Posts by Liam Redmond
Epstein crony Larry Summers empowered the cancel culture that’s taken him down
“A major error in judgment”: That’s how disgraced Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers just described his “association” with the late sex fiend Jeffrey Epstein, who donated a cool $9.1 million to Harvard while Summers was president and gave $110,000 more to a poetry nonprofit founded by the awkward Ivy League economist’s second wife. Summers, who…
Read MoreFather and son’s metal detecting trip uncovers historic artillery cache in Czech forest
A father and son recently stumbled across a massive cache of old artillery shells in Czech forest — triggering a two-day operation involving a bomb squad. The Police of the Czech Republic said the discovery was reported by a 48-year-old father who had gone metal detecting with his son on Oct. 28. The pair were less than…
Read MoreWorld-beating stock rally creates new headaches in South Korean market
Up 61% so far in 2025, Kospi is on track to post their strongest gains in a quarter century [SEOUL] The words ‘Kospi 4,000’ have been glowing in gaudy yellow text across a giant screen wrapping the Korea Exchange this month, a monument to the spectacular rally that few imagined possible just a year ago.…
Read MoreJPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley client data may be exposed by vendor’s hack: report
SitusAMC sys the affected data included corporate information tied to some clients’ dealings with the company [NEW YORK] Client data for JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Morgan Stanley and other major banks may have been accessed in a hack of a technology vendor, the New York Times reported on Saturday (Nov 22), citing people familiar with the…
Read MoreMeta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
[SAN FRANCISCO] Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a class action by US school districts against Meta and other social media platforms. In a 2020 research project code-named “Project Mercury,” Meta…
Read MoreExplosion rocks senior living apartment building in Ohio, multiple people injured
Several people were injured in a large explosion Saturday at a senior living apartment complex in Austintown, Ohio. The explosion, which took out a large portion of the Phoenix House apartment building, happened just before 1 p.m., Fox 8 reported. Austintown Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom O’Hara told the outlet several people were injured, though no fatalities…
Read MoreRosie Huntington-Whiteley stuns in new swimsuit photos while on vacation highlighting toned abs
Former Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is not afraid to show off her confidence and style. In a Nov. 21 Instagram post, the 38-year-old model shared photos from her recent vacation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the caption, “Rio you stole my heart! ❤️.” Many of the photos show Huntington-Whiteley in a white one-piece swimsuit with…
Read MorePositive momentum for office S-Reits as vacancy rates ease and rents climb
[SINGAPORE] In the third quarter of 2025, the Urban Redevelopment Authority reported a modest tightening in office vacancy rates, easing to 11.2 per cent from 11.4 per cent in the second quarter. CBRE Singapore said that Grade A office rents rose 2.1 per cent year on year, underpinned by constrained new supply in the Central…
Read MoreTourism and real estate stocks dominate filed transactions
[SINGAPORE] Over the five trading sessions from Nov 14 to 20, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of S$131 million. This partially reversed the previous week’s S$236 million net inflow. Institutional flows Stocks that had the highest net institutional outflow included DBS, CapitaLand Investment , Yangzijiang Shipbuilding , Singapore Airlines…
Read MoreBanks get US$2.6 trillion from deregulation, Jefferies says
[NEW YORK] Looser regulation for US banks is expected to unlock some US$2.6 trillion in lending capacity for large financial institutions, according to Jefferies analysts, cementing the richer valuation of American lenders over rivals in Europe. Deregulation can “drive a material uplift through 2026” in lending, mergers and acquisitions and technology investment and will buoy…
Read MoreMichael Goodwin: Trump’s meeting with Mamdani comes as a shock and promise that there is hope for NYC
Because good news doesn’t sell, there were surely some long faces in American newsrooms Friday afternoon. The expected — and even hoped for — explosion between President Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned out to be a festival of mutual admiration. Given the grim forecast, it was as shocking as if cats and…
Read MoreBeyoncé turns heads in form-fitting racing gear while arriving at F1 Grand Prix with Jay-Z
Beyoncé proved you don’t have to drive a car to be in the race, arriving at F1 Grand Prix in a jaw-dropping full racing uniform. In footage circulating on social media on Saturday, the “Lemonade” singer rocked a plunging white leather zip-up bodysuit with black and red details while arriving arm in arm with husband…
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