Posts by Riah Marton
Q&M to acquire dental clinic business in Bukit Timah for S$800,000
Q&M Dental Group (Singapore) has entered into a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire the dental clinic business of Veritas Dental for S$800,000. On Wednesday (Sep 11), the group said that the proposed acquisition is in line with expanding its main dental business in Singapore. Veritas Dental is a company incorporated in Singapore and…
Read MoreAmazon to invest £8 billion in UK, continuing AWS expansion
AMAZON.COM said it would spend £8 billion (S$13.6 billion) in the United Kingdom to grow its cloud business, adding to a string of recent expansion moves in Europe and giving Britain’s new Labour government a welcome investment boost. The five-year investment by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in data centres will support up to 14,000 jobs…
Read MoreSean “Diddy” Combs Ordered to Pay More Than $100 Million in Sexual Assault Case – E! Online
Diddy’s Attorney Speaks Out The day after HSI executed the search warrants at Combs’ L.A. and Miami properties, his lawyer spoke out. “Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs’ residences,” attorney Aaron Dyer said in a March 26 statement to E! News. “There is no excuse for…
Read MoreLindsay Lohan, Olivia Wilde, Suki Waterhouse and More Attend Michael Kors Show at 2024 NYFW – E! Online
Of kors stars brought their style A-game to New York Fashion Week 2024. Take all the celeb guests at Michael Kors‘ Spring/Summer 2025 runway show Sept. 10, which saw Lindsay Lohan, Nina Dobrev, Mindy Kaling and more dressed to impress. And the looks ranged from autumn classics—with Shailene Woodley and Lisa Rinna bundled up in cozy…
Read MoreCiti sees some tech companies still weighing US IPOs this year
A HANDFUL of tech companies are considering going public on US exchanges during the last three months of the year, a top Citigroup banker said, stoking the pipeline of potential initial public offerings (IPOs). A burst of such listings would be welcome news to bankers who have already begun downplaying expectations for the rest of…
Read MoreWhat Star Wars’ Mark Hamill Would Say Now to Late Best Friend Carrie Fisher – E! Online
Mark Hamill still feels the force of Carrie Fisher’s absence. Nearly eight years after the actress died in 2016, her Star Wars co-star and longtime friend admitted the weight of her loss is still heavy. “I’ve never stopped missing her,” Hamill exclusively told E! News’ Francesca Amiker at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of…
Read MoreEurope: Banks, energy stocks weigh on bourses; BMW tumbles
EUROPEAN equity markets largely lost ground on Tuesday, weighed by bank and energy stocks as investors tread cautiously ahead of key US inflation data and an anticipated European Central Bank rate cut later in the week. Shares of automaker BMW slumped 11 per cent, notching their worst day in over four years after the company cut its…
Read MoreUS: Stocks mostly rise ahead of inflation data
WALL Street stocks mostly rose on Tuesday ahead of key US inflation data and a hotly contested presidential debate. Markets are eyeing Wednesday’s consumer price index report, with the Federal Reserve having signaled a likely interest rate cut later this month in light of moderating inflation. Investors are also anticipating the first, and perhaps only, debate between…
Read MoreGameStop swings to unexpected profit even as sales slide
GAMESTOP reported a fourth consecutive quarter of falling sales, though the video-game retailer reported an unexpected profit. Revenue fell 31 per cent from a year earlier to US$798 million for the second quarter ended Aug 3, the company said on Tuesday (Sep 10). That compares with the US$895.5 million average of two analysts’ estimates, according…
Read MoreMany investors track ROE but diversifying metrics used can aid in balanced investment decisions
Larger companies tend to disclose return on equity for the benefit of investors, but for smaller companies, the figure may not be very useful WITH the long hoped-for US Federal Reserve rate cut likely to materialise after next week’s meeting, companies are looking forward to some relief in terms of lower financing costs. Among other…
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