Posts by Nathan Pine
Indonesia, Philippines set to hike rates as caution prevails
Published Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · 11:33 AM TWO of Asia’s beleaguered central banks are poised to tighten monetary policy further, staying on guard in case inflation and currency risks persist despite a potential de-escalation of the Middle East conflict. Bank Indonesia and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas are both expected to raise their policy…
Read MoreLas Culturistas Culture Awards 2026: All The Winners & Best Moments Of The Night
The 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, celebrated the best in pop culture. It was a jam-packed two-hour telecast of the award ceremony in its second year on Bravo. Yang and Rogers started off the night with a nod to Heated Rivalry, breaking out into song in their hockey…
Read More‘Survivor’ Animated Movie Set In Animal Kingdom In Works At Paramount
The tribe that is CBS has spoken, and Survivor is getting the animated comedy treatment. An animated Survivor movie set in the animal kingdom is in the works at Paramount Animation, the reality competition series’ longtime host Jeff Probst enthusiastically announced Wednesday. “I’m so excited to be teaming up with Paramount Animation to bring you…
Read MoreMacaulay Culkin Shares His “Only Regret” About Brenda Song Relationship
Brenda Song Shares How ‘Home Alone’ Inspired Safety Lesson for Her and Macaulay Culkin’s Kids Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song are celebrating their sweet life. The couple—parents to children Dakota, 5, and Carson, 3—rang in nine years together with Culkin commemorating the huge relationship milestone with touching words about their deep connection, as well as…
Read MoreBravo Teases ‘The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th’ With First Look Video
The Real Housewives franchise is turning 20, and Bravo is celebrating with The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th. During the 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, the network aired its first promo for the special celebrating two decades of the iconic franchise. Vicki Gunvalson, Kyle Richards, Porsha Williams, Lisa Barlow, and Teresa Giudice are…
Read MoreHillhouse seeks US$600 million loan to fund data centre operator DayOne investment: sources
The move highlights the massive funding financial institutions must provide for DayOne’s global expansion Published Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · 10:08 AM [SINGAPORE] Asset manager Hillhouse Investment is in talks with banks for a loan of about US$600 million to fund its investment in data centre operator DayOne Data Centers, according to people familiar with…
Read MoreSingapore’s Carro enters Australia market with acquisition of used-car platform CarPlace
[SINGAPORE] Online automotive marketplace Carro said on Thursday (Jun 18) that it has acquired Australian used-car platform CarPlace. The Singapore-headquartered company did not disclose the size of its stake in CarPlace nor the value of the deal, with the move marking its entry into its eighth market in the Asia-Pacific. CarPlace is operated by Autoleague,…
Read MoreJackie Tohn & Timothy Simons On ‘Nobody Wants This’ Filming In LA & Why It’s So Important: “The Infrastructure Already Exists”
Jackie Tohn and Timothy Simons are returning for Season 3 of Nobody Wants This and revealed why it’s so important that productions continue filming in Los Angeles. “This is an industry town, so many people have moved here, live here — their livelihoods are here,” Tohn told Deadline at the 2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards. Tohn…
Read MorePalm oil stocks set to surge as Indonesia said to be scaling back export overhaul: analysts
Brokerages, including UOBKH and RHB, are moving to upgrade battered plantation stocks across the board [SINGAPORE] Indonesian palm oil equities are positioned for a dramatic and rapid reversal following a brutal sell-off in late May and early June, noted analysts, citing a report that said that Indonesia will scale back its export overhaul. The country…
Read MoreHSBC’s Australia unit to pay A$35 million fine over scam protection failures, court rules
Published Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · 09:41 AM — Updated Thu, Jun 18, 2026 · 05:01 PM [SYDNEY] An Australian court has ordered HSBC’s local unit to pay A$35 million (S$31.7 million) after the bank admitted to failures in protecting customers from scams, the country’s corporate regulator said on Thursday. HSBC failed to maintain adequate…
Read MoreNorman Reedus Bids Farewell To ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’
After 16 years of surviving The Walking Dead franchise, Norman Reedus is joining the land of the living. On Tuesday, the Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star bid farewell to his eponymous zombie hunter after putting “so much heart” into the fourth and final season of the AMC spin-off, which recently wrapped. “Finally going through these…
Read MoreRisingJoy’s RJOY Microdrama Platform Signs Branded Service Deals With Astro & IDN – APOS
RJOY, the microdrama streaming service operated by Singapore-based RisingJoy, has sealed partnership deals with Astro’s Sooka platform in Malaysia and the IDN App in Indonesia. Under the terms of the deals, signed at APOS in Bali this week, RJOY will be distributed by both Sooka and IDN App in their respective markets. The recently-launched direct-to-consumer…
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