Posts by Liam Redmond
YZJ Maritime proposes up to 10% share buyback as part of capital management plans
[SINGAPORE] Maritime financial solutions provider Yangzijiang (YZJ) Maritime is proposing a share buyback as part of its broader capital management plans. The mainboard-listed company said on Monday (Jan 19) that it will convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to seek shareholders’ approval for the share buyback, the date of which will be announced in due…
Read MoreStocks to watch: Yangzijiang Maritime, SIA, AEM Holdings, Stamford Land, Keppel Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jan 19): Yangzijiang Maritime : The maritime financial solution provider on Monday announced its proposed share buyback, as part of its broader capital management plans. It is seeking to purchase not more than 10 per cent of its total…
Read More‘Kamala Harris Day’ sparks mockery after former VP accepts honor: ‘Name one accomplishment’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was met with mockery after she accepted the key to the city of Jackson, Mississippi, where the mayor also declared last Wednesday “Kamala Harris Day,” in honor of her many “accomplishments.” The former Democratic presidential candidate, who is rumored to be mulling a second try at the Oval Office, was…
Read MoreChina’s US$7 trillion cash pile is shifting into stocks, gold
With rates now sliding towards 1%, that capital is increasingly looking for a new home CHINESE households are scouring for higher-yielding investments as roughly US$7 trillion in time deposits come due this year, a shift that could provide additional fuel for the nation’s financial markets. The mountain of savings is a legacy of a prolonged…
Read MoreFamous ‘Thorn Birds’ beauty, 68, claps back at trolls criticizing her for aging naturally
Rachel Ward is clapping back at internet trolls who have criticized her for aging naturally. The “Thorn Birds” star, 68, posted a video on Instagram in which she jokingly apologized for recently scaring people with her “rather unkempt appearance.” “Dear those of you who responded to the brouhaha over the trolls criticizing my appearance, I…
Read MoreNasdaq-listed eToro to roll out SGX stocks on platform in Asia expansion push
[SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed investment platform eToro is stepping up its focus on the Asia-Pacific as a key area for future growth, with Singapore serving as its hub for regional expansion. It plans to add Singapore Exchange-listed stocks later this year, expanding its international equity offerings – which already include those from major bourses such as Euronext…
Read MoreWTI expected to trend higher in near term
WEST Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices have staged a modest recovery since the start of the year, rising about 4 per cent year-to-date at the time of writing. After briefly dipping to the key support level of US$56 per barrel on Jan 7, prices have since climbed steadily to around US$60 per barrel. The latest…
Read MoreDon’t meddle with GIC, Temasek’s mandates
But, more granular information about their performance could help foster trust among their stakeholders [SINGAPORE] Several questions were raised in Parliament last week about whether Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment company Temasek have been generating satisfactory risk-adjusted returns, and whether their contributions to the national Budget can be relied upon. The last thing…
Read MoreIndonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body
[JAKARTA] Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board. The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with…
Read MoreSome of Iran’s richest fled to Turkey to party while rest of country wallowed in regime’s deadly crackdown
Some of Iran’s richest residents fled to Turkey so they could party while back home their country’s oppressive government was slaughtering thousands of residents as anti-government protests raged. The well-heeled unimpeded by the economic crisis that first sparked the national outrage have taken shelter in Van, a Turkish province just over 60 miles away from…
Read MoreWho is Karley Scott Collins? Meet Keith Urban’s much-younger girlfriend after Nicole Kidman divorce
Keith Urban has reportedly moved on with a much-younger singer named Karley Scott Collins. In September 2025, rumors began surfacing that the “Babygirl” actress and the “American Idol” judge had spent the summer apart and that there were problems in their nearly two-decade-long marriage. Days later, the Oscar winner filed for divorce in Tennessee. The…
Read MoreFrom accountant to IR chief: RWS CEO on why she wants to create ‘a new first impression’
Genting veteran Lee Shi Ruh is leading the massive transformation of the Sentosa integrated resort [SINGAPORE] There is certainly quite a different look and feel at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) these days – all very deliberate as part of a wider, multibillion-dollar push to beef up visitor numbers and spending. Many key areas of the…
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