Posts by Liam Redmond
Elon Musk suggests Ilhan Omar committed ‘treason’ with 2024 pro-Somalia remarks after Trump rants about lawmaker at rally
[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk suggested early Wednesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had committed “treason” in comments from January 2024 that her critics said placed Somali interests ahead of America’s. “This sounds like treason,” Musk wrote on X alongside a clip of the remarks, hours after President Trump delivered a rant against the Democratic lawmaker…
Read More‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ author Sophie Kinsella dead at 55
[ad_1] Sophie Kinsella has died at the age of 55. The British author, best known for her 2000 novel Confessions of a Shopaholic, was with an “aggressive” form of glioblastoma brain cancer in 2022. Her family announced her passing via Instagram on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken to announce the passing this morning of our beloved…
Read MoreEver Glory to offer 2 million new shares at S$0.64 each ahead of proposed transfer to mainboard
[ad_1] It will raise around S$1.2 million in net proceeds if the offer is fully subscribed [SINGAPORE] As part of its proposed transfer to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard, Catalist-listed engineering services provider Ever Glory United Holdings is making a public offer of up to two million new shares at an offer price of S$0.64…
Read MoreBarclays joins bank rivals in buying stake in United Fintech
[ad_1] It has bought two fintechs this year, bringing its total to seven and giving it more than 200 employees across 11 locations globally [LONDON] Barclays is buying a stake in a British-Danish fintech company specialising in banking technology, joining an investor group that includes four of its largest European and US rivals. The London-based…
Read MoreBrad Lander quotes ‘Mister Rogers’ in video kicking off congressional campaign
[ad_1] Outgoing NYC Comptroller Brad Lander formally launched his bid for Congress Wednesday with a nearly three-minute video that featured an awkward tribute to beloved PBS kids’ show host Fred Rogers. Lander, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District, located in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn, took a series of…
Read MoreMPACT subsidiary sells Festival Walk Tower for close to HK$2 billion
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] The manager of Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT) announced on Wednesday (Dec 10) that its subsidiary – Festival Walk – will sell Festival Walk Tower for nearly HK$2 billion (S$328.1 million) to an unrelated third party. The tower, the office component of Festival Walk in Hong Kong, has a lettable area of…
Read MoreIsaiah Williams having nothing left to ‘fear’ allowing him to be valuable Jets spark plug
[ad_1] Sometimes, good things get lost in the rubble of a team’s poor season. Good things, too, get lost in the malaise of losses — particularly lopsided losses like the one in which the Jets were outclassed, outcoached and outplayed in their 34-10 defeat to the Dolphins on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. That loss was…
Read MoreByteDance, Alibaba keen to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump green light: sources
[ad_1] The chip’s ability to train AI models is currently unmatched by domestic equivalents [BEIJING/SINGAPORE] ByteDance and Alibaba have asked Nvidia about buying its powerful H200 AI chip after US President Donald Trump said he would allow it to be exported to China, four people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The Chinese companies are…
Read MoreComfortDelGro and Pony.ai get green light to test self-driving shuttles on public roads in Punggol
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] The Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore has given its approval to transport operator ComfortDelGro and its autonomous vehicle (AV) partner Pony.ai to begin testing their AV shuttles in residential district Punggol. ComfortDelGro told The Business Times on Wednesday (Dec 10) that the Centre of Testing & Research of Autonomous Vehicles – NTU…
Read MoreIMF wades into debate over yuan, warns on risk of trade tensions
[ad_1] It’s lending its voice to a debate over distortions caused by a weaker exchange rate [BEIJING] The International Monetary Fund linked China’s booming exports and growing trade imbalances in part to a real depreciation of the yuan, lending its voice to a debate over distortions caused by a weaker exchange rate. Following the conclusion…
Read MoreHSBC’s senior bankers hid behind co-head roles, CEO Georges Elhedery says
[ad_1] Since taking charge, he has nearly halved the size of the bank’s operating committee [LONDON] HSBC’s chief executive officer Georges Elhedery said not enough executives were fully accountable for the performance of their businesses, before he began his radical restructuring of the bank 15 months ago. Since taking charge of Europe’s largest lender, he…
Read More3 Keppel subsidiaries put up for voluntary liquidation
[ad_1] The wholly owned units are Keppel Enterprise FinHub, Keppel Enterprise Services, and Keppel People Services [SINGAPORE] Asset manager Keppel said on Wednesday (Dec 10) that three of its wholly owned subsidiaries – Keppel Enterprise FinHub, Keppel Enterprise Services, and Keppel People Services – have been placed under members’ voluntary liquidation. The Business Times has…
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