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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Wonka & Leave The World Behind

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Wonka & Leave The World Behind
James Cameron-Wilson celebrates UK box office +43% WoW and +173% YoY. It's the prequel Wonka that's responsible which, while a little woke and lightening Roald Dahl's dark world, is nonetheless great fun, somewhat in the moud of Mary Poppins. While Timothy Chalamet doesn't have the requisite magic, Hugh Grant excels. The music (there should be more) and dialogue is delicious and the young audience when James saw it forgot all about toilet breaks. James also saw Leave The World Behind on Netflix. Starring Julia Roberts, against type, it's an often implausible, but hugely enjoyable, Hitchcockian thriller taking its audience on a roller-coaster ride with comic underpinning.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

Gadgets & Gizmos: The latest wonders of AI and an e-scooter the size of a briefcase

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: The latest wonders of AI and an e-scooter the size of a briefcase
Steve Caplin delves into the latest AI developments. Google's Gemini AI can work with text, audio, images, video or even hand-drawn pictures. The forthcoming TV news Channel1 has AI presenters and reporters and will use "trusted news sources". Steve demonstrated how it translates on the fly. Amazon, meanwhile is to invest $4bn in a startup to generate a chatbot called "Claude". Most impressive – and potentially scary – is BrainGPT which converts thoughts into text. There's a crowdfunded e-scooter which folds down to the size of a briefcase while a Dutch shipbuilder has come up with an e-vessel to support offshore wind farms that can recharge from the turbines it is servicing.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Sunak & the Rwanda Bill vote and legal migration

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Sunak & the Rwanda Bill vote and legal migration
Political commentator Mike Indian discusses Rishi Sunak and the Rwanda Bill, which led to Robert Jenrick's resignation. With the Tory party once more engaged in ferocious in-fighting, are the Prime Minister's days numbered? Discussing the clampdown on legal migration, with a net 750,000 migrants last year, Mike wondered if our politicians, on all sides, are in tune with the public, especially in the Red Wall areas. Discussing why we are so bad at forward planning in the UK, Mike felt that Keir Starmer, if he is to become PM, needs a plan to show how people's lives will be improved.
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Mike Indian


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Gavin Oldham

Thought for the Week: More Focus on Young People, please!

Gavin Oldham
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Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week: More Focus on Young People, please!
On 22nd May, following a Public Accounts Committee hearing in Westminster, our commentary was entitled 'Don’t waste the Child Trust Fund harvest!' It's now over three months since the oldest recipient of these accounts turned 21: with the percentage of unclaimed adult-owned accounts still over 40%, it's time to take action. So please register to join us on Tuesday 5th March at Church House, Westminster, for a major half-day event sponsored by NatWest and The Tracing Group calling for priority action to reach over one million young adults whose accounts, worth over £2 billion in total, are lying dormant because their young adult owners don't know anything about them. Background music: 'Everything Has a Beginning' by Joel Cummins. Register for 5/3/24 at www.sharefound.org/CTFconference

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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: Will mortgage rates keep falling, and is the crisis over?

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: Will mortgage rates keep falling, and is the crisis over?
Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert and Helen Crane ask: do we have a mortgage price war on our hands — the cheapest market rate is now just 4.29%? Meanwhile the gold price is at a record high, and the oil price has fallen to its lowest for the past five months.
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Helen Crane


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Alphabet’s Gemini, At Your Service (8/12)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Alphabet’s Gemini, At Your Service (8/12)
Google’s Bard just got an upgrade, can it catch up to OpenAI’s ChatGPT? Ron Gross and Andy Cross discuss new jobs report numbers, Alphabet’s latest AI move bringing Gemini into Bard, and GameStop’s curious corporate investing plan update, and Chewy’s status as the #1 pet pharmacy in the U.S., Lululemon’s business-as-usual quarter, and Smuckers showing it has pricing power in peanut butter. Then, 19 minutes in, journalist and author Bethany McLean’s talks with Deidre Woollard about her latest book “The Big Fail” and takes a look at the past three years, how we responded to COVID, and the lasting effects on households, businesses, and the economy. Finally, 33 minutes in, Ron and Andy break down two stocks on their radar: Target and MongoDB. Stocks discussed: GOOG, GOOGL, GME, DOCU, CHWY, LULU, SJM, MDB, TGT. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Andy Cross, Ron Gross, Bethany McLean, Deidre Woollard
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Andy Cross, Ron Gross, Bethany McLean, Deidre Woollard


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: The War on Cash, Revisited (3/12)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: The War on Cash, Revisited (3/12)
Matt Frankel and Jason Moser, our resident Fintech Fools, caught up to talk about the payments space, how it's changed this year, and what they’re keeping an eye on come 2024. They discuss the state of the “War on Cash”, embedded finance, and two “toll booths” that aren’t going away anytime soon. Tickers discussed: V, MC, PYPL, SQ, PINS, MQ, FOUR, MELI, UBER, DASH. Hosts - Jason Moser, Matt Frankel

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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: The pandemic start-up that can turn your floorplan into a grand design: Bonus interview with Peek Home's founders

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: The pandemic start-up that can turn your floorplan into a grand design: Bonus interview with Peek Home's founders
We love the idea of transforming our homes so much that an entire cottage TV industry has sprung out of it, ranging from Grand Designs, to Ugly House to Lovely House and Your Home Made Perfect. For Jaemi and Roly Glancy sketching out how they could renovate their properties turned into a start-up helping others envisage what they could do with theirs. Simon Lambert of This is Money speaks to Roly about how they started the business and where it's going.
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Roly Glancy


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: Anish Mehta on the Digital Tax Transition

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: Anish Mehta on the Digital Tax Transition
Adam Cox is in conversation with Anish Mehta of APARI to explore the prolonged journey of the tax world into the digital era. Together, they delve into the ways software can ease the burden on individuals during the tax return season. The discussion addresses the reasons behind the procrastination of many in completing their tax returns and identifies the specific individuals who must closely heed the forthcoming changes in tax rules. https://www.apari-digital.com/
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Anish Mehta


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Adam Cox

The Hypnotist: Decision on whether to have more children

Adam Cox
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The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist: Decision on whether to have more children
Many parents are challenged by the decision on whether to have another child: it might be age or health considerations which generate doubt, or perhaps complications with an earlier pregnancy. This episode helps by test driving different futures and developing some clarity in thinking through the potential outcomes, thereby helping to resolve what can become analysis paralysis generated by anxiety and fear of the unknown.

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