Posts by Riah Marton
Huawei seeks to steal spotlight from Apple with launch of tri-fold smartphone
CHINA’S Huawei Technologies on Tuesday (Sep 10) unveiled a US$2,800 tri-foldable phone as it seeks to extend its lead in the world’s biggest smartphone market and steal the spotlight from Apple hours after it debuted a new iPhone. The Chinese tech giant showed off its new Mate XT, which users can fold three ways like…
Read MoreSpanish Man Running from Bull at Bull-Running Festival, Gets Horn Driven Through Chest, Dies
A 20-year-old man who was gored by a bull on Saturday, Sept. 7, during the running of the bulls in El Casar (Guadalajara) died on Sunday in the Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid. The victim died after a running bull drove its horn through his chest and punctured his lung during the bull-running festival…
Read MoreWisconsin Man Who Punched Bar Patron to Death Because He Didn’t Like His Tattoos Gets Only 7 Years in Prison
A Wisconsin man who fatally punched a bar patron because he didn’t like the look of his tattoos will spend several years behind bars – a sentence that the victim’s family is not happy with. Kevin Sehmer punched Joshua Davies, 39, outside of Tabi’s Lake Country Wine Bar in Hartland, some 30 miles west of…
Read MoreAsia: Markets battle to match Wall Street rally ahead of US inflation
ASIAN markets mostly rose on Tuesday (Sep 10) after a rally on Wall Street as traders try to assess the outlook for US interest rates following last week’s disappointing jobs report, with focus on the release of key inflation data. With last Friday’s non-farm payrolls showing that the labour market slowing faster than expected, there…
Read MoreAlibaba shares rise after addition to China exchange link
ALIBABA Group Holding’s stock rose in Hong Kong after it was made directly accessible to investors in mainland China for the first time. Shares of the e-commerce company gained as much as 5.2 per cent, the most since Aug 16. Starting Tuesday (Sep 10), the stock was added to the Stock Connect programme that links…
Read MoreRachel Zoe and Husband Rodger Berman Break Up, Divorcing After 26 Years of Marriage – E! Online
Rachel Zoe is moving onto a new project without Rodger Berman. The fashion designe rand her longtime husband—who share sons Skyler, 13, and Kaius, 10—have broken up, she shared in a statement posted on Instagram Sept. 9. “After 33 years together and 26 years married, Rodger and I have come to the mutual decision to…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs CEO says trading revenue is heading for a 10% slide in Q3
GOLDMAN Sachs’ trading revenue will probably slip 10 per cent in the third quarter because of sluggish conditions last month, CEO David Solomon said on Monday. Given “a more challenging macro environment, particularly in the month of August, that business is trending down close to 10 per cent,” Solomon told investors at a financial conference…
Read MoreStocks to watch: CSE Global, Cordlife, Dasin Retail Trust, Centurion
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Sep 10):
Read MoreAustralia central bank reforms in doubt as politics interferes
LONG-DELAYED reforms to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) could be dead in the water after the Liberal National opposition decided to oppose them in parliament, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Tuesday. Chalmers told reporters he had agreed to six changes demanded by Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor, but the opposition had decided to oppose the…
Read MoreJana Duggar Details Picking Out “Stunning” Dress and Venue for Wedding to Stephen Wissmann – E! Online
Josh Duggar (m. Anna Keller) Eldest Duggar child Josh was born March 3, 1988. He too became a conservative activist, campaigning for the Family Research Council. He stepped down after old police records surfaced in 2015 revealing that he had been accused of molesting several girls, including his sisters Jessa and Jill, when he was…
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