Posts by Liam Redmond
BNP Paribas reports 33% jump in Q2 profit as equity trading hits record
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 05:38 PM [PARIS] French lender BNP Paribas beat second-quarter forecasts as record equity trading and a rebound in retail banking helped lift net profit by a third, offsetting higher costs from the integration of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Net income in the three months to end-June rose to…
Read MoreMacquarie’s first female CEO will retire, mortgage star is named successor
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 05:19 PM [SYDNEY] Macquarie Group named Greg Ward as its next chief executive officer, elevating a company veteran behind the firm’s aggressive retail banking expansion. Ward will succeed Shemara Wikramanayake, who is stepping down in November after eight years leading the finance and investing conglomerate as one of Australia’s…
Read MoreChina’s schemes are poisoning every facet of American life — and could bend us to its will
President Donald Trump’s headline-grabbing revelation that China has stolen 220 million Americans’ voter records is only the tip of the iceberg. But what a tip: Chinese Communist Party servers now contain detailed dossiers — names, addresses, phone numbers, party affiliation and more — on you and me and most registered voters in the entire country. This…
Read MoreLong Island lunatic stabs beloved homeless man to death before leaving body on side of busy expressway: police
A Long Island lunatic is accused of chasing down a beloved homeless man and stabbing him to death in broad daylight, leaving his body on the side of the highway as he fled down the road. Joseph Norton, 20, faces charges of second-degree murder for allegedly killing 32-year-old Timothy Stark on the service road of…
Read MoreDear Abby: My boyfriend wants a baby, but I want my freedom
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Adam,” and I have been together for four years. We are very much in love and share similar views on most things. We agree that a marriage license is just a piece of paper and our relationship is already a marriage, so we don’t need one. We have also discussed the…
Read MoreMBS profit falls 10.3% to US$689 million in Q2, but still a bright spot for Las Vegas Sands
[SINGAPORE] Marina Bay Sands (MBS) recorded earnings of US$689 million – about S$888.5 million – for the three months ended Jun 30, down 10.3 per cent from US$768 million in the corresponding year-ago period. Still, it was an “incredibly powerful quarter” in several segments for the Singapore property, said Patrick Dumont, chairman and CEO of…
Read MoreMBS profit falls 10.3% to US$689 million in Q2, remains bright spot for Las Vegas Sands
[SINGAPORE] Marina Bay Sands (MBS) recorded earnings of US$689 million – about S$888.5 million – for the three months ended Jun 30, down 10.3 per cent from US$768 million in the corresponding year-ago period. Still, it was an “incredibly powerful quarter” in several segments for the Singapore property, said Patrick Dumont, chairman and CEO of…
Read MoreNokia’s profit beats estimates as data centres boost growth
Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 02:47 PM [HELSINKI] Nokia’s second-quarter profit strongly beat analysts’ forecasts, as the Finnish mobile network equipment maker’s push to supply gear to data centres propelled sales. Adjusted operating income rose to 434 million euros (US$496 million) in the period, the Espoo-based company said in a statement on Thursday (Jul…
Read MoreHyundai Motor reports 21% drop in Q2 operating profit, misses forecasts
It posts an operating profit of 2.9 trillion won (US$1.98 billion) for the April-June period, down from 3.6 trillion won in the year-ago period Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026 · 02:13 PM [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor reported a 21 per cent fall in second quarter operating profit on Thursday (Jul 23), missing analysts’ estimates, as weaker…
Read MoreICE urges North Carolina to keep illegal immigrant charged in triple-fatal hit-and-run behind bars
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is asking authorities in North Carolina to keep an illegal immigrant charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed three people behind bars. Javiel Pena Sola, a Salvadoran citizen, allegedly struck and killed three people traveling in a vehicle on July 18 in Salisbury before he fled the scene. He was found…
Read MoreNYPD hate crimes unit investigating separate antisemitic and anti-Muslim attacks across NYC
The NYPD is on the hunt for two bigots wanted for targeting victims based on their religion in two separate hate crime incidents across the Big Apple. Cops are searching for a brute wanted in an antisemitic attack on Tuesday that left a man wounded in Brooklyn. The NYPD released images of an unknown male…
Read MoreConstruction among Singapore’s top-performing sectors; up to S$53 billion demand forecast in 2026: SGX
Among the 20 largest stocks in the sector, share prices gained an average of 56% over the past 12 months [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s construction sector grew 11.8 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2026, making it as one of the “strongest-performing sectors of the economy” and “ the fastest-growing major sector in…
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