Posts by Liam Redmond
Riq Woolen’s stunning taunting penalty puts Rams right back into NFC Championship game
It’s been a disastrous second half for Seattle’s Riq Woolen, whose taunting penalty against the Rams gave Los Angeles another chance in the NFC Championship game. After forcing a fourth-and-12 when he broke up a pass from Matthew Stafford to Puka Nacua, Woolen followed it by walking toward the Rams sideline and yelling at Stafford,…
Read MoreWhat the TikTok deal means for the app’s future in the US
ByteDance is expected to maintain control over valuable parts of its US TikTok business The years-long saga over the future of TikTok’s American operations has finally reached a conclusion. The social media platform said on Jan 23 that its US arm has been bought by a consortium led by Oracle, formalising the deal outlined by…
Read MoreMalaysian ringgit hits highest since 2018 on AI, growth optimism
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 10:02 AM [MANILA] The Malaysian ringgit rose to the strongest level in more than seven years, buoyed by optimism over the country’s ties to the artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain and the nation’s growth outlook. The currency appreciated as much as 0.8 per cent to 3.9750 per US dollar…
Read MoreUOB shares end 2.5% lower following JPMorgan’s downgrade
[SINGAPORE] UOB shares declined by more than 3 per cent on Monday (Jan 26) morning, after hitting a new high last Friday. As at 9.05 am, the counter had slipped by over 2 per cent to S$38.43, before it fell further by 3.1 per cent or S$1.23 to S$38.27 by 9.17 am. It reached S$38.20,…
Read MoreSamsung to start production of HBM4 chips next month for Nvidia supply: source
Both Samsung and SK Hynix will announce their fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 09:42 AM [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics plans to start production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, next month and supply them to Nvidia, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Samsung has…
Read MoreChina’s Eastroc beverage seeks up to HK$10 billion from Hong Kong listing
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 09:27 AM [HONG KONG] Chinese energy-drink maker Eastroc Beverage Group has started taking investor orders for its second listing in Hong Kong that may fetch as much as HK$10.1 billion (S$1.6 billion), fuelling what has been among the busiest starts to the year for the city’s share sales. The…
Read MoreMamdani keeps playing dumb on Israel
“I don’t think we should purchase Israel bonds; we don’t purchase bonds for any other sovereign nation’s debt,” blurred Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his latest bid to fudge one of his anti-Israel positions as simply enforcing some neutral rule. His take on city Comptroller Mark Levine’s comment that he may invest some city pension-fund cash…
Read MoreChina’s low birthrate isn’t doomsday for formula milk suppliers
Falling birthrates, a phenomenon across richer countries, are obviously a drag on firms that make products for children Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 09:02 AM [MELBOURNE] China’s shockingly low birthrate is not quite the calamity for overseas milk suppliers that some recent stock moves might suggest. Foreign firms that make baby formula, from Swiss…
Read MoreDrake Maye, wife Ann Michael embrace after Patriots’ AFC Championship victory
Drake Maye’s fairytale season will continue with a Super Bowl berth. Moments after sealing a snowy 10-7 road win over the Broncos in Sunday’s AFC Championship, the Patriots quarterback celebrated with his forever teammate, wife Ann Michael Maye. The couple commemorated the triumph with an embrace on the field in Denver. Maye, the Patriots’ second-year…
Read MoreStocks to watch: FCT, Ho Bee Land, Starhill Global, The Straits Trading Company, MoneyMax
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jan 26): Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) : The mall operator’s committed occupancy rate rose 99.9 per cent after its first quarter ended December 2025, up from 98.1 per cent in the prior quarter. This followed the successful backfilling of…
Read MoreGold rushes to record high above US$5,000/oz
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 08:03 AM [BENGALURU] Gold surged to a record high above US$5,000 an ounce on Monday (Jan 26), extending a historic rally as investors piled into the safe-haven asset amid rising geopolitical tensions. Spot gold rose 0.94 per cent to US$5,029.62 per ounce by 7.21 am, while US gold futures…
Read MoreGold tops US$5,000 as global upheaval fuels precious metals rally
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 08:03 AM — Updated Mon, Jan 26, 2026 · 01:05 PM [SINGAPORE] Gold surged beyond US$5,000 an ounce for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies. Bullion climbed around 2 per…
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