Wall Street tomorrow, to demonstrate in favor of the Obama Administration's new banking proposals announced today by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. Bad Brilliance will praise the inclusion in the program of...
