Posts by Liam Redmond
BYD sees annual sales rise despite tepid market, says JPMorgan
The automaker now expects domestic sales to reach between 3.5 million and four million units this year Published Mon, May 11, 2026 · 02:13 PM [HONG KONG] BYD is projecting an increase in annual sales, fuelled by a more optimistic domestic outlook and an aggressive global expansion that aims to defy cooling demand in the…
Read MoreTrump Criticizes Cost of Watching NFL Games as DoJ Investigates
President Trump criticized the rising costs for regular fans to watch NFL games as his Department of Justice investigates potential anti-competitive pricing. The president revealed his thoughts during an interview with Full Measure on Sunday, adding that the package costs of watching a season of NFL could “ruin the game” for regular, working-class fans. “You’ve…
Read MoreAI growth pushes Alphabet closer to overtaking Nvidia as world’s biggest company
Nvidia may be the leader in building AI chips, but Google’s parent has a rival product that’s gaining favour Published Mon, May 11, 2026 · 10:22 AM [CHICAGO] Over the past year, Alphabet has gone from an artificial intelligence afterthought to the one firm in the market with dominant positions in nearly every aspect of…
Read MoreJumbo H1 profit falls 22.3% to S$6.2m on higher operating costs; revenue up 7.9%
[SINGAPORE] Jumbo Group posted a 22.3 per cent drop in net profit to S$6.2 million for its first half ended Mar 31, 2026, from S$7.9 million in the previous corresponding period. In an update released on Friday (May 8), it attributed this to higher operating expenses, including employee benefits, operating leases, and utilities. The Catalist-listed…
Read MorePadres Prospect Self-Deports to Mexico After Pleading Guilty to Human Smuggling
The San Diego Padres have lost one of their top prospects, under very, very unusual circumstances. Humberto Cruz, a top pitching prospect and fifth-overall prospect in the Padres’ farm system, self-deported to Mexico after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to receiving money for the transportation of undocumented immigrants within the United States. The Padres…
Read MoreFetterman Op-Ed: Democrats Cannot ‘Simply Be the Opposite’ of Trump
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) defended his record and criticized parts of his own party in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday, arguing that Democrats have moved away from positions he said were once mainstream within the party while insisting that his own values have remained consistent. In the piece, titled “I Haven’t Changed. Here’s What Has,”…
Read MoreOil ticks higher as Gulf clashes threaten to derail ceasefire
Brent crude up 1.2% to settle around US$101 a barrel, but still notches a weekly drop of about 6% Published Sat, May 9, 2026 · 11:07 AM [NEW YORK] Oil edged higher as traders speculated on whether fresh clashes between the US and Iran would derail a fragile ceasefire, dimming hopes a peace deal may…
Read MoreUS: S&P 500 and Nasdaq notch records, boosted by AI and earnings optimism
Published Sat, May 9, 2026 · 10:57 AM [BENGALURU] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record highs on Friday (May 8), boosted by gains in Nvidia, Sandisk and other AI-related stocks, while a stronger-than-expected jobs report pointed to labour market resilience. Nvidia climbed 1.8 per cent, while memory and storage sellers Micron Technology and…
Read MoreWealth ambitions, AI threats and war risks: 4 takeaways from Singapore banks’ Q1 results
The Big Three banks DBS, OCBC and UOB all post earnings that beat street expectations [SINGAPORE] Another quarter, another results season wrapped up for Singapore’s trio of local lenders. DBS, UOB and OCBC all posted earnings that beat street expectations for the first three months of 2026, even as lower interest rates continued to weigh…
Read MoreDasmond Koh’s NoonTalk Media narrows Q3 loss by 41.9% to S$0.4 million
[SINGAPORE] NoonTalk Media on Friday (May 8) announced a loss of S$437,615 for its third quarter ended Mar 31, a narrowing of 41.9 per cent from S$752,974 for the year-ago period. The Catalist-listed media group, helmed by former DJ Dasmond Koh, who is its chief executive and executive director, posted a 3.3 per cent year-on-year…
Read MoreNo AI, poor returns drive Indian investors to foreign markets
Published Fri, May 8, 2026 · 02:21 PM [MUMBAI] Investors in India, long focused almost entirely on domestic markets, are increasingly starting to look outward. A growing number are moving money abroad, seeking diversification after a stretch of weaker relative returns and sustained foreign outflows from local equities that have driven the rupee to record…
Read MoreJames Talarico Said ‘If Only George Floyd Was a Blonde Salon Owner’
Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, who posted during the 2020 unrest that “If only George Floyd was a blonde salon owner,” donated to a group that advocated cutting Austin police funding, campaigned against a ballot initiative to increase police staffing as homicides rose in the city, voted against Republican-backed law enforcement legislation, and called ICE…
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