Posts by Liam Redmond
Indonesian stocks fall on tightened commodity export controls
Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 01:01 PM — Updated Wed, May 20, 2026 · 02:18 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesian stocks fell during choppy trading on Wednesday (May 20) after President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to tighten oversight of commodity exports fuelled concern about greater state control and weaker profitability in a key industry. The benchmark Jakarta…
Read MoreDodgers hand Mason Miller his first loss with Padres with winning run in the ninth
SAN DIEGO –– Mason Miller’s command was just a little too wild Tuesday night. Both to the plate, and to first base. With the Dodgers and Padres tied in the ninth inning at Petco Park, San Diego’s superstar closer made a mess for himself to blow his first game of the season. First, he missed…
Read MoreGardenia axes 141 staff in Singapore as it relocates bakery production to JB
The city-state will still be the bread maker’s central hub, with about 250 employees [SINGAPORE] Bread maker Gardenia Foods will move its bakery operations from Singapore to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with 141 staff at its Pandan Loop facility to be retrenched. The move is part of “ongoing efforts to enhance operational efficiency and maintain competitiveness…
Read MoreGardenia axes 141 staff in Singapore as it shifts bakery production to Johor Bahru
The city-state will still be the bread maker’s central hub, with about 250 employees [SINGAPORE] Bread maker Gardenia Foods will move its bakery operations from Singapore to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with 141 staff at its Pandan Loop facility to be retrenched. The move is part of “ongoing efforts to enhance operational efficiency and maintain competitiveness…
Read MoreQAF-owned Gardenia axes 141 staff in Singapore, shifts production to Johor Bahru
The city-state will still be the bread maker’s central hub, with about 250 employees [SINGAPORE] Bread maker Gardenia Foods will move its bakery operations from Singapore to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with 141 staff at its Pandan Loop facility to be retrenched. The move is part of “ongoing efforts to enhance operational efficiency and maintain competitiveness…
Read MoreDave Portnoy puts jinx on Cavaliers during epic Knicks comeback: ‘I’ll own it’
Do Cavaliers fans have Dave Portnoy to blame for their team’s implosion in the fourth quarter as the Knicks defeated Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals? Cleveland held an extensive lead when the Barstool Sports founder seemed to tempt fate, posting a sarcastic message on X, telling Knicks fans to “keep your…
Read MoreSamsung faces risk of chip disruption after labour talks collapse
Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 11:45 AM [SEOUL] Talks between Samsung Electronics and its largest labour union broke down, with the union telling local media it will go ahead with a work stoppage as planned, which looks set to disrupt operations at the world’s largest memory chipmaker. Days of stop-and-start negotiations failed to yield…
Read MoreOpenAI picks Singapore for first Applied AI Lab outside US in S$300 million push to tap ‘incredible talent here’
[SINGAPORE] ChatGPT creator OpenAI will open its first Applied AI Lab outside the US in Singapore and hire more than 200 specialised artificial intelligence professionals over the next few years as part of a S$300 million investment in the Republic. The move comes after the San Francisco-based technology company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
Read MoreYangzijiang falls 5.3% to lowest price in over two months amid heavy trading
[SINGAPORE] Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding fell on Wednesday (May 20), with the Chinese vessel maker among the top traded stocks on the Singapore Exchange. The counter dropped as low as S$3.73 at 10.40 am, down by S$0.21 or 5.3 per cent, with 25.7 million shares changing hands. This marks its lowest price in over two…
Read MoreAaron Boone ejected in fiery scene after controversial call with ‘savages in the f–king box’ umpire
Aaron Boone was fired up on Tuesday night. It led to an early exit for the Yankees skipper. Boone was tossed following the bottom of the seventh of the Yankees’ 5-4 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium after arguing with the umpiring crew in the wake of an inning-ending diving catch from Toronto…
Read MoreChinese tankers exit Strait of Hormuz with 4 million barrels of crude oil
Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 10:21 AM [SINGAPORE] Two Chinese supertankers carrying four million barrels of Middle East crude oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday (May 20) after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months, shipping data on LSEG and Kpler showed. The ships are among a handful of supertankers…
Read MoreHSBC CEO says AI will destroy and create new jobs, urges staff to embrace change
The lender cites AI as a driver for slimming down its operations to increase profitability Published Wed, May 20, 2026 · 10:07 AM [HONG KONG] HSBC chief executive Georges Elhedery said on Wednesday (May 20) AI would destroy and create certain jobs in the financial industry, and the bank was focussed on retraining its workforce.…
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