Posts by Liam Redmond
Airports allow non-traveling public past security entrances for first time in decades
An airport tradition of years gone by is slowly making its way back to certain locations in the US, following massive changes in air travel security procedures after the terror attacks of Sept. 11. Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) in California announced this week it will be introducing guest passes for “non-passengers,” for example. Visitors…
Read MorePredator not seen in Ohio for more than 100 years caught on camera
An astonishing discovery was made after a wildlife camera spotted a fisher roaming through Cleveland Metroparks — its first appearance in Cuyahoga County for over a century, park officials say. The park’s trail camera captured the footage earlier this year, marking it as its first confirmed sighting of the species in the county since the 1800s, according to Cleveland…
Read MoreElliott woos other Toyota Industries investors in buyout fight
[TOKYO] Elliott Investment Management has been approaching asset managers and other institutional investors in Japan to build support for its campaign and push Toyota group to sweeten its 4.7 trillion yen (S$38.9 billion) bid to take a key affiliate private, according to people familiar with the matter. Billionaire Paul Singer’s activist fund, which has quickly…
Read MoreIndia insurance move opens pension firms to 100% foreign holding
The move comes amid a surge in foreign investment in Indian banks and deeper reliance on Indian tech hubs [NEW DELHI] India’s move to lift investment caps on the insurance industry also applies to the US$177 billion pension fund sector, paving the way for 100 per cent foreign ownership, according to the industry regulator. The…
Read MoreDonations for Bondi Beach hero Ahmed Al Ahmed pass $2.5 million
Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed is now a multi-millionaire. More than $2.5 million has been raised for the heroic bystander who wrestled the gun from one of the terrorists during Sunday’s horrific mass shooting. Nearly 43,000 individual donations have been made to a crowdfunding campaign for the Sutherland tobacconist — including a maximum of $99,999…
Read MoreElliott takes over US$1 billion stake in Lululemon: source
[VANCOUVER] Activist investor Elliott Management has amassed a stake of more than US$1 billion in Lululemon Athletica and is lining up a potential CEO candidate as it pushes to revive the struggling athletic apparel retailer, a source told Reuters on Wednesday (Dec 17). Elliott has been working closely for months with veteran retail executive Jane…
Read MoreStanChart, Ant International launch blockchain-based tokenised deposits in SGD, USD
The new solution demonstrates how businesses can use blockchain technology to make transactions faster, more secure, and more efficient [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Thursday (Dec 18) announced the launch of blockchain-based “tokenised deposits” in Singapore and US dollars for Ant International. This will enable the fintech firm to move funds in real-time, 24/7, and…
Read MoreStanChart, Ant International launch blockchain-based tokenised deposits in Singdollar, greenback
The new solution demonstrates how businesses can use blockchain technology to make transactions faster, more secure and more efficient [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Thursday (Dec 18) announced the launch of blockchain-based “tokenised deposits” in Singapore and US dollars for Ant International. This will enable the fintech firm to move funds in real time, 24/7,…
Read MoreDem Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Trump is larger threat to American values than Islamic jihad
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., suggested Tuesday that President Donald Trump was a bigger threat to the American way of life than radical Islamic jihad. Schultz brought up the president when NewsNation host Leland Vittert asked her on “On Balance” whether she believed that Islamophobia or jihad was a bigger threat to American life and…
Read MoreGold steady ahead of key US inflation data; silver near record highs
GOLD prices were steady on Thursday, supported by dovish Federal Reserve signals but restrained by a resilient dollar ahead of key US inflation data this week, while silver hovered near record highs. Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at US$4,332.29 an ounce, as of 0256 GMT, after rising more than 1 per cent late…
Read MorePeter Arnett, Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam, Gulf War correspondent, dead at 91
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for The Associated…
Read MoreApac real assets show strength in 2025; NTT DC Reit anchors conviction of investors in data centres: report
This comes despite ongoing geopolitical and trade uncertainty weighing on business sentiment, says Aprea [SINGAPORE] Real assets were ranked as one of global markets’ strongest performers in 2025 – where Asia-Pacific (Apac) players shone in particular, based on an Apac Real Assets Association’s (Aprea) TrendWatch report. This regional performance came amid an environment hampered by…
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