In a race closer than the 2000 election, the two-dimensional Date Night has apparently unseated the latest exercise in 3D mythology. Or at least it had, until the slightly bizarre recount. But no matter how the figures are re-jiggled […] Continue Reading…
Maybe we need to change the name of this column. Something a little more upfront, like The Wall Street Journal. Since you will soon be able to bet on the weekly box office gross, you’re going to need some […] Continue Reading…
R&R Consulting Principal Ann Rutledge talks with Bloomberg Television about the “toxic” resecuritizations that doomed AIG.
Watch the Bloomberg telecast on YouTube, “Rutledge Says AIG Had ‘Recipe For Implosion’ With CDOs: Video,” and read a write-up on Bloomberg.com, “How Lou […] Continue Reading…
Success has a thousand fathers, but failure has a movie named Motherhood. This ambitious but unsuccessful little film has scored the dubious honor of having the poorest opening weekend in British box office history. Its US opening last fall […] Continue Reading…
The 3D revolution is supposed to be the salvation of the Hollywood commercial film industry. Or is it about to devour the industry? This is actually a pretty important question, because we have now been hit with the first […] Continue Reading…
A few weeks ago, Boxoffice.com asked me what makes a film a “sleeper.” I think I gave them a decent enough answer. In truth, how the heck would I know? If I had that sort of psychic power, I […] Continue Reading…
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is quoted in a Markets Media Online story on how to retain the benefits of the controversial sovereign credit default swaps while reducing risky speculation.
Read the full story, “Regulators Move to Rein In CDS,” […] Continue Reading…
It isn’t often that the Academy Awards bring to mind the quotations of Mao Zedong, but by 10 pm last Sunday I was busy hunting for my copy of The Little Red Book. I felt the need to re-read […] Continue Reading…
The most notable event next Sunday at the Academy Awards will be when Kathryn Bigelow receives the Oscar for Best Director. At least she’d better win. She won the Directors Guild of America award, and it’s basically the same […] Continue Reading…
McClatchy Newspapers quotes R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the involvement of Goldman Sachs in covering up Greece’s sovereign debt.
Read the full story by Kevin G. Hall and Greg Gordon, “Goldman under scrutiny for its role in Greece’s fiscal […] Continue Reading…