Pacino as Paterno, and Who Is That Producer? Anthony Scaramucci

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Supported by Media Pacino as Paterno, and Who Is That Producer? Anthony Scaramucci Photo Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director, is credited as an executive producer on “Paterno,” which stars Al Pacino, center, and is scheduled to air Saturday on HBO. Credit Atsushi Nishijima/HBO, via Associated Press Eagle-eyed viewers of the HBO film “Paterno” — a biopic of the disgraced Penn State football coach, starring a slurring, pancake-faced Al Pacino — may spot a surprising name in the credits: Anthony Scaramucci, the world’s most famous former White House communications director.
Mr. Scaramucci, it turns out, is a dabbler in the biz.
“I just gave them the dough,” he said during a brief telephone conversation the other day.
Officially, he is a co-executive producer of “Paterno,” having bought the rights to a book about the saga at Pennsylvania State University several years ago with a producing partner, Edward R. Pressman. His involvement with the movie, which..

Jessica Huie on finding a job that gives you a sense of purpose

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A whole industry has sprung up around helping people who feel unfulfilled at work. What should you do if you get the itch to try something different?
Jessica Huie has every reason to be happy with her lot. She has made an extraordinary success of her life against all odds. Expelled from school at 15 and a single mother by the time she was 17, Huie turned away from her path, threw herself back into her studies and climbed the ladder in PR, ending up with at Max Clifford Associates representing high profile clients like Samuel L Jackson and Mariah Carey.
Read more One in three Britons use baking to help them de-stress after busy day How a music studio started by an Essex grime artist is opening doors Work email could be banned outside office hours by New York City In 2006, she went one step further and started her own business. She was looking for a card for her daughter one day and discovered a gap in the market for cards featuring people of colour.
Color Blind Cards propelled Hui..

Bargain Booze owner Conviviality collapses into administration

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The drinks company has appointed administrators after weeks of teetering on the brink
Conviviality, the owner of Bargain Booze, has officially gone into administration.
Matthew Callaghan, Ian Green and David Baxendale of PwC were appointed as joint administrators on Thursday, bringing to an end weeks of speculation that the company was on the edge of collapse, with up to 2,500 jobs at risk.
Read more Death of the high street? Closures and cuts paint grim scene for 2018 Earlier this week, Magners owner C&C said it planned to buy Conviviality brands Matthew Clark and Bibendum, saving around 2,000 roles.
Meanwhile, the administrators said Conviviality “continues to engage with parties interested in its retail business, which continues to trade under the names of Bargain Booze, Bargain Booze Select Convenience and Wine Rack”.
However, experts said it may be difficult to find a buyer for the retail brands.
“Conviviality’s retail operations, Bargain Booze and Wine Rack, may not ..

Jobs Report for March: What to Watch For

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Supported by Economy Jobs Report for March: What to Watch For Photo Manufacturers like Camden Yards Steel in New Jersey have been a bright spot as the economy has produced a record streak of job growth. Credit Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post, via Associated Press At 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, the Labor Department will issue its report on hiring and unemployment in March.
The report is expected to show another month of solid hiring, although most economists foresee a modest slowdown from February’s torrid pace. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg estimated that employers added 185,000 jobs in March, down from 313,000 in February. (That figure will be revised on Friday.) They also expect the unemployment rate to tick down to 4 percent for the first time since 2000.
This is what you should watch for:
A Record Hiring StreakFebruary’s report was a barnburner: Companies added jobs at the strongest pace in a year and a half, and the labor force gained hundreds of thousands of workers. Few eco..

Markets Cautiously Lower as U.S.-China Trade Threat Looms

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Supported by Business Day Markets Cautiously Lower as U.S.-China Trade Threat Looms Photo Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt in February. Major world stock markets opened less than 1 percent lower on Friday, led by Germany. Credit Daniel Roland/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — Global markets fell modestly on Friday, hours after President Trump threatened to worsen trade relations with China with potential tariffs on another $100 billion in Chinese goods.
The market reactions were initially quiet, as investors waited for details of any tariffs that might stem from Mr. Trump’s remarks. On Thursday he said he had instructed United States trade officials to determine whether new tariffs were warranted and, “if so, to identify the products upon which to impose such tariffs.”
Major world stock markets opened less than 1 percent lower on Friday, led by Germany. Asian markets were mixed, with China on holiday and Hong Kong just returning from one. The dollar fell in value slightl..

Sugar tax: the soft drinks that slashed their sugar ahead of the levy

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The UK’s first ever sugar tax comes into force on Friday.
Soft drinks manufacturers will have to pay an extra levy on drinks that contain a high amount of sugar, which is expected to bring the treasury an extra £240m.
Some big name brands slashed their sugar content ahead of the first day of the sugar levy, while others have decided to shrink the size of their bottles and increase prices.
Read more Co-op group is back in the black as it reveals members got £74m reward The Treasury estimated on Friday that over half of manufacturers reduced the sugar content in their drinks since plans were first announced in March 2016.
Irn-Bru’s decision to slash its sugar content attracted vocal opposition from some of its customers in Scotland, where its popularity verges on the iconic.
AG Barr, the company that makes Irn-Bru, went ahead with its plan in early 2018 to reduce its sugar content by over half, from 10.3g to 4.7g per 100ml.
Ribena also followed Irn-Bru by slashing its sugar by ..

Co-op group is back in the black as it reveals members got £74m reward in 2017

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The group has put previous struggles, including the near-collapse
The Co-operative Group swung back into profit last year, with sales up and debt “significantly reduced”, in a marked turnaround from the past few turbulent years.
Members of the Co-op received a total reward of £74m in 2017, the firm said, comprised of £61m in personal rewards and £13m going towards community projects. Active membership grew by 15 per cent to 4.6 million last year.
Read more How the Co-op went from near collapse to 100 new stores The group reported pre-tax profit of £72m for 2017, compared with a loss of £132m the year before. Underlying pre-tax profit was £65m, up 25 per cent on the £52m reported in 2016, while operating profit fell to £126m from £148m.
Revenues were flat at £9.5bn, with like-for-like food sales up 3.4 per cent, and convenience sales up 4.3 per cent.
The Co-op said revenues from its funeral and life planning business rose 4 per cent to £343m, with sales in will writing and p..

Bright Lights, Big Shoulder Pads: A Timid Japan Recalls Its Bubble Era

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Supported by Business Day Bright Lights, Big Shoulder Pads: A Timid Japan Recalls Its Bubble Era TOKYO — Kaori Masukodera remembers, barely, riding as a child with her mother, her hair teased and her lips bright red, in the family’s convertible to the beach. It was the last gasp of the 1980s, a time of Champagne, garish colors and bubbly disco dance-floor anthems, and the last time many people in Japan felt rich and ascendant.
A so-called Lost Decade and many economically stagnant years later, the family’s convertible and beach vacations are long gone — but Ms. Masukodera is helping to bring the rest of Japan’s bubble era back. She performs in a pop-music duo called Bed In that borrows heavily from the keyboard lines, electric drums and power chords of the ’80s. They dress ’80s, too: The shoulder pads are big, the skirts are mini and the hues are Day-Glo when they aren’t just plain shiny.
Bed In, a pop duo, has borrowed the sounds and the looks of Japan's 1980s bubble era. V..

Pension freedoms causing confusion and longer careers for UK's older workers, study shows

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Older workers are now planning to retire later because of pension concerns, the research found
Almost two-thirds of working over-55s in the UK have admitted they are confused by the rules around pensions since the government introduced more freedom to the sector in 2015, according to a new study.
Pension freedoms, launched by the former chancellor, George Osborne, give everyone aged 55 years and older greater flexibility on how to use their defined contribution pension funds, where previously they were required to purchase annuity products with their savings.
Read more FCA adds to confusion created by Osborne’s pension freedom reforms Research from Prudential shows that 64 per cent of over-55s say they are confused by the regulations, while 82 per cent want the government to stop making changes to pension rules.
Meanwhile, 42 per cent are concerned about running out of money during retirement and 41 per cent are worried about paying for long-term care.
People are growing inc..