Posts by Liam Redmond
Heroes, zeros from Knicks’ Game 1 win over Cavaliers: James Harden had night to forget
[ad_1] Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 115-104 Game 1 win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden: Hero Quiet for three quarters, Jalen Brunson threw on his Superman cape when the situation was its most dire. He scored 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, carrying the Knicks to…
Read MoreOpenAI picks Singapore for first Applied AI Lab outside US in S$300 million push to tap ‘incredible talent here’
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] ChatGPT creator OpenAI will open its first Applied AI Lab outside the US in Singapore and hire more than 200 specialised artificial intelligence professionals over the next few years as part of a S$300 million investment in the Republic. The move comes after the San Francisco-based technology company signed a memorandum of understanding…
Read MoreYangzijiang falls 5.3% to lowest price in over two months amid heavy trading
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding fell on Wednesday (May 20), with the Chinese vessel maker among the top traded stocks on the Singapore Exchange. The counter dropped as low as S$3.73 at 10.40 am, down by S$0.21 or 5.3 per cent, with 25.7 million shares changing hands. This marks its lowest price in over…
Read MoreEverything goes wrong for Mets after spotting Nolan McLean five-run lead in loss to Nationals
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The perfect storm conspired to deprive the Mets of what should have been a sure victory Tuesday night. Nolan McLean was handed a five-run lead after the Mets had batted twice, but somehow that wasn’t enough. The rookie got knocked around, with a freak play interspersed, and soon the Mets defense turned…
Read MoreChinese tankers exit Strait of Hormuz with 4 million barrels of crude oil
[ad_1] Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 10:21 AM [SINGAPORE] Two Chinese supertankers carrying four million barrels of Middle East crude oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday (May 20) after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months, shipping data on LSEG and Kpler showed. The ships are among a handful of…
Read MoreHSBC CEO says AI will destroy and create new jobs, urges staff to embrace change
[ad_1] The lender cites AI as a driver for slimming down its operations to increase profitability Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 10:07 AM [HONG KONG] HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery said on Wednesday (May 20) AI would destroy and create certain jobs in the financial industry, and the bank was focussed on retraining its…
Read MoreTrump tells Fed to consider fintech access to payment accounts
[ad_1] Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 09:33 AM US PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday (May 19) calling on regulators and the US Federal Reserve to review rules that may be stifling financial innovation, including whether the central bank could expand fintech access to its payment rails, the systems that move…
Read MoreSex therapist Dem candidate blasted over vile call to convert ICE facilities into camps for ‘American Zionists’ with castration center
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The top Democrat in a southern Texas House race, sex therapist Maureen Galindo, has called for transforming an immigration facility into a “prison for American Zionists” equipped with a castration center. Galindo’s campaign made a vile pledge that she will introduce legislation to that effect if she gets elected to Congress after…
Read MoreHongkong Land Q1 underlying profit rises 5% on lower borrowing costs
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Property group Hongkong Land posted a 5 per cent rise in underlying profit for its first quarter ended Mar 31, 2026, compared with the same period a year earlier. This was primarily due to lower net financing charges, offsetting reduced contributions from Singapore following the disposal of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3…
Read MoreAgentic AI growth exacerbating supply chain issues: Dell Technologies CEO
[ad_1] The company is navigating a challenging environment where inflationary pressures are going beyond components [LAS VEGAS] The rapid growth of agentic artificial intelligence has exacerbated supply chain issues, said Dell Technologies chief executive officer Michael Dell. “If it had not been for this agentic movement, we would probably see much better demand-supply equilibrium in…
Read MoreStocks to watch: Hongkong Land, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, SIA, Sembcorp, Delfi
[ad_1] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (May 20): Hongkong Land : The property group posted a 5 per cent rise in underlying profit for its first quarter ended Mar 31, 2026, compared with the same period a year earlier. This was primarily due to lower…
Read MoreSingapore staff first to know in Meta’s 8,000 global job cuts
[ad_1] This latest round of cuts is expected to hit the company’s engineering and product teams Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 08:34 AM — Updated Wed, May 20, 2026 · 09:21 PM [SAN FRANCISCO] Meta Platforms is alerting thousands of employees that they are being laid off, part of a restructuring aimed at improving…
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