Posts by Nathan Pine
SocGen lifts targets after French retail rebounds sharply
[ad_1] [PARIS] Societe Generale, France’s third-largest listed bank, raised its annual profit target on Thursday (Jul 31) after a strong rebound in its French retail business lifted second-quarter results above expectations. The lender raised its 2025 return on tangible equity target, a key profitability measure, to around 9 per cent from a previous goal of…
Read More‘South Park’ Viewership Score Ratings Big With Small Trump Attack
[ad_1] South Park certainly has been in the news during the past week. The animated series took aim at President Donald Trump in its Season 27 opener, in particular focusing on the Commander-in-Chief’s small manhood, and clearly it has paid off. The opening episode — which premiered on Comedy Central and streamed on Paramount+, thanks…
Read MoreLufthansa reports higher-than-expected Q2 earnings
[ad_1] Published Thu, Jul 31, 2025 · 01:23 PM [BERLIN] Lufthansa on Thursday reported better second-quarter results than expected, boosted by low oil prices and currency effects, and confirmed its full-year guidance. The German airline group reported an operating profit of 871 million euros (S$1.29 billion), compared with 805 million euros expected, according to an…
Read MoreNBC Developing Hotel Comedy From Andy Gordon & Maria Ferrari; Susan Rovner To Executive Produce
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing a new comedy about an ex-pat who runs a hotel full of American foreign exchange students in Greece. Created by Maria Ferrari and Andy Gordon, Hotel Sofia will be a multi-camera sitcom that follows the female hotel owner, who dispenses wisdom as she works to rebuild her own life. Susan Rovner…
Read MoreFamily office for Hong Kong’s richest builds out hedge fund team
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] A money manager for some of Hong Kong’s richest families is building a hedge fund team to allocate money away from private equity after its clients asked for more liquid investments. VMS Group, which has about US$4 billion in assets under management, hired equities veteran Raymond Jook as managing director in April.…
Read MoreEdwin Hodge & Caitlin Bassett Join ‘The Terminal List’ For Season 2
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Edwin Hodge (FBI: Most Wanted, Winning Time) and Caitlin Bassett (Quantum Leap) have been cast in recurring guest roles in Prime Video‘s The Terminal List for Season 2. The project reunites Hodge and Chris Pratt, star and executive producer of The Terminal List, both of whom starred in the 2021 sci-fi film The…
Read MoreJurnee Smollett Gained 20 lbs Of Muscle To Make ‘Smoke’ Role “Feel More Truthful”
[ad_1] Jurnee Smollett‘s latest project required a little extra character work in the gym to fully embody her role. While discussing her Marine-turned-arson investigator Michelle Calderone in the Apple TV+ series Smoke, new episodes available to stream Thursdays, the Emmy nominee recently opened up about the physical transformation she underwent for the part. “She’s someone…
Read More90 Day Fiancé’s Larissa Santos Lima Reveals New Look After Removing Enormous Breast Implants
[ad_1] Can Larissa Lima Survive 2 Weeks Without Breast Implants? | Plastic Surgery Rewind | E! Larissa Santos Lima is getting something off her chest. The 90 Day Fiancé alum debuted a jaw-dropping transformation after deciding to remove her gigantic breast implants on the July 30 episode of E!’s makeover series Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind—and…
Read MoreRichest Thai sees US$10 billion hydro, LNG projects driving growth
[ad_1] Construction on a US$1 billion LNG import terminal project, Thailand’s third, will start later this year before commercial operations are scheduled in 2029 Published Thu, Jul 31, 2025 · 11:24 AM [BANGKOK] Thailand’s richest person, Sarath Ratanavadi, expects US$10 billion investments in hydropower projects in neighbouring Laos and a new domestic liquefied natural gas…
Read MorePlastic Surgery Rewind’s Brielle Biermann Shares Warning After Dissolving Her Under-Eye Filler
[ad_1] Brielle Biermann is feeling just peachy about her new appearance. The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum debuted her refreshed face after finally deciding to dissolve her under-eye filler during the July 30 episode of E!’s makeover series Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind. And, after reversing the cosmetic procedure—which the 28-year-old got right after turning…
Read MoreMatt Damon Spars With Jimmy Kimmel On ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
[ad_1] Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel reignited their ongoing feud for a good cause as they appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire this week. Partnering with Jeopardy! host and all-star Ken Jennings on Wednesday’s episode of the ABC game show, the Oscar winner won the top prize for his nonprofit Water.org, which helps…
Read MoreKeppel shares hit 6-year high on H1 earnings growth, share buyback and asset divestment plans
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Shares of Keppel rose on Thursday (Jul 31) morning after the asset manager posted a 24.2 per cent rise in H1 earnings, a S$500 million share buyback scheme and plans to divest S$14.4 billion of non-core assets. As at 10.17 am, the counter was trading at a six-year high of S$8.74, with 8.5…
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