Posts by Liam Redmond
China’s stock bull run falters with earnings set to underwhelm
Investors are wary that the Chinese New Year holiday spending may not be enough to reignite a rally Published Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 10:20 AM A WORSENING earnings picture is darkening the outlook for Chinese equities, leaving investors wary that Chinese New Year holiday spending may not be enough to reignite a rally. Corporate…
Read MoreLos Angeles mayor wants to hire a poet laureate for the city – but they’ll need to be fluent in woke
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has launched a search to find the city’s next poet laureate. But rather than take in the views of everyone, she has some very specific caveats for the role, which comes with a $10,00 stipend. The winning wordsmith will serve as “cultural ambassador”, but must host “inclusive poetry events,” and…
Read MoreWall Street banks are paying their CEOs like it’s 2006 again
Chief executives all received annual compensation of at least US$40 million, with their total pay surpassing records set in 2006 and 2021 Published Sun, Feb 15, 2026 · 09:33 AM AFTER years of restraint following the 2008 global financial crisis, Wall Street is handing CEOs a record payout. Chief executive officers at the top US…
Read MoreExiled teacher reveals Vladimir Putin’s indoctrination of Russian school kids in startling documentary
A stunning documentary is exposing Vladimir Putin’s deep-rooted indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren as the strongman’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its four-year anniversary. “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” follows kids in a Siberian town – secretly filmed by Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, 34, one of their now exiled teachers – as they are transformed into mini Russian fighters,…
Read MoreTeam USA’s win over Denmark exposes a looming ‘path to gold’ problem
MILAN — Team USA won, they dug their way out of it, so let’s get that out of the way. This could have been worse. They’re still on pace to win their group. Even if they don’t, they still make the knockout stage. It could’ve been much worse than 6-3 over the Danes on Saturday…
Read More‘Wuthering Heights’ dominates box office with $11M gross after one day
No Heathcliff-hanger here. “Wuthering Heights” dominated the box office on its opening weekend, with gross sales hitting $11 million, according to The Numbers. Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie in “Wuthering Heights,” took home the top spot at the box office. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection This adaptation of the famous 19th century Emily Bronte novel, which…
Read MoreWiz Khalifa painfully announces sudden death of his dad at age 63
Wiz Khalifa took to X to announce the death of his dad, Laurence W. Thomaz, writing that “today my father decided not to wake up.” The rapper continued on Friday: “I will always love him, miss him and be grateful for the things he taught me. He went out like a true yogi, at peace…
Read MoreRosie O’Donnell reveals secret return to US to ‘see if it was safe’ after Trump citizenship threat
Rosie O’Donnell secretly returned to the United States on a reconnaissance mission following President Donald Trump’s threats to revoke her citizenship. “I recently went home for two weeks and I did not really tell anyone. I just went to see my family,” the comedian recently told Chris Cuomo during an appearance on “SiriusXM’s Cuomo Mornings.”…
Read MoreWitkoff and Kushner reportedly tell Trump nuclear deal with Iran ‘difficult to impossible’
President Trump’s top advisors reportedly warned him that making a deal with Iran on its nuclear program is historically “difficult to impossible.” Trump asked special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner what the chances were of reaching an agreement with Tehran, according to a senior US official, Israel’s Channel 12’s Barak Ravid said on…
Read MoreCardi B suffers gnarly fall off chair during ‘Little Miss Drama’ tour
Cardi B took a nasty tumble off a chair during her “Little Miss Drama” tour in Las Vegas. Video taken by a fan at her Friday night show showed the “WAP” hitmaker, 33, fall out of her seat while performing her verse on Blueface’s “Thotiana.” However, she played the scene off gracefully by dropping to…
Read MoreTrump slams Bill Maher in Truth Social post as ‘extremely nervous,’ ‘ZERO confidence in himself’
It was time that really could have been better spent. President Trump shared his regrets about precious minutes he spent dining at the White House with comedian Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” during an event organized by singer Kid Rock back in April. He wrote about the dinner in a 495-word post on…
Read MoreIOC sells out of 1936 Berlin Olympics T-shirt despite Nazi backlash
Adolf Hitler’s Olympic showcase is stirring controversy nearly 90 years later. The Olympics’ official online shop has sold out of a T-shirt featuring artwork from the 1936 Berlin Games, which Hitler used to promote Nazi Germany and its ideology of Aryan supremacy. The shirt, part of the IOC’s “Heritage Collection,” reproduces the original 1936 poster…
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