Posts by Nathan Pine
PropertyGuru says business has logged double-digit per cent growth in a year
[SINGAPORE] Lewis Ng, who took over as chief executive at PropertyGuru in March, has had a busy four months. But he is back on familiar ground, having first spent six years as chief business officer of the online real estate portal from 2014. In his first media interview since taking up the CEO post in…
Read MoreSan Sebastian To Fete Pedro Almodóvar’s Longtime Producer Esther García With Career Achievement Award
Veteran Spanish producer Esther García, a longtime collaborator of Pedro Almodóvar, will be handed a Donostia Award for career achievement at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. The festival has said the award was timed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of El Deseo, the production company Pedro Almodóvar launched with his brother, Agustín, which García…
Read MoreSheng Siong H1 net profit rises 3.5% to S$72.3 million on improved sales mix
[SINGAPORE] Supermarket operator Sheng Siong reported a 3.5 per cent increase in H1 2025 net profit to S$72.3 million, from S$69.9 million in H1 2024 on Wednesday (Jul 30). Revenue for the period grew 7.1 per cent to S$764.7 million, from S$714.2 million. This was mainly driven by the opening of 11 new stores in…
Read MoreRoger Ross Williams’ One Story Up & ‘White Nanny, Black Child’ Producer DocHearts Team For Fela Kuti Doc Series
EXCLUSIVE: Prolific doc makers from both sides of the Atlantic are teaming up for a doc series on Afrobeats icon Fela Kuti. Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and his One Story Up banner has teamed with BAFTA-winning UK producer Andy Mundy-Castle‘s DocHearts to create the program, which we understand is likely to be a…
Read MoreThese Lightweight Carry-On Bags Under $100 Make Traveling a Breeze: CALPAK, Quince & More
Summer travel is heating up! Between expensive airline tickets, hotel accommodations, and all those pesky rideshares to-and-fro, the last thing you want to do is spend a ton of money on new luggage. That’s why our team of shopping experts has pulled together the best lightweight carry-on bags under $100. We’ve found a carry-on for…
Read MoreSingPost board should speed up resetting directions
[SINGAPORE] Shareholders of postal service provider Singapore Post (SingPost) could understandably be frustrated and disappointed that the annual general meeting (AGM) held last week did not deliver the answers they wanted. SingPost posted an underlying net loss of S$461,000 for the second half-year ended Mar 31, from a net profit of S$28.1 million in the…
Read MoreThailand adjusts EV policy to ease production requirements, target exports
Published Wed, Jul 30, 2025 · 04:27 PM [BANGKOK] Thailand adjusted an electric vehicle incentive policy on Wednesday (Jul 30) to give carmakers more flexibility to meet production requirements and boost exports, amid tepid domestic demand and intense competition as Chinese brands flood the local market. Under its EV policy launched in 2022, Thailand allowed…
Read MoreMinions Charmed UK Streaming Audiences In 2024 As Family Viewing Drew Big Numbers
UK streaming lovers could not get enough of the minions last year. According to Ofcom’s Media Nations report, the most-watched movie or TV episode on streaming in 2024 was Minions: The Rise of Gru on Netflix, a 2022 film that isn’t a Netflix original. That one got 13.7 million views when total cumulative average viewing…
Read MoreUS ETF outperforming S&P 500 becomes substantial shareholder in Rex, has stakes in 30 Singapore stocks
[SINGAPORE] A US-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) has recently become a substantial shareholder of Rex International after raising its stake in the oil exploration and production company. Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF (AVDV ETF), an actively managed ETF, in July increased its stake in Rex International to 5.3 per cent, or around 69 million shares. This…
Read MoreTemasek sees 10 times gain with 5.5 billion euro stake sale in Indian JV with Schneider
[SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings has sold its minority stake in an Indian joint venture (JV) to its partner Schneider Electric for 5.5 billion euros (S$8.2 billion) in cash – over 10 times what the state investor had initially paid for the shares. Temasek had bought a 35 per cent stake in the JV for 530 million…
Read MoreToyota sees record global sales despite Trump’s tariff turmoil
Published Wed, Jul 30, 2025 · 01:23 PM [TOKYO] Toyota Motor saw record global sales during the first half of 2025 as strong demand for hybrid vehicles in core markets helped offset headwinds from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars imported to the US. Toyota’s global sales, including that of subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor and…
Read MoreSamsung’s big Tesla order fuels recovery bets despite chip woes
[HONG KONG] Samsung Electronics’ surprise US$16.5 billion chipmaking deal with Tesla has breathed new life into a foundry business all but written off by many investors. Its stock has risen 9 per cent since news about the agreement on Monday (Jul 28), bringing Samsung’s gains in July to over 20 per cent and putting the…
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