Monthly Archives: August 2022

A new ‘Institutional Angel’ fund is an example of the UK’s continuing ability to innovate in venture

The UK’s Enterprise Investment Scheme has been a power-house for startups out of the UK because it allowed Angel investors to invest in a very tax-efficient manner. Launched in 1994, it was designed to encourage investments in small unquoted companies. As Wikipedia will tell you, by end of the 2014-15 tax year, a cumulative total…

Shudder’s mysterious ‘Saloum’ trailer sees mercenaries trying to extract a drug lord

A drug lord, three mercenaries on the run, and a “cursed” area of Senegal that they need to hide out in are the starting ingredients for Shudder‘s latest addition. Jean Luc Herbulot’s thriller — which stars Yann Gael, Mentor Ba, and Roger Sallah — looks like an interesting blend of action, horror, and mystery, complete…

Netflix’s ‘Seoul Vibe’ trailer brings fast and furious driving energy to the ’80s

It’s 1988 in Seoul, the Summer Olympics are fast approaching, and a team of incredible drivers are casually driving slush fund money across the city. That’s the set-up of Seoul Vibe, director Moon Hyun-sung’s upcoming action thriller that’s bringing some Fast and the Furious energy to Netflix. In the trailer, you’ll meet the drivers of…

DOJ and FBI officials are arguing among themselves about whether to explain the raid on Mar-a-Lago: report

Police presence outside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee The FBI and Department of Justice have not commented on the raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Some officials want them to explain the raid, worried at how vocal Trump’s team are, CNN reported. Trump and his allies…

Qantas CEO’s $19 million mansion was pelted with eggs and toilet paper amid travel chaos, report says

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. David Gray/Getty Images Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s mansion was pelted with eggs and toilet paper, Sky News Australia reported. Pictures show litter on the roof and garage door of the mansion the next day, per the report. Airline passengers across the world are suffering from a summer of travel chaos. A…

Blake Masters says the GOP isn’t John McCain’s party anymore. Now, he’s taking on Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly for McCain’s old seat.

Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters in Williams, AZ on July 6, 2022. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Blake Masters won the Arizona GOP Senate primary by embracing Trump and the party’s right fringe. But he now faces an uphill battle against Mark Kelly for the seat once held by John McCain. “John McCain,…

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: August 11, 2022 | Rates steady

Mortgage rates have remained relatively calm this week. Average 30-year fixed rates have been hovering just above 5%, which is higher than they were last week but lower than they were throughout July.  On Wednesday, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released Consumer Price Index data for July, which showed that inflation has finally started…

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have finalized their divorce, despite reports she asked a judge to cancel it

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch have finalized their divorce, their attorneys said.  The news was made public after a legal document suggested Hall tried to cancel the divorce. The media mogul and former model were married six years, and have…