Posts by Liam Redmond
US stocks: Wall Street rises as yields ease, Moderna lifts healthcare stocks
The S&P 500 healthcare sector closed 3.5% higher, marking its biggest one-day percentage gain since April 2025 Published Thu, Aug 20, 2026 · 05:45 AM THE main US stock market indexes closed modestly higher on Wednesday (Aug 19), as easing government bond yields boosted risk appetites while a dramatic rally in shares of vaccine-maker Moderna…
Read MoreMission to save NASA’s aging Swift space telescope called off after rescue spacecraft loses control
The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup’s Link spacecraft rocketed away to the telescope’s rescue. Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift and…
Read MoreEx-FTX, Alameda execs Ellison, Wang get slap-on-the-wrist trading bans after crypto collapse
Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang – who worked with disgraced FTX crypto crook Sam Bankman-Fried – avoided financial penalties in a slap-on-the-wrist settlement with US regulators that was revealed Wednesday. Ellison, 31, the nerdy on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend of Bankman-Fried who ran his Alameda hedge fund before testifying against him, will be banned from trading for…
Read MoreWho Was Jose Suarez? Top Telemundo Executive Killed in Chopper Crash in Kenya that Left Five Americans Dead
A senior Telemundo executive was among seven people killed Wednesday when a helicopter crashed and caught fire near the foothills of Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya. Florida native José Alberto Suárez, 55, was aboard the helicopter when it crashed around 9:13 a.m. near Mount Ololokwe in Kenya’s Samburu County, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said.…
Read MoreProduct Led Growth Pays: Wispr Raises $280M at $2B Value
Wispr has closed a $280 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures and announced on August 17. The round brings total funding to $361 million and arrives less than ten months after the company’s previous raise. Its dictation product, Wispr Flow, now reaches more than 125,000 businesses. What makes that…
Read MoreMarc Trestman breaks down John Harbaugh, Jaxson Dart’s Year 2 outlook | Blue Rush
On a new episode of Blue Rush, Brandon London is joined by Marc Trestman, whom he played for with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League during the 2010 season. Trestman discusses what it was like to be on John Harbaugh’s coaching staff with the Ravens as offensive coordinator in 2015, his expectations for…
Read MoreLindsay Clancy Trial: Psychologist Says She ‘Had No Appreciation’ for Wrongfulness of Children’s Deaths
A forensic psychologist testified Wednesday that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from a severe mental illness when she killed her three children in January 2023 and had “no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act,” putting the defense’s central claim of criminal responsibility before jurors on Day 16 of her murder trial. Dr. Paul Zeizel, who…
Read MoreWho Is Heidi Overton? Meet Trump’s FDA Commissioner Pick as Agency Faces Major Shake-Up
President Donald Trump on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration, putting a White House health-policy insider at the center of an agency undergoing one of its most consequential periods of change. Overton will need Senate confirmation before she can take over the FDA permanently. The nomination…
Read MoreExclusive | Tipping experts clear up controversy over gratuity at self-service kiosks and other sneaky surcharges
We’ve reached a tipping point: self-service kiosks are asking for tips, while shoppers feel pressure to tip cashiers who don’t cook a thing. At restaurants, where a tip of 15 to 20% has been standard for decades, suggested tips are climbing higher and higher. In a viral incident earlier this month, TikTok creator BD Powell…
Read MoreNon Dilutive Funding: $1M on Offer for Student Founders
America250 has reopened America’s Startup, a national competition for undergraduate founders carrying a $1 million total prize pool. Applications opened on August 17 and close at 7:59 p.m. EDT on October 8, 2026. Entrants may compete alone or in teams of up to five. Every dollar in that pool is non dilutive funding, meaning winners…
Read MoreStartup Valuation Reset: Groq Raises $350M at Half Its Peak
Groq has raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, a round led by the Dallas investment firm Disruptive and announced on August 17. Nvidia is expected to participate. The price tags the company at roughly half the $6.9 billion it commanded last September. The gap between those two numbers is the story. A startup…
Read MoreWho Can Get Singapore’s New Investment Management Work Pass? MAS Unveils New Route for Global Talent
Singapore is introducing a new investment management track under its Overseas Networks & Expertise (ONE) Pass for senior investment professionals as the city-state seeks to strengthen its position as a global asset management hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Aug. 19 that the Investment Management Track will target global leaders and senior investment…
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