Posts by Liam Redmond
Live Shopping Booms as Whatnot Hits $20B Valuation
Whatnot has raised $545 million in a Series G round that values the live shopping marketplace at $20 billion, nearly doubling its worth in under a year. ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and Avra led the round, and returning backers such as Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz joined new investors including Kleiner Perkins and Wellington Management. For founders…
Read MoreSingapore sells modestly more marine fuel in July, reflecting strength in shipping activity
[SINGAPORE] Sales of marine fuel in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub, continued to rise for the third consecutive month in July, but logged a year-on-year decline. Sales of bunker or marine fuel inched up 1.3 per cent on the month to 4.7 million tonnes in July. However, it was 3.8 per cent lower than…
Read MoreAlex Murdaugh’s ‘explosive’ request to blow up murder trial depends on DNA, stolen money and lies: attorney
Alex Murdaugh is set to return to a South Carolina courtroom Friday as his defense presses to toss the murder case and narrow what evidence jurors can hear in a retrial that one former federal prosecutor says comes with a new strategic reality: the defense has “played all their cards.” The disbarred attorney is scheduled…
Read MoreHotel Properties falls into the red with S$39.1 million H1 net loss
Loss per share comes in at S$0.0819, reversing from earnings per share of S$0.0134 in H1 FY2025 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) fell into the red for its first half ended Jun 30, 2026, posting a net loss of S$39.1 million, compared with a net profit of S$11.4 million in the corresponding year-ago period. Revenue…
Read MoreTravis Barker’s ex Shanna Moakler revives Kourtney Kardashian feud with savage red carpet comment
Keeping up with Shanna Moakler’s shade. Travis Barker’s ex appeared to take a swipe at the Blink-182 member’s wife, Kourtney Kardashian, in a since-deleted TikTok comment Thursday. Before Moakler erased the diss, eagle-eyed fans noticed the former pageant queen reacting to footage of her three kids — daughter Atiana, 27, son Landon, 22, and daughter…
Read MoreWhy Tata Sons’ leadership crisis comes at a critical moment
Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran’s decision to step down can impact the company’s plans for a costly investment in chip manufacturing Published Fri, Aug 14, 2026 · 07:37 PM [MUMBAI] Natarajan Chandrasekaran’s decision to step down as chairman of Tata Sons marks a pivotal moment for India’s largest conglomerate. As a holding company overseeing vast operations in…
Read MoreGreat-grandfather killed in front of his wife by rock crashing through Jeep roof in national park
A Missouri great-grandfather was killed in front of his wife of 50 years by a 45-pound rock that crashed through the Jeep they were riding in while on vacation. Rex Schowengerdt, 73, was struck by the rock that fell from Glacier National Park in Montana on July 11, suffering a “catastrophic” brain injury before he…
Read MoreComfortDelGro H1 profit falls 19.7% as group focuses on long-term transformation
Revenue rises 5.7% to S$2.6 billion from S$2.4 billion, supported by public transport segment [SINGAPORE] Singapore-headquartered transport operator ComfortDelGro’s (CDG) net profit fell 19.7 per cent year on year to S$85.1 million for the six months ended Jun 30, 2026, from S$106 million. This was despite an increase in revenue, which expanded 5.7 per cent…
Read MoreKansas students forced to put cell phones in lockers before school as new ‘bell to bell’ law enforced
Kansas students have been forced to put cell phones into lockers before they set foot in class as part of a blanket ban on the devices in schools across the state. Thousands of students in grades K-12 are banned from using their cell phones during the school day under HB 2299, which outgoing Kansas Gov.…
Read MoreChristy Knowings’ ‘All That’ castmates ‘hit hard’ over her death at 46 as Kenan Thompson leads tributes
Kenan Thompson was “hit hard” by the death of his former “All That” co-star Christy Knowings, who died Tuesday at 46 following an asthma attack. Thompson, who appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch show with Knowings from 1997 to 1999, paid an emotional tribute hours after news of her death broke Thursday. “Man this one hit…
Read MoreAmerican missionary kidnapped in Niger said to be released: report
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot who was kidnapped in Niger’s capital Niamey in October last year, has been released and is in US hands, the New York Times reported late on Thursday, citing two US officials. Rideout is on his way to the United States, the Times said, adding that he was in good…
Read MoreDFI Retail Group to be exclusive wholesaler for GNC in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore
This is part of a new partnership between the two companies to deepen access to GNC’s health and wellness products and solutions. [SINGAPORE] DFI Retail Group will be the exclusive wholesaler, distributor and franchisee for health and wellness brand GNC in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, both parties announced on Friday (Aug 14) in a…
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