Posts by Liam Redmond
US dollar ticks up as oil prices climb, Fed rate hike chances firm
Published Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 08:26 PM [LONDON] The euro was pinned at a one-month low against a broadly strengthening US dollar on Tuesday (Sep 15), as surging oil prices lifted Treasury yields and reinforced expectations that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this week. Benchmark US 10-year Treasury yields surged to…
Read MoreGrab takes majority stake in Atome Financial in US$1.49 billion deal
Published Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 07:55 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s Grab said on Tuesday (Sep 15) it will acquire BNPL provider Atome Financial in a deal that could ultimately value the target at up to US$4.5 billion, boosting its push into South-east Asian consumer lending. Grab will take an initial 60 per cent stake in…
Read MoreGrab takes majority stake in Atome Financial in US$1.5 billion deal
Published Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 07:55 PM — Updated Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 08:53 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s Grab said on Tuesday (Sep 15) it would acquire buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Atome Financial in a deal that could ultimately value the target at up to US$4.5 billion, accelerating its expansion in South-east…
Read MoreSingapore Haze Today: PSI Hits Unhealthy Level Across All 5 Regions as Smoke From Indonesia Returns
Singapore’s air quality fell into the unhealthy category in all five regions on Tuesday, with the central region having the highest 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) value at 154 due to the haze caused by fires in Indonesia. The PSI was 128 in both the east and the west, 111 in the south and 104…
Read MoreWill There Be a Season 2 of ‘DTF St. Louis’ on HBO?
DTF St. Louis is hands-down one of the best shows of 2026. Source link
Read MoreThe promise scouts see in Rangers prospect Gabe Perreault — and the concerns that could derail it
Much has been made of the way the Rangers revamped their prospect pipeline since declaring their retool in January, but one homegrown youngster has also become a hot topic for discussion. Gabe Perreault, his progress 54 games into his NHL career and his potential ceiling have all been up for debate this offseason. The Blueshirts…
Read MoreSIA Group passenger traffic up 1.5% in August
[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group’s passenger traffic for August was up 1.5 per cent year on year to 13.8 million revenue passenger kilometre (RPK) on “healthy demand”. In a bourse filing on Tuesday (Sep 15), the group said passenger capacity increased 3.5 per cent to 16 million available seat kilometres (ASK), while the number of…
Read MoreNATO jets down drone in Lithuanian airspace after bloc warns strikes will drive support for Ukraine
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that strikes close to the alliance’s territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Kyiv. The drone was downed near the village of Pratkūnai in the Kaišiadorys district, about…
Read MoreJunk debt from Asia is beating bonds almost everywhere in 2026
These instruments are outperforming US peers and key global debt gauges, Bloomberg data shows Published Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 04:43 PM [JAKARTA] Asian high-yield debt has emerged as a surprising global winner in bond markets as ever-cheaper money in China burnishes issuer finances. The junk dollar bonds have returned 4.3 per cent so far…
Read MoreInternet connection for about 2,000 in Bishan, Thomson restored: NetLink Trust
[SINGAPORE] Fibre services in parts of Bishan and Thomson that were disrupted on Sep 15 have been restored, said NetLink Trust in a statement on Sep 16. It added that the disruption, which affected about 2,000 connections, was caused by damage to NetLink’s fibre infrastructure during construction works carried out by a third-party contractor. NetLink Trust designs,…
Read MoreInternet connection disrupted for about 2,000 in Bishan, Thomson: NetLink Trust
[SINGAPORE] Some 2,000 Internet connections in Bishan and Thomson have been disrupted due to fibre cables that were damaged during construction works, NetLink Trust said on its website on Tuesday (Sept 15). NetLink Trust designs, builds, owns and operates the passive fibre network infrastructure of Singapore’s Nationwide Broadband Network. In a post at 5pm, the company said preliminary investigations show that multiple…
Read MoreHouse unanimously votes to eliminate 1-cent coin permanently
Americans may soon no longer be able to offer a penny for their thoughts — because the 1-cent coin will be relegated to the ash heap of history. The House of Representatives voted to send the smallest piece of US currency the way of the dodo on Monday, passing the bipartisan Common Cents Act in a unanimous…
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