Posts by Liam Redmond
Harvard hires Divinity School graduate who faced assault charges against an Israeli student at a protest
A Harvard University graduate initially charged with assaulting one of his Israeli classmates at a high-profile “die-in” protest in October 2023 has been hired by the Ivy League college, according to reports. Per the Washington Free Beacon, Divinity School graduate Elom Tettey-Tamaklo has started his new job as a graduate teaching fellow in August. According to the National…
Read MoreParalympic gold medalist Gareth Duke, 39, caught by predator hunters after asking 14-year-old ‘girl’ to strip for him
A British Paralympic gold medalist swimmer was busted in an online sting operation by predator hunters when he tried to meet with a 14-year-old “girl” and asked her to strip for him. Gareth Duke, 39, was handed a six-month jail sentence — suspended for 18 months — ordered to complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity, and…
Read MoreAnalysts raise CIMB target price on ‘surprise’ capital return initiative
The bank announces it will be returning up to RM2 billion of capital to shareholders by end-2027 [SINGAPORE] Analysts are maintaining their bullish stance on Malaysian bank CIMB Group Holdings following its third-quarter earnings and the surprise announcement of a capital return road map, with research houses raising their target prices on the counter. AmInvestment…
Read MoreEx-director and founder of Agritrade International charged with cheating investment platform
[SINGAPORE] The founder and former director of Agritrade International Pte Ltd (AIPL) Ng Say Pek was, on Tuesday (Dec 2), charged in court with 10 counts of cheating, under Section 420 of the Penal Code Chapter 224. The 72-year-old was accused of cheating digital financing platform Funding Societies, which was said to have entered into…
Read MoreTrump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
The company is facing more than 67,000 such lawsuits in US state and federal courts [WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday (Dec 1) to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, pushing the group’s shares to their highest in almost two…
Read MoreSouth Korean President Lee calls for harsher penalties after Coupang data breach
[SEOUL] Coupang’s top executives were grilled for hours by South Korean lawmakers about their failure to prevent the country’s largest ever data breach, an incident that has sparked public outcry over the widespread theft of sensitive personal information. Park Dae-jun, the online retailer’s chief executive officer, appeared before parliament on Tuesday (Dec 2) to discuss…
Read MoreRaffles Education sells corporate building for S$121.8 million
The property at 51 Merchant Road is being sold at about 78% over book value to an unnamed real estate player [SINGAPORE] Raffles Education has sold its corporate building at 51 Merchant Road for S$121.8 million, a price that is about 78 per cent more than the property’s book value as at end-June. The sale…
Read MoreOutspoken short seller Michael Burry shorts Tesla over valuation and Musk pay plan, Fortune says
[NEW YORK] Michael Burry has bet against the shares of Tesla, saying they are “ridiculously overvalued” and warning that founder Elon Musk’s proposed US$1 trillion pay package would worsen shareholder dilution. Burry – best known for correctly betting against the US housing market during the 2008 financial crisis – estimated that the electric-vehicle maker’s stock-based…
Read MoreCostco files federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s emergency tariff orders on imported goods
Costco Wholesale Corporation is suing the federal government to block President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs and recover the funds the retailer says it was improperly required to pay on imported goods. The case, filed in the Court of International Trade, argues that Trump used an emergency-powers law to impose tariffs on goods from China, Mexico, Canada…
Read MoreBOE cuts banks’ benchmark capital requirements ahead of review
[LONDON] The Bank of England has cut its estimate of how much capital the UK’s banking sector needs for the first time in a decade, and signalled a consultation that could free up extra lending and higher payouts to shareholders. In a pre-market announcement on Tuesday (Dec 2), the central bank said it now believes…
Read MoreGavin Newsom winning early enthusiasm from liberal Hollywood donors ahead of 2028: report
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has an advantage with liberal Hollywood in his home state, and a new report shows he could be winning the early battle for the deep pockets of Tinseltown ahead of the 2028 Democratic primary. “He’s a fighter, that’s what we need!” a top-tier producer described as a “reliable Dem ATM over the decades” told…
Read MoreRecord-breaking 3.13M passengers screened at airports on Sunday after Thanksgiving
A record-shattering 3.13 million passengers were screened by the Transportation Security Administration across US airports on Sunday, according to the agency. “Yesterday, TSA screened about 3,133,924 individuals, the highest number ever in TSA’s history, bringing our Top 10 busiest days all above 3M,” the TSA announced Monday on X. The number surpassed a previous record…
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