Posts by Liam Redmond
SoftBank eyes data centre group switch as Son hunts for AI
[ad_1] SOFTBANK Group is studying potential acquisitions including data centre operator Switch Inc., as billionaire founder Masayoshi Son ramps up the search for deals that can help it ride the AI-fueled boom in digital infrastructure, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Japanese company has held discussions with Switch leadership and has been conducting…
Read MoreRoad rage maniac busted weeks after stabbing NYC cabbie, leaving him for dead: cops
[ad_1] An alleged road rage maniac was busted weeks after he stabbed a Bronx livery cab driver – as prosecutors revealed the cabbie repeatedly insisted that he did not “want to fight.” Darin Dominick, 56, surrendered to cops Wednesday morning in connection to the early Nov. 26 attack on Ghanaian immigrant Osei “Ozzy” Kusi, 39,…
Read MoreHongkong Land shares close 3.5% down following news of S$8 billion real estate fund
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Shares of Hongkong Land soared as much as 5.5 per cent after the company announced plans to inject its interests in One Raffles Quay, Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) Towers 1 and 2 into a new real estate fund. The counter rose as high as US$7.31 by 9.31 am on Friday (Dec 12),…
Read MoreGlobal EV sales growth slowest since Feb 2024 on China plateau, US policy changes
[ad_1] GLOBAL EV sales grew in November at the slowest rate since February 2024 as China plateaued, while the end of an EV tax credit scheme in the United States set North America on track for its first year of decline since 2019, data showed. In Europe, registrations of electric vehicles, including battery-electric and plug-in…
Read More‘RHOC’ alum Meghan King to only see kids for a ‘few weeks’ every summer in new custody deal
[ad_1] Meghan King’s new custody deal with ex-husband Jim Edmonds will reportedly allow her to have her three kids for “a few weeks every summer” following a Child Protective Services investigation. The “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum agreed to let daughter Aspen, 8, and 7-year-old twins Hart and Hayes live with Edmonds full-time in Tennessee, a source told…
Read MoreHongkong Land hives off MBFC Towers 1 and 2, One Raffles Quay into new S$8 billion Singapore real estate fund
[ad_1] New fund will be Singapore’s biggest private real estate fund and is part of group’s aim to grow its AUM to US$100 billion by 2035 [SINGAPORE] Following the sale of its stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) Tower 3 to Keppel Reit, Hongkong Land on Friday (Dec 12) announced that it is injecting…
Read MoreHongkong Land hives off MBFC Towers 1 and 2, One Raffles Quay into new S$8 billion Singapore private fund
[ad_1] New fund will be Singapore’s biggest private real estate fund; move follows divestments of other major assets [SINGAPORE] Following the sale of its stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) Tower 3 to Keppel Reit, Hongkong Land on Friday (Dec 12) announced that it is injecting its interests in One Raffles Quay, MBFC Towers…
Read MoreStocks to watch: Sembcorp, CDL, UOL, GuocoLand, Seatrium, Singtel, Hongkong Land
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Dec 12): Sembcorp Industries : The engineering services company on Thursday announced that it will acquire Australian utilities provider Alinta Energy (Alinta). The agreed enterprise value of this deal is A$6.5 billion (S$5.6 billion). The estimated purchase price…
Read MoreReddit files lawsuit against Australia’s social media ban
[ad_1] [SYDNEY] Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an infringement of free political expression. The US-listed firm, which has operations in Australia, called the ban “invalid on the…
Read MoreChatGPT chatbot’s jaw-dropping response when asked about its alleged role in murder-suicide case
[ad_1] Aye aye aye, AI! ChatGPT’s chatbot admitted bearing “some responsibility” in the terrifying murder of an elderly Connecticut mom — whose killer son’s paranoid delusions were allegedly fueled by the artificial intelligence program. “What I think is reasonable to say: I share some responsibility — but I’m not solely responsible,” the AI chatbot told…
Read MoreLong Island bank robber busted after stickup note shenanigans: cops
[ad_1] A Long Island bank robber who allegedly held up two local Flagstars using stickup notes has been arrested, cops said Thursday. Brian Blackford, 51, was pulled over by police during an early-morning traffic-stop in Copiague just before 1 a.m. Thursday when the officers on scene identified him as the suspected thief, according to Suffolk…
Read MoreOpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
[ad_1] OPENAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending in its technology race with Google. The San Francisco-based AI superstar touted GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Thinking as its best models yet for handling math or science work. “Strong mathematical reasoning is a…
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