Posts by Nathan Pine
Forced TikTok US sale may turbocharge ByteDance’s Asia expansion, with S-E Asia to gain: say analysts
Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment [SINGAPORE] The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese tech giant’s influence and standing in the global tech scene. Yet, analysts who spoke to The Business Times believe that the reported US$14 billion deal…
Read MoreBursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
[KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing on Thursday (Jan 29). The stock exchange operator registered a net profit of RM60.8 million (S$19.6 million) in the fourth quarter of FY2025, down 11.8 per…
Read MoreCAAS to sign nine agreements at Singapore Airshow
The agreements will cover sustainability, innovation and human capital development [SINGAPORE] The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is set to sign nine agreements with various partners at the upcoming Singapore Airshow and Changi Aviation Summit. The deals aim to ensure continued growth amid geopolitical disruptions and improve connectivity, it said on Thursday (Jan 29).…
Read MoreSingapore, Asia markets steady after Fed pause and MAS hold; spotlight turns to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region [SINGAPORE] Market reactions in Asia were broadly muted on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve opted to leave interest rates unchanged during its first policy gathering of the year on Wednesday. This marks an expected pause to the Fed’s rate-cutting…
Read MoreBroadway’s ‘Rocky Horror’ Casts Rachel Dratch, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Durand, Juliette Lewis, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Josh Rivera & Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Luke Evans won’t be doing the Time Warp alone this spring: Broadway‘s Roundabout Theatre Company has announced additional cast for The Rocky Horror Show. Joining the previously announced Evans will be Rachel Dratch, Andrew Durand, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Josh Rivera and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. See below for the cast and…
Read MoreToyota retains top auto crown in 2025 with record sales
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:01 PM [TOKYO] Toyota Motor sold a record 11.3 million vehicles globally in 2025, the company said on Thursday, retaining its crown as the world’s top-selling automaker for a sixth consecutive year. Global group sales rose 4.6 per cent from a year earlier, including the parent company’s Toyota and…
Read MoreRay J Reveals He Has A Year To Live Due To “Black” Heart Caused By Alcohol, Drug Use: “I Curved My Time Here”
Ray J has recently opened up about his unfortunate health news, following a recent hospitalization. The musician and actor revealed that he doesn’t expect to live beyond 2027 after drug and alcohol use has damaged his heart, and left it “only beating 25 percent.” “2027 is definitely a wrap for me,” he said in an…
Read MorePaul Dano Reacts to Quentin Tarantino’s “Weakest” Actor Diss
Paul Dano is grateful for a little bit of sunshine. Nearly two months after director Quentin Tarantino called him “the weakest f–king actor in SAG,” Paul attended the Sundance Film Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Little Miss Sunshine alongside his costar Toni Collette, and the pair weighed in with their thoughts on the…
Read MoreNvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reports
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 11:40 AM NVIDIA, Amazon and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday. Nvidia, an existing investor whose chips power OpenAI’s AI models, is in talks to invest up to US$30 billion, The Information said, citing a person with knowledge…
Read MoreIndonesia shares pare losses after authorities pledge to address MSCI’s transparency concerns
Indonesia shares are hit by second trading halt after MSCI flags transparency concerns [JAKARTA] Indonesian shares pared earlier losses on Thursday (Jan 29) to close lower after the authorities pledged to address MSCI’s transparency concerns, which had led the index compiler to freeze changes and go into heavy selling for a second consecutive day. The…
Read More‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Books Early Season 5 Renewal
Ahead of The Lincoln Lawyer‘s Season 4 premiere on February 5, the hit Netflix and A+E Studios legal drama has been renewed for a fifth season. Season 5 will consist of 10 episodes and be inspired by Resurrection Walk, the seventh book in the Lincoln Lawyer book series by author Michael Connelly. The Lincoln Lawyer follows…
Read MoreMBS Q4 earnings surpass S$1 billion to set new record
[SINGAPORE] Marina Bay Sands (MBS) delivered “simply the greatest quarter in the history of casino hotels”, said Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chairman and chief executive officer Rob Goldstein in a Wednesday (Jan 28) earnings call, after profits came in above S$1 billion. MBS’ adjusted property earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) soared 50.1…
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