Posts by Nathan Pine
PSA: This Dyson Vacuum Is the Lowest Price You’ll See All Year—And It’s Bound to Sell Out Fast
How Can I Best Prepare for Black Friday Sales? To maximize savings on Amazon Black Friday 2025 deals, start by making a list of must-have items and tracking current prices so you’ll know when a true deal drops. Create or update your Amazon account for faster checkout, enable 1-Click ordering if you use it,…
Read MoreOCBC files bid to wind up consumer electronics trader TT International
[SINGAPORE] OCBC has filed a winding-up application against consumer electronics trader TT International, whose debts are being restructured under a scheme of arrangement. The company owes OCBC at least S$21.7 million, according to a bourse filing by TT International on Nov 20. Of this sum, S$21.5 million is in unsecured debt and around S$294,000 is…
Read MoreWall St opens higher, futures resume trade after outage
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 28) with futures trading springing back to life from an hours-long CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen currencies, commodities and equity contracts around the globe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 55.1 points, or 0.12 per cent, at the open to 47,482.25. The…
Read MoreFair value losses drag LHN H2 net profit down 82.7% to S$5.9 million
[SINGAPORE] Property player LHN group posted a net profit of S$5.9 million for the half-year ended Sep 30, 2025, down 82.7 per cent from S$34.3 million in the year-ago period, on the back of fair value losses on its investment properties. Revenue for the same period fell 8.4 per cent to S$60.9 million, compared to…
Read MoreHow ‘Stranger Things’ became Netflix’s ‘Star Wars,’ propelling it into Hollywood’s stratosphere
Before the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix, several traditional studios had already passed on it. Its creators were first-time show runners, unknown young actors were cast in lead roles, and even though the show starred kids, it was not for children. That was nine years ago. The 1980s-set show about a monster that…
Read MoreCME trading halted due to cooling issue at data centres
[SINGAPORE] Exchange operator CME Group said on Friday trading in derivative markets was halted due to a cooling issue at data centres. “Support is working to resolve the issue in the near term and will advise clients of Pre-Open details as soon as they are available,” CME said in a statement. Futures trading for the…
Read MoreAsian markets struggle to build on week’s rally
MARKETS fluctuated on Friday at the end of a strong week for equities fuelled by growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again next month. Traders took silence from New York’s Thanksgiving break as a reason to have a breather and take stock of a healthy rebound from November’s swoon that was…
Read MoreOKP shares close 6.6% higher on proposed bonus share issue
[SINGAPORE] Shares of industrial and civil engineering company OKP jumped as much as 7.5 per cent in intraday trading on news of its proposed bonus issue of up to 231.3 million shares. The counter rose to as high as S$1.14 minutes after market open on Friday (Nov 28), a S$0.08 increase from its previous closing…
Read MoreReeves’ UK budget calms markets and party but leaves Britons unhappy
[LONDON] Britons reacted overwhelmingly negatively to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ budget, suggesting little relief for the Labour government’s slumping popularity. Respondents to a YouGov survey conducted after Wednesday’s (Nov 26) statement said they saw it as unfair rather than fair by a margin of 48 per cent to 21 per cent. That’s the…
Read MoreSamsung Electronics expands beyond consumers to B2B in South-east Asia
The company’s offerings are gaining traction in sectors such as education and hospitality [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia’s digitalisation represents an opportunity for Samsung Electronics to expand into the business-to-business (B2B) market, as governments recognise and invest in digital infrastructure and innovation. “This creates a highly favourable environment for businesses of all sizes, from large enterprises to…
Read MoreSky Unveils First-Look At Matt Charman’s ‘Prisoner’ Starring Tahar Rahim & Izuka Hoyle
British broadcaster Sky has unveiled a first-look at its high-stakes action thriller Prisoner (below). Deadline revealed that Sky had greenlit the series last year and the Comcast-owned network revealed that the six-part series will debut in 2026. Prisoner stars The Serpent’s Tahar Rahim and Boiling Point’s Izuka Hoyle. It follows a deadly manhunt where trust can be…
Read MoreDutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain
DUTCH chipmaker Nexperia, whose supply chain was broken up when the Dutch government took over the company in September, urged its Chinese units in an open letter on Thursday to help restore normal production. Nexperia’s Dutch unit said in an open letter that it had made repeated and multiple attempts to restore dialogues but has…
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