Posts by Liam Redmond
Property tycoon Gordon Tang and wife’s takeover bid of Suntec Reit lapses without fulfilling 50% threshold
PROPERTY tycoon Gordon Tang and his wife Celine have failed to take over Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), as their shareholding fell short of the 50 per cent threshold as at the offer closing date. As at 5.30 pm on Friday (Feb 7), the total number of units owned, controlled, or agreed to be…
Read MoreTwo killed after small plane crashed into bus in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Two people died and six others were injured when a small plane crashed into a bus on a busy Sao Paulo avenue in Brazil on Feb. 7, the local fire department said. The two bodies were found charred in the fuselage of the Beech F90 King Air aircraft that took off from Sao Paulo bound…
Read MoreChina starts pilot project allowing insurance funds to invest in gold
CHINA, the world’s biggest bullion consumer, will allow some of its insurance funds to buy gold for medium- and long-term asset allocations as part of a pilot project, the country’s financial regulator said on Friday (Feb 7). The project should broaden institutional demand and may provide support to gold prices in China in the longer…
Read More‘The Pitt’ Star Isa Briones Breaks Down Dr. Santos’s Mortifying Chest Tube Gone Wrong: “Begins Her Humbling”
In The Pitt Episode 6 “12 PM,” eager intern Dr. Trinity Santos (Isa Briones) finally gets her chance to attempt a chest tube. The most ambitious and ruthless character in the new MAX medical drama basically begs newfound friend and mentor (and potential love interest) Dr. Yolanda Garcia (Alexandra Metz) if she can do the…
Read MoreBlack Hawk Crew Was Likely Wearing Night-Vision Goggles at the Time of DC Plane Crash as Mangled Remains of Chopper Is Retrieved from River
Investigators believe that the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger plane may have been using night vision goggles at the time of the deadly crash. The Black Hawk was conducting a routine training exercise to renew the annual certification of 28-year-old Captain Rebecca M. Lobach. While doing so, it…
Read MoreCreative H1 loss widens to US$6.1 million on higher expenses
Uncertainty over import tariffs by the US and potential retaliatory measures from affected countries may affect consumer demand, says the group on its outlook HOME-GROWN electronics company Creative Technology saw its net loss widen to US$6.1 million for its first half of the year ended Dec 31, 2024, from US$4.1 million in the corresponding year-ago…
Read MoreMeet NY high school runner who could be an Olympian one day
She’s on track for greatness. Suffolk County high school student Zariel Macchia is the talk of the running world as a record-setting All-American who could be poised for Olympic glory one day. “My goal was to make nationals at least one time in high school, but then I made it as a freshman and realized…
Read MoreMalaysia’s Petronas to ‘rightsize’ workforce to ensure survival: reports
MALAYSIA’S state energy firm Petronas will “rightsize” its workforce to ensure its long-term survival amid increasing challenges in the global operating environment, local media reported on Friday (Feb 7), citing the Petronas chief. “The rationale to do this is to ensure the survival of Petronas in the coming decades. If we don’t do it now,…
Read MoreMalaysia’s Petronas to cut jobs to ensure survival: reports
MALAYSIA’S state energy firm Petronas will reduce its workforce to ensure its long-term survival amid increasing challenges in the global operating environment, local media reported on Friday (Feb 7), citing the Petronas chief. “The rationale to do this is to ensure the survival of Petronas in the coming decades. If we don’t do it now,…
Read MoreFrasers Property registers S$1 billion in pre-sold revenue as at end-2024; net gearing up to 86.4%
FRASERS Property registered S$1 billion in pre-sold revenue across Singapore, Australia, Thailand and China, as at Dec 31, 2024, its business update on Friday (Feb 7) indicated. Net gearing stood at 86.4 per cent as at end-2024, up from 83.4 per cent as at Sep 30, 2024. The increase in net gearing was mainly due…
Read MoreKia contests US$14 million India tax demand for wrongly using trade treaty exemptions
Tax investigations in India can drag on for years and are often a sore point for foreign companies KIA on Friday (Feb 7) said it is contesting an Indian tax demand of US$14 million for wrongly using free trade agreements to claim lower tariffs on some electronic car part imports, the latest tax tussle between…
Read MoreSt. John’s finally on even footing with UConn in this huge Big East battle
The score is Dan Hurley 4, Rick Pitino 0. The two men have met four times inside of two years, and Hurley has yet to lose to the Hall of Famer. One matchup came in the NCAA Tournament when Pitino was still at Iona University, and there were three other encounters a season ago in…
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