The organizers of the Venice Film Festival signed a pledge on Friday to work toward gender equality, hoping to mollify critics who have accused them of sidelining women filmmakers. Source: Reuters Entertainment {$excerpt:n} Venice Film Festival moves on gender equality, but no sign of quotas...
Month: August 2018
U.S. to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to Canada
Contentious U.S.-Canada trade talks ended on Friday with no deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement after the mood soured, and President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade pact with Mexico. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} U.S. to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to...
Disney World workers reach tentative agreement on wages
Walt Disney World workers have reached a tentative agreement with parent Walt Disney Co regarding wages, union body International Brotherhood of Teamsters said on Friday. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} Disney World workers reach tentative agreement on wages...
Dispute resolution in focus as NAFTA talks drag
Canada and the United States ended talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Friday without reaching a deal. One longstanding issue is Chapter 19 of NAFTA, a dispute resolution mechanism that the United States significantly scaled back in a bilateral deal it reached with Mexico. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} Dispute...
Neil Armstrong's sons defend 'First Man' against anti-American jibes
The family of astronaut Neil Armstrong on Friday defended a new film against accusations of anti-Americanism because it does not show him planting the U.S. flag to mark the first moon landing. Source: Reuters Entertainment {$excerpt:n} Neil Armstrong's sons defend 'First Man' against anti-American jibes...
Ontario to include Tesla in rebate program after court decision
Ontario will include some Tesla Inc car owners under its rebate plan as the province winds down an incentive program for electric cars, the ministry of transportation said on Friday. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} Ontario to include Tesla in rebate program after court decision...
50 years in the making, Orson Welles' last film makes it to the screen
It is the stuff of movie industry legend: the director of the best film ever made leaves behind an unfinished movie destined never to be seen – until now. Source: Reuters Entertainment {$excerpt:n} 50 years in the making, Orson Welles' last film makes it to the screen...
Wall Street mixed as U.S.-Canada trade talks end
The S&P 500 ended flat while the Dow edged down and the Nasdaq closed higher in light trading on Friday as Canada and the United States concluded trade talks without resolution ahead of the Labor Day weekend. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} Wall Street mixed as U.S.-Canada trade talks end...
High standards, low bars
I believe in seeking excellence and I set high standards for myself in many aspects of my life. Not, I will admit, in domestic order and dusting! I also believe in inclusion and this means setting the bar as low as possible. I want the people in my life to have opportunity to grow,...
Former Enron CEO released from prison to halfway house
Jeffrey Skilling, the former chief executive officer of Enron who received a 24-year prison sentence for his role in the company’s spectacular collapse, has been released from an Alabama prison camp and moved to a halfway house, records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons showed on Thursday. Source: Reuters Business {$excerpt:n} Former Enron CEO...