Posts by Liam Redmond
WestJet airline under fire after agent tears up passenger’s boarding passes for filming bumped flight dispute
One of Canada’s largest budget airlines is under fire after an agent tore up a family’s boarding pass and falsely told an elderly passenger he had “no right” to film after their flight was bumped. Jason Huang and his family, including his 73-year-old father, arrived at Edmonton International Airport in August to board a WestJet…
Read MoreCordlife faces S$5.45 million civil claim from clients over damaged cord blood units
[SINGAPORE] Cordlife Group is facing claims of at least S$5.45 million in damages from clients who stored 109 cord blood units (CBUs) with the company. In a bourse filing on Tuesday (Dec 2), the cord blood bank said it was notified on Dec 1 of the filing of the originating application in the courts, by…
Read MoreSan Francisco’s beloved albino alligator Claude dead at 30
A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30. The science museum in Golden Gate Park is popular with Bay Area school children and international tourists, and many kids over the years have ended their…
Read MoreFormer California deputy suspected of killing his 11-year-old son is fatally shot during police pursuit
A former California sheriff’s deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on Tuesday after he led them on a car chase along Interstate 5, authorities said. Police in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, responded around 8 a.m. to a call from a mother who said she was…
Read MoreMajor Chinese banks cut high-yield deposit products to ease margin pressure
[BEIJING] Some major Chinese commercial banks have removed five-year, large-scale certificates of deposit that carry a high yield from their offerings, in an effort to cut costs and offset margin pressure. Banks, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), now only offer shorter-term, large-scale CDs ranging from six…
Read MoreGrab-Singtel’s GXS bank cuts about 10% of workforce as it moves on from early stage operations
Loss of 82 jobs part of the group’s transition from building a bank to running the operations: CEO Lai Pei-Si [SINGAPORE] Digital bank GXS is cutting 82 jobs or about 10 per cent of its workforce across the group. The exercise is part of the group’s transition from the early growth stages of building a…
Read MoreReggie Miller, Spike Lee cut it up on NBC’s Knicks-Celtics pregame show: ‘It’s nothing but love’
Reggie Miller and Spike Lee might as well exchange friendship bracelets. The Pacers legend and the Knicks superfan have come a long way since their verbal sparring matches at Madison Square Garden in the 1990s, with Miller putting his arm around Lee when the director made a brief appearance on the NBA on NBC broadcast…
Read MoreChinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest
[HANGZHOU, China] In China, artificial intelligence (AI) glasses let the wearer pay in shops with just a glance at a QR code and a voice command, as a growing number of companies look to conquer both growing domestic and overseas markets. Interest in smart eyewear is soaring worldwide after more than a decade of stalled…
Read MoreMichael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals
For decades, Congress and a parade of presidents couldn’t agree on how to secure the southern border and what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants already here. Recall that in 2007, just six years after the terrorist attack of 9/11, President George W. Bush declared that “family values did not stop at the…
Read MoreMost Asian markets rise as traders await key US data
Money markets have put the chances of a Dec 10 cut at around 90%, with another three forecast by the end of next year [HONG KONG] Markets mostly rose on Wednesday (Dec 3), following a resumption of Wall Street’s rally, but gains were muted as investors await the last tranche of US data before next…
Read MoreIslanders grind out ugly win over Lightning to snap three-game losing streak
This was not a pretty win. It was not a particularly emphatic win. It was not especially entertaining, nor was it even the best hockey the Islanders have played on a homestand where they lost four of their first five games. All that said, the Islanders did what they had to do and issued a…
Read MoreApple Tap to Pay launches in Singapore, allows merchants to use iPhones as contactless payment terminals
Payment platforms Adyen, Revolut, Stripe among first to offer Tap to Pay. Grab will join in 2026. [SINGAPORE] Apple has announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in Singapore, allowing merchants to use the iPhone as a contactless payment terminal. In a statement on Dec 2, Apple said that the new function…
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