Loretta is a singer and escort in a mob-owned NYC nightclub and illegal casino. The favorite working girl of manager George, Loretta is unhappy with her current occupation and looking for a way out. George, meanwhile, is losing his stranglehold on the business. Complications arise when Loretta finds herself falling for a man she meets in her off-hours.
Tag: business
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Working Girl
When a secretary’s idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss’ job.
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Look Up There’s Starlight
A tragic accident turns the life of a young woman upside down. Revolving in the world of high fashion, the story follows an innocent Cinderella who is reborn as a domineering CEO.
Xue Qiluo once thought that she had the perfect love, yet she lost everything in a fire on the day of her boyfriend Lu Zhiyao’s (Niu Zifan) engagement to his fiancee. Three years later, Xue Qiluo returns as Qin Shu (Liu Jia), the president of a company entering into the Chinese market for haute couture. With the Lu Group being a strong opponent, Qin Shu finds her way back into Lu Zhiyao’s life.
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Love Deal
Joaquín goes to Russia for business. There he falls in love with Tatiana, a young and beautiful interpreter who asks her to accompany him on his return as a maid – secretary – interpreter – lover or whatever.
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Shooting Fish
Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
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Fierce Creatures
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new ‘fierce creatures’ policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
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BASEketball
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire’s help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer’s team is the only one standing in the way.
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The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Once upon a time… consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.
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Another Era
The 2008 financial crisis swept the whole world. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Tin-sang seizes the opportunity to take over the corporation of Hong Kong’s wealthiest man, Fong Chung-yam, but is blocked by businessman Cheuk Kai-tong. Leo holds a grudge and looks for an opportunity to get revenge.
Ten years later, Kai-tong has become the richest person in Hong Kong, yet encounters unfortunate circumstances. When his son is killed in an accident, Kai-tong suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. To manage the family business, his inexperienced daughter Ella Cheuk Ding-yiu, with the help of private equity fund manager Duncan Ko Chit, engages in a corporate war with Leo. When Kai-tong awakens, he, along with Leo’s wife, Chung-yam’s grandson, and a young entrepreneur all join the battle. Everyone’s fate become entangled as they stir up another battle of the century…
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Spider’s Web
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?