Po sužadėtuvių klestinti pora iš Niujorko, Emilė ir Lukas, negali vienas nuo kito atsitraukti. Atsilaisvinus geidžiamo paaukštinimo pozicijai ambicingoje finansų įmonėje, palaikantys įsimylėjėlių santykiai ima peraugti į kažką baisesnio. Kai jų santykiuose negrįžtamai pasikeičia galios dinamika, Lukas ir Emilė turi susidurti su tikrąja sėkmės kaina ir nerimą keliančiomis ambicijų ribomis.
Keturiasdešimtmetė Maja (aktorė Jennifer Lopez) už minimalų atlyginimą dirba mažmeninės prekybos parduotuvėje ir kiekvieną dieną galvoja apie savo pasirinkimus, atvedusius į šį gyvenimo akligatvį. Maja žino, kad yra talentinga ir verta žymiai daugiau, tačiau jos CV negailestingas – tinkamo išsilavinimo, pažinčių ir karjeros įrašų neturinti moteris pasmerkta ir toliau suktis tame pačiame neperspektyvių darbų rate. Kol vieną dieną, galutinai paveiktas Majos niurzgėjimo, vienas jos bičiulis truputį patobulina moters internetinę asmenybę. Patvarko „Facebook“ profilį, prigamina suklastotų nuotraukų (pavyzdžiui, Majos su prezidentu), į CV prirašo išgalvotų darbų. Rezultato ilgai laukti nereikia. Maja pakviečiama darbo pokalbiui į prestižinę finansų kompaniją, įsikūrusią prašmatniame Manheteno biure.
A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.
At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it behind obscure financial structures in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth may be hidden in British offshore jurisdictions and Britain and its offshore jurisdictions are the largest global players in the world of international finance. How did this come about, and what impact does it have on the world today? This is what the Spider's Web sets out to investigate.
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
Hacktivist and blockchain expert Lauri Love fights extradition in TRUST MACHINE—his computer skills a threat to the US government. Tech innovators strike a raw nerve as banks and network pundits rush to condemn volatile cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Why are banks terrified while UNICEF embraces it to help refugee children? Award–winning filmmaker Alex Winter reveals that proponents of blockchain—a verified digital ledger—are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger.
A woman struggles as she is caught at a supermarket for shoplifting. This award-winning short film is inspired by the cost of living crisis in Britain.
Rivalling siblings must enlist the help of a remote Hacker to wage financial war against each others' businesses.
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
Banking With Life is a documentary that covers a lot of material in under an hour. Featuring financial experts and economists, as well as testimonies of actual clients, Banking With Life is the definitive primer on what the The Infinite Banking Concept™ is, and how anyone can use it to build wealth and experience financial freedom.
The computer game chain GameStop created so much chaos in the stock market that it forced large hedge funds to their knees. How could it happen? Here we follow different people who were brought together during 2020 because of their interest in GameStop's future. Some had invested in the chain's stock, others wondered about it. While the chain's employees trusted that the company would pay their salaries at a time when millions of people went bankrupt and became unemployed.
Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts -- as well as the mystery and wonder -- of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. Hey, you never know! An ALA Notable Book A Horn Book Fanfare Selection A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Teachers' Choices Selection