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Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge. The problem: That second officer was not a supervisor or even a member of the Keego Harbor Police Department. Lindquist no longer works for the Keego Harbor police and the AP was unable to reach him. “People hold police in high esteem,” said Robinson, who spent 13 years as a Detroit police officer. “Basically, I think police officers lie because they can,” Feldman said.

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☆ Glen Powell at Sundance: ‘I’m Buzzing Right Now, Man!’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has to do with “Hit Man,” a comedy Powell co-wrote with the director Richard Linklater that casts him as a hapless teacher who must pose as an assassin for hire. I first saw it at the Venice Film Festival in September, where it proved so crowd-pleasing that the audience broke into applause midway through the movie. A week later at the Toronto International Film Festival, the response was also through the roof. But for months, Powell had only heard about all that secondhand. Since the Screen Actors Guild strike was still going strong during the fall tests, Powell wasn’t able to attend a premiere of “Hit Man” until it played Monday night at the Sundance Film Festival.

Persons: Glen Powell doesn’t, ”, Powell, Richard Linklater, Powell wasn’t Organizations: Venice Film, Toronto, Actors, Sundance Film Locations: Venice

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck remember the feeling of being the new kids at the Sundance Film Festival. “I remember being like, oh my God, this festival has been around 20 years, it’s such an old festival,” Boden said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Their new film debuts Thursday, opening night of the 40th edition of the festival, at the storied Eccles Theater. “My favorite films are Sundance films,” Kaphar said. “That is really nourishing in a year when we’re acknowledging and marking this 40th edition of Sundance.”The Sundance Film Festival runs from Jan. 18 through Jan. 28.

Persons: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, they’d, Ryan Gosling, “, ” Boden, Kevin Smith, brough, ”, Steven Soderbergh, — Boden, Fleck, Marvel, dulled, Fleck’s, Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Dominique Thorne, Ben Mendelsohn, Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine’s “, Frida, Carla Gutiérrez, Gutiérrez, Frida Kahlo, ” Gutiérrez, “ Sue Bird, “ DEVO, Christopher Reeve, ” “, Mavis Beacon, Harper, Will Ferrell, Kristen Stewart, Saoirse Ronan, Kieran Culkin, Sebastian Stan, Glen Powell, Woody Harrelson, Steven Yeun, Lucy Liu, Danielle Deadwyler, Aubrey Plaza, Melissa Barrera, Laura Linney, Ejiofor, “ Rob Peace, Jay Will, Mary J, Blige, Camila Cabello, “ I’ve, ” Ejiofor, Debra Granik, Richard Linklater, Titus Kaphar, André Holland, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Kaphar, John Earl Jelks, ” Kaphar, … it’s, Jesse Eisenberg, he’s, Culkin, ” Eisenberg, Eisenberg, David, Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough, Robert Redford, Joel, Ethan Coen’s, Jordan Peele’s “, Damien Chazelle’s, Eugene Hernandez, ” Hernandez Organizations: Sundance Film, Associated Press, Sundance, Eccles Theater, Amanda McBaine’s “ Girls, MacArthur, Sundance ., Eccles Locations: Park City , Utah, Brooklyn, ”, Park City, Eccles, Oakland, U.S, East Orange , New Jersey, American, Poland, Jan

NEW YORK (AP) — Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her son Randolph Charles told The Associated Press Sunday. Randolph would later cite a handful of favorite episodes, including one in which Ed is sleepwalking. She’s too well-known as Trixie,’” Randolph told the Orlando Sentinel in 1993. Gleason died in 1987 at age 71, followed by Meadows in 1996 and Carney in 2003.

Persons: — Joyce Randolph, Trixie Norton, Randolph, Randolph Charles, Jackie Gleason’s, Gleason, Ralph Kramden, Audrey Meadows, Alice, Art Carney, Ed Norton, Trixie, Ed, Carney, ‘ Thelma, ”, Jackie Gleason, “, ’, ’ ”, She’s, ’ ” Randolph, Meadows, Jane Kean, Joyce Sirola, Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Danny Thomas, Fred Allen, Angus, Chez Josephine, Richard Lincoln, Charles . —, Lindsey Bahr Organizations: Associated Press, Television Academy Foundation, The New York Times, “, Yale, San Antonio Express, Orlando Sentinel, Lambs Club, Lambs Locations: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Gleason’s, Sardi’s, Detroit, New York

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — International movie stars arrive in Morocco on Friday to kick off one of the Arab world's largest film festivals amid a shadow cast by Israel’s latest war with Hamas and protests that have swept the region for almost two months. The Marrakech International Film Festival, along with Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival that is scheduled to open next week, are taking place despite war in Gaza. That’s in contrast to the Cairo International Film Festival and Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival, both of which were canceled due to the war. Scorsese will preside over the festival's Atlas Workshops — an initiative designed to screen films or films in progress by emerging Arab and Moroccan filmmakers. The festival is scheduled to run through Dec. 2.

Persons: Israel’s, Martin Scorsese, Richard Linklater, Jessica Chastain, Mads Mikkelsen, Prince Moulay Rachid, ”, Michel Franco's, Chastain, Matteo Garrone's, Mikkelsen, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Scorsese Organizations: —, Saudi, Cairo, Film Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, Marrakech, Gaza, Carthage, “, Moroccan

☆ Founder of discount e-shopping firm PDD races up China's rich list
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Casey Hall | Thomson Reuters | Casey Has Reported On China'S Consumer Culture Her Base In Shanghai For More Than A Decade | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Colin Huang, who founded PDD in 2015 and stepped down as CEO in 2020, was the fastest riser in this year's Hurun Rich List, leaping seven places to be ranked China's third richest man with a $37.2 billion fortune. Richard Liu, who founded e-commerce giant JD.com, also saw his wealth, and that of his wife Zhang Zetian, fall by $6.2 billion since last year to $8.26 billion, according to Hurun's list. JD.com's shares fell to a record low earlier this month after banks cut its price targets citing a weaker-than-expected recovery in consumer spending. Hui Ka Yan is currently being investigated over suspected "illegal crimes", Evergrande said last month. Reporting by Casey Hall; editing by Brenda Goh and Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Colin Huang, Yin Liqin, Rich, Jack Ma, Alibaba, Richard Liu, Zhang Zetian, Rupert Hoogewerf, PDD's Temu, Zhong Shanshan, Pony Ma, Hurun, Wang Jianlin, Hui Ka Yan, Evergrande, Casey Hall, Brenda Goh Organizations: Nasdaq, REUTERS, Rights, PDD Holdings, PDD, HK, Hurun, Dalian Wanda Group, China Evergrande, Thomson Locations: New York, Shanghai, China

☆ Asia fintech MoneyHero slides on first day of trading after merger with Peter Thiel-backed SPAC
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bymuratdeniz | E+ | Getty ImagesAsian fintech firm MoneyHero on Friday fell on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, following the completion of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Bridgetown Holdings . The deal with Bridgetown valued MoneyHero at approximately $310 million, according to an announcement on Thursday. Across five markets, MoneyHero operates personal finance websites Singsaver and Seedly in Singapore, Moneymax in The Philippines, MoneyHero in Hong Kong, Money101 in Taiwan and CompareHero in Malaysia. MoneyHero Group has yet to become profitable. In November, MoneyHero Group, or Hyphen Group before the rebranding, laid off employees and saw the departure of its CEO.

Persons: MoneyHero, Peter Thiel's, Richard Li, Prashant Aggarwal, Aggarwal, Kroll Organizations: Getty, Nasdaq, Bridgetown Holdings, Thiel Capital, PayPal, Pacific Century Group, Bridgetown Holdings's, CNBC, The, MoneyHero, SEC, Visa, American Express Locations: Bridgetown, –, Hong Kong, U.S, Asia, Southeast Asia, MoneyHero, Singapore, Seedly, Moneymax, The Philippines, Money101, Taiwan, CompareHero, Malaysia, Thailand

☆ How Texas Monthly is cashing in on Hollywood's true crime obsession
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Streamers increasingly are leaning into true crime and stories about the heartland, and Texas Monthly can check those boxes. Of the publication's 50 film and TV projects, half fall into the true crime genre. "They're trying to reach the middle of the country, and we've got things that do that," Scott Brown, Texas Monthly's president, told Insider. Texas Monthly also has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at Max (and an Austin native), told Insider Texas Monthly has an "uncanny ability" to identify not only gripping true crime but also cultural stories with unforgettable characters.

Persons: Richard Linklater, Oscar, we've, Scott Brown, Brown, Taylor Sheridan, Deborah Esquenazi, Sarah Aubrey, It's, Elizabeth Olsen, Max's, Jake Giles Netter, HBO Max, —, greenlit, James Reyos Organizations: Texas, Netflix, Hollywood, Warner Bros, HBO, HBO Max Texas, Entertainment, CAA Locations: Venice, Toronto, Houston, Scott Brown , Texas, Texas, Austin, Hollywood

Netflix has acquired Richard Linklater's “Hit Man,” starring Glen Powell, for $20 million. “Hit Man,” which Linklater and Powell co-wrote, stars the “Top Gun: Maverick” actor as a New Orleans psychology professor who also works undercover posing as a hit man for the police in sting operations to catch would-be murders. Netflix didn't announce release plans yet for “Hit Man,” which also played at the Venice Film Festival. But the “Hit Man” sale is the largest yet of the season. Netflix, which also distributed Linklater's previous movie, “Apollo 10 1/2,” earlier acquired Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour,” following its premiere in Toronto.

Persons: Richard Linklater's “, Glen Powell, Linklater, Powell, Netflix didn't, Adria Arjona, Skip Hollandsworth, Gary Johnson, you’ve, ”, ‘, ’, It's, Anna Kendrick’s Organizations: Toronto, Netflix, Venice Film, WGA, “ Locations: New Orleans, Venice, Toronto, Hollywood

☆ China’s Problems Are Real
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( David Leonhardt | More About David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

China’s economic problems can seem sudden and surprising. The real estate market is in a serious slump. Unemployment among young adults has surged above 20 percent — and the government has responded by suspending the release of that statistic. “The most terrifying thing is that everyone around me is at a loss of what to do next,” Richard Li, the owner of an auto parts business who has closed two of his four stores, told my colleague Li Yuan. My main argument is that China’s problems are not, in fact, new.

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☆ As China loses its spot as the top US trade partner and faces a slowing economy, Chinese consumers and business owners are worried: 'I can't see any way to make money in this country'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chinese business owners and consumers told The New York Times they're concerned about the economy. China is dealing with declines in manufacturing and trade as well as record-high youth unemployment. Larry Summers said last week China's economic proespects had been "greatly exaggerated" in the past. Summers said China's economic prospects, previously considered very good, had been "greatly exaggerated," and that he think the US gross domestic product "will exceed China's for another generation." The Times reported consumers and business owners in China were worried because they could not see how the economic downturn would end.

Persons: Larry Summers, proespects, Li Yuan, Richard Li, Summers, Insider's Cork Gaines, Andy Wang, Xi Jinping, Wang Organizations: New York Times, Service, The New York Times, Times, US, Washington Post, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, Washington, Mexico, Austria

☆ Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo has a 'hyper-aggressive' culture with hours surpassing a '996' schedule, analysts write
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Temu's sister company Pinduoduo may have a "9127" culture, Bernstein analysts wrote. This is a play on "996" work culture, which encourages work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. Temu sister company Pinduoduo is known for having an exceptionally intense workplace culture, Bernstein analysts wrote in a note published this week. "996" is a reference to a work culture that encourages tech employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. While Shein remains ahead of Temu in terms of buyer awareness, Temu sees high buyer retention rates, the Bernstein analysts noted.

Persons: Temu's, Bernstein, Temu, Jack Ma, Richard Liu Qiangdong, Robin Zhu, Pinduoduo, Shein Organizations: Morning, PDD Holdings, Pinduoduo, Representatives, Local Locations: China, Shanghai

☆ Teresa Taylor, Butthole Surfers Drummer and Face of Generation X, Dies at 60
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Teresa Taylor, a drummer for the Texas acid-punk band Butthole Surfers who became an emblem of Generation X aimlessness and anomie with a memorable appearance in Richard Linklater’s 1990 film “Slacker,” died on Sunday. She was 60. Her death was announced on Monday in a Twitter post by the band. The cause was lung disease. Cheryl Curtice, her partner and caregiver, wrote on Facebook that Ms. Taylor “passed away clean and sober, peacefully in her sleep, this weekend.”“She was so brave, even in the face of her horrible disease.”Ms. Taylor, also known as Teresa Nervosa, addressed her long battle with what she called an “end stage” lung condition, which she did not identify, in a 2021 Facebook post.

Persons: Teresa Taylor, Richard Linklater’s, ”, Cheryl Curtice, Taylor “, Ms, Taylor, Teresa Nervosa Organizations: Facebook Locations: Texas

☆ ‘Horseplay’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Kyle Turner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boys will be boys, as the saying goes. There’s not a lot of forward momentum in “Horseplay,” directed by Marco Berger and set outside a city in Argentina. !” taken to extremes, both in its laid back pace but also in the consequences of its characters fooling around. The audience sees something roil in one member of the group, Poli (Franco de la Puente), as he gazes at some of the young men faking fellatio and playacting penetration. But everyone else is content to lounge in the cognitive dissonance of the blurry boundaries of their homosocial intimacy rituals.

Persons: Horseplay, ”, Marco Berger, Richard Linklater’s “, Franco, la Locations: “, Argentina, la Puente

☆ Travel news: Best airlines, city break inspirations and ambitious bridges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —In CNN Travel’s latest news roundup, we bring you the world’s best airlines for 2023, city break inspiration from Texas to Mongolia to Ecuador and why China might have overstretched itself by building a 15-mile, $6.7 billion bridge. Air New Zealand – which just topped a list of 2023’s best airlines – is on the case by asking all of its international departing travelers to hop on the scales as part of a passenger weight survey, the results of which are thankfully anonymous. Destination inspirationPop quiz: What was the world’s first capital city be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? And now that the country’s president has vowed to revitalize the city, the future’s looking bright, too. Here’s our roundup of 20 of the world’s best nude beaches.

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☆ Hong Kong government announces measures to lure wealthy family offices
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, March 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government announced a series of measures on Friday to attract wealthy family offices to set up in the financial hub as authorities try to restore business confidence and investor allure after three years of severe COVID-19 rules. "The policy statement demonstrates our determination to develop Hong Kong into a leading global family office hub," Paul Chan, the city's financial secretary said. Chan said this would help bolster Hong Kong's financial sector as well as areas including technology, green, arts and culture and philanthropy. City leader John Lee said last year that he had set a target of attracting 200 large family offices to set up in Hong Kong by 2025. Hong Kong's push to attract wealthy families comes as many wealthy individuals and companies shifted to rival financial hubs such as Singapore after Beijing's imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong in 2020.

HONG KONG, March 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Time may be on Richard Li’s side. By cobbling together acquisitions, Li has built a brand to sell life insurance across Hong Kong, Japan and Southeast Asia. The value of new business – a measure of the present value of future earnings from policies signed - rose around 30%. Follow @KatrinaHamlin on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSAsian insurer FWD has made a fresh application for a Hong Kong listing, according to stock exchange filings published on March 13. A first attempt to go public in Hong Kong in 2021 was refused owing to concern over its dual-class shares.

☆ Shoppers lined up outside Aldi stores to buy Logan Paul and KSI's coveted Prime drink. The retailer used a clever strategy to lure customers in.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Aldi confirmed it had sold out of Prime just one day after the drink hit its shelves. Aldi used clever strategy to create a notion of scarcity and lure customers in, experts told Insider. Experts say Aldi used a clever strategy to lure in shoppers by create a feeling of exclusivity and notion of scarcity. Logan Paul has 24.6 million Instagram followers and 23.6 million YouTube subscribers, while for KSI those numbers are 12.4 million and 16.1 million respectively. Aldi sold the drink at £1.99 a bottle, and Prime sold 12-packs for £24.99 ($29.60) on its UK website before they sold out.

China’s technology sector has taken a pounding since watchdogs cancelled Ant’s $37 billion stock market debut at the last minute in 2020. The Hang Seng Tech index (.HSTECH), which includes social media giant Tencent (0700.HK) and JD, has fallen another 38% this year. China's powerful market regulator proposed amendments on Tuesday to a law on unfair competition. The e-commerce giant intends, in addition, to allocate at least 10 billion yuan to offer employees interest-free loans to buy a house. The benefits include plans to allocate 10 billion yuan ($1.40 billion) to a fund to assist employees of JD and recently acquired courier firm Deppon Logistics with buying homes.

☆ JD.com Cuts Executive Pay as China’s Tech Firms Tighten Belts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Raffaele Huang | Yifan Wang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SINGAPORE–Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. told staff that it will cut executive salaries to improve employee benefits and ease financial pressure, as tech companies grapple with a weaker economy. Beijing-based JD.com will reduce the compensations of some 2,000 senior managers by 10%-20% from next year, with steeper cuts for higher-level executives, according to a letter Richard Liu , the billionaire founder of the company, sent to staff on Tuesday and seen by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Liu in the letter apologized for cutting their pay and promised to restore it if JD.com could return to fast growth in the coming two years.

☆ We're not immune to the challenges from resurgence of Covid in China: Autonomous aerial vehicle firm
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're not immune to the challenges from resurgence of Covid in China: Autonomous aerial vehicle firmRichard Liu of EHang says although China's zero-Covid policy remains, it is a good sign that the government has reduced the quarantine time for international travelers.

☆ China's richest people lost about $13 billion in just one day due to a market sell-off after President Xi Jinping secured a third term
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The 13 richest people in China lost $12.7 billion on Monday alone, per Bloomberg. Their losses were due to a massive market sell-off over President Xi Jinping's third term in office. Tencent founder and CEO, Pony Ma, was the biggest loser in the market rout, as his net worth plunged by $2.5 billion to $24 billion, per Bloomberg. Alibaba founder Jack Ma lost $1.2 billion, bringing his net worth down to $29 billion, while JD.com's Richard Liu saw his net worth fall by $1.3 billion to $9 billion, according to Bloomberg. Alibaba shares fell 13% on the Nasdaq and 11% in Hong Kong.

Rapp, watching Spacey accept his prize, threw a pencil at the screen, he testified this week. Spacey’s lawyers have tried to convince the jury of six men and six women that Rapp fabricated his claim in large part because he was bitterly envious of their client's success. Rapp, they contend, desperately wanted Spacey’s career: the hit films, the plum roles, the two Oscars. But through the first five days of the trial in downtown Manhattan, Rapp’s alleged jealousy has been a recurring and striking theme. “I wanted my career.”Warrington Parker, a San Francisco trial attorney, and Danny Cevallos, an NBC News legal analyst, both described the jealousy argument as a high-risk bet for Spacey’s lawyers.

☆ A Chinese #MeToo Case Is Set for Trial Far From China
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Shen Lu | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In a civil case that could galvanize China’s struggling #MeToo movement, a jury more than 6,000 miles from China, in Minneapolis, will decide whether a prominent Chinese technology executive raped a Chinese college student in 2018. Jingyao Liu , now 25 years old, is suing Richard Liu , the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc., who was attending an executive program at the University of Minnesota while she was an undergraduate student volunteering for the program. JD.com is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

☆ CVC’s burial business bets on lively market growth
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Hughes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A pitch for a growing business in an under-penetrated market is different though. Growth will have been disrupted by the effect of pandemic lockdowns on the ability of Nirvana’s sales force to canvas for new business. That’s just above the rate cited by FWD for the Malaysian life insurance market and would be a more reasonable level. Bidders have entered a second round for the business, which specialises in selling pre-need premium products such as family plots in burial grounds. Nirvana Asia went public in Hong Kong in 2014.

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