Posts by Liam Redmond
Singtel shares fall as much as 3.9% after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.9 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) as part of a…
Read MorePuka Nacua gets love from Rams teammate for shooting shot at Sydney Sweeney
SAN FRANCISCO — Puka Nacua’s catches usually draw praise from his Rams teammates, but a proverbial half-court heave he threw up over the weekend is actually what garnered some serious love from Byron Young on Wednesday. The Los Angeles pass rusher told The California Post in a sitdown interview that he thoroughly enjoyed watching Nacua…
Read MoreTrillion-dollar tech wipeout ensnares all stocks in AI’s path
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 12:55 PM [SAN FRANCISCO] There have been many artificial intelligence (AI)-driven sell-offs in the three years since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream. Nothing, though, quite rivals the rout rippling through stock and credit markets this week. For one, there’s the sheer speed and breadth of it. In the span…
Read MoreApac economies that gained from AI boom like Taiwan, Singapore drive outbound travel in 2025: Visa
Japan, South Korea, China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific economies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely into semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and economies exposed…
Read MoreAI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies splurge abroad
Japan, South Korea and China see strong inbound travel amid demand for pop culture tourism [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific markets exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drove outbound spending in 2025, amid an increase in their economic strength, data by Visa indicated. In the region, AI investment is largely in semiconductor manufacturing and data centres, and…
Read MoreSurrogate sues Chinese parents of 26 she claims duped her: ‘Tell me the truth about the baby I carried’
A Nevada-based surrogate mother thought she was helping a Chinese couple “longing for a miracle baby,” when she delivered a child for them. Now she’s one of a number of surrogates fighting for answers after 21 children were removed from the care of Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, in Arcadia, California, last year. …
Read MoreAsia shares falter as global tech sell-off spooks investors
Investors have been rotating out of technology giants and into cyclical stocks amid fears of AI disruptions to jobs Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:42 AM [SYDNEY] Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs of artificial intelligence (AI) investment hounded the tech sector, though Wall Street futures were trying to make a…
Read MoreAustralianSuper hunts for private equity deals across Asia
The pension fund currently has 5.1% of its balanced portfolio invested in private equity Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 11:35 AM [MELBOURNE] AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund, is hunting private equity (PE) deals in Asia to grow its private markets portfolio, according to chief executive officer Paul Schroder. The A$410 billion (S$364 billion)…
Read MoreAviation must adopt F1’s innovation speed, says SATS CEO Kerry Mok
[SINGAPORE] The aviation industry must change more quickly and adopt the relentless, “race-by-race” innovation cycle seen in Formula 1 (F1) if it hopes to survive a deepening manpower crisis, said SATS president and CEO Kerry Mok on Wednesday (Feb 4) at the Singapore Airshow 2026. He was speaking at a panel at the International Centre…
Read MoreChris Noth shades Sarah Jessica Parker yet again with savage swipe at ‘Sex and the City’ sequel series
Chris Noth shaded former co-star Sarah Jessica Parker yet again amid their ongoing rift. The former Mr. Big told the Daily Mail on Wednesday that he “was very lucky” his iconic character was killed off at the beginning of the “Sex and the City” sequel series, “And Just Like That,” in December 2021. While attending…
Read MoreBaidu approves US$5 billion share buyback, first dividend
The Internet company joins larger peers Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding in enhancing shareholder returns Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:56 AM BAIDU announced a three-year stock buyback programme of as much as US$5 billion and plans to issue its first dividend in 2026, establishing a major shareholder return plan. The Chinese artificial…
Read MoreQualcomm, Arm hit by concern that memory shortage is spreading
The historic build-out of AI infrastructure is driving the shortage of memory chips Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 10:27 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Shares of Qualcomm and Arm Holdings fell steeply after the semiconductor companies delivered quarterly reports, hurt by concern that a shortage of memory chips will crimp growth in the electronics industry. Both…
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