Posts by Nathan Pine
Samsung’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…
Read MoreAsia: Markets mixed as China-US talks end, eyes on tech earnings
[HONG KONG] Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors kept tabs on China-US developments after they agreed to further talks to extend their trade truce, while eyes were also on tech earnings and a key Federal Reserve meeting. After deals were reached with the European Union and Japan over the past week, focus has…
Read MoreRHOD’s D’Andra Simmons Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
D’Andra Simmons is sharing a difficult medical update. The Real Housewives of Dallas alum said she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be treated at a hospital in Dallas that her family coincidentally helped start. “Today is the day!” Simmons wrote in her July 29 Instagram post. “I didn’t think I would be…
Read MoreTikToker Mikayla Nogueira Clarifies If 60-Pound Weight Loss Was Done “Naturally”
Lizzo simply wanted to feel better from head to toe. “Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself,” the “Good as Hell” singer explained in a May 2023 TikTok,…
Read MorePalmer Luckey’s Anduril leads second quarter surge for venture capital in greater L.A.
Venture capital investments in the Greater Los Angeles region more than doubled to $5.8 billion in the second quarter, compared to a year ago, as investors poured money into the area’s defense tech and aerospace companies amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Costa Mesa-based defense tech company Anduril received the most venture capital in the region last…
Read MoreTNT Sports To Present Eight Weeks Of Exclusive Banana Ball Coverage Starting In August
TNT Sports will launch eight consecutive weeks of exclusive Banana Ball coverage starting August 18. The fast growing, fast paced, goofy exhibition league games with choreographed team dances and over-the-top walk-ups by batters and scoring celebrations, will air on truTV and be simulcast on HBO Max for U.S. subscribers. Rate Field, home of the Chicago…
Read MoreHow Gwyneth Paltrow Reacted to Ex Brad Pitt’s Marriage to Jennifer Aniston
The one that got away. For both, perhaps? “I f–ked that up, Brad,” Paltrow said on the Girlboss Radio podcast when host Sophia Amoruso mentioned Gwyneth’s great love of the mid-‘to-late-90s, whom she met in 1994 on the set of the thriller Se7en, playing his ill-fated wife. When he won a Golden Globe for 12 Monkeys in 1996, Pitt’s…
Read MoreFirst Sponsor reports 59.2% jump in H1 earnings to S$19 million, interim dividend of S$0.011 a share
[SINGAPORE] Property developer First Sponsor reported a 59.2 per cent increase in earnings to S$19 million in H1 2025 from S$11.9 million in H1 2024, in a bourse filing on Monday (Jul 28). The earnings growth was mainly driven by a higher share of profits from associates and joint ventures. However, revenue for H1 2025…
Read MoreBlack Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler Remembers Friendship With Ozzy Osbourne, Final Rehearsal Days In Emotional Essay: “A Born Entertainer”
Though he’s remembered by hard rockers as the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne is known to Black Sabbath bassist Terence “Geezer” Butler as the Prince of Laughter. In an emotional essay penned in The Times U.K., the bandmate recalled his decades-long friendship with the heavy metal pioneer, recalling the formation of the seminal group and…
Read MoreDonald Trump Repeats False Claim Beyoncé Was Paid $11 Million To Endorse Kamala Harris; Calls To Prosecute Singer, Oprah & Al Sharpton
On Saturday, Donald Trump repeated false claims that Beyoncé was paid $11 million to endorse Kamala Harris on the campaign trail in October of last year. The Truth Social post comes as the president faces scrutiny from his own base over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Taking to his social media platform yesterday,…
Read MoreMolly Gordon Spoiled ‘The Bear’ For ‘Oh, Hi!’ Co-Star Logan Lerman: “I Can’t Keep A Secret”
With Season 4 of The Bear dropping last month on Hulu, Molly Gordon could finally get the show’s secrets off her chest. The actress recently admitted that she spoiled the new season of the Christopher Storer-created series for her Oh, Hi! co-star Logan Lerman as they filmed the romantic comedy, which is now playing in…
Read MoreUS Fed is set for contentious debate as investors eye fall rate cut
[NEW YORK] US Federal Reserve officials are determined to hold interest rates steady a little while longer, though an increasingly contentious debate at this week’s policy meeting may bolster expectations for rate cuts in the fall. Fed chair Jerome Powell is under intense pressure from US President Donald Trump and his allies to reduce borrowing…
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