Posts by Riah Marton
Thomson Medical, OUE Healthcare subsidiaries partner on surgery centre in Vietnam
FV HOSPITAL and O2 Healthcare have partnered to establish a surgical centre in Vietnam, which began operations on Thursday (Aug 15). FV Hospital is the first 100 per cent foreign-invested hospital in the country, and is owned by mainboard-listed Thomson Medical. O2 Healthcare, a lung specialist group based in Singapore, is a subsidiary of Catalist-listed…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street opens higher on retail sales boost
WALL Street’s main indices opened higher on Thursday (Aug 15) as retail sales data for July indicated resilient consumer spending, allaying fears of an imminent recession in the world’s largest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 287.3 points, or 0.72 per cent, at the open to 40295.74. The S&P 500 rose 45.9 points, or…
Read MoreChinese e-commerce group JD.com beats profit forecasts in Q2
Chinese e-commerce group JD.com on Thursday (Aug 15) reported forecast beating second-quarter profits, helped by price cuts that attracted cost-sensitive consumers to its platform. JD.com’s US-listed shares rose as much as 3.5 per cent in premarket trading. Major Chinese vendors like JD.com and Alibaba have increased focus on discounts and lower-priced goods as Chinese shoppers…
Read MoreWho Is Ksenia Karelina? American Ballerina Jailed for 12 Years in Russia for Treason after Donating $51.80 to Ukrainian Charity
Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American spa worker, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday by a Russian court after being convicted of treason for donating money to a charity that supports Ukraine. The Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty during her closed trial in Yekaterinburg. Karelina, who is said to have obtained U.S. citizenship after…
Read MoreNASA Shares Update on Astronauts Stuck Indefinitely in Space – E! Online
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore might be down to earth, but they’re still stuck in space. NASA shared an update on their two crew members who have been stranded on the International Space Station since early June due to malfunctions on their spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner. While their mission has now lasted more than two…
Read MoreShareholders at RE&S scheme meeting approve privatisation offer from Southern Capital Group unit
RE&S shareholders present at the group’s scheme meeting agreed to a proposed acquisition by Relish Investments that would take the company private, said the food services group on Thursday (Aug 15). Relish Investments is owned by Euphoria Investments, a special-purpose vehicle that is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a fund managed by Southern Capital…
Read MoreParagon Reit unitholders to get special S$0.0185 DPU from The Rail Mall divestment
UNITHOLDERS of real estate investment trust (Reit) Paragon Reit will receive S$0.0185 per unit from a special distribution, following the completion of The Rail Mall divestment on Thursday (Aug 15). This is in addition to the Reit’s distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0232 for the first half ended Jun 30. The special DPU’s record date…
Read MoreKim Kardashian Says Her Four Kids Try to Set Her Up on Dates – E! Online
Kim Kardashian doesn’t need a matchmaker, she has four. The 43-year-old, who noted that she’s not currently seeing anyone, opened up about her four kids—North West, 11, Saint West, 8, Chicago West, 6, and Psalm West, 5, whom she shares with ex-husband Kanye West—trying to influence her dating life. “It’s so funny because my kids…
Read MoreSamsonite board approves plan to pursue second listing in the US
THE board of Samsonite International has authorised the luggage maker to pursue a dual listing in the US to improve liquidity and make its shares more accessible to investors globally. Samsonite, which is listed in Hong Kong, said in a Wednesday (Aug 14) statement that the US is the appropriate venue based on the company’s…
Read MoreDavid Yong from Netflix’s ‘Super Rich in Korea’ handed fourth fraud charge, granted bail
DAVID Yong, chief executive of Evergreen Group Holdings (GH), was on Thursday (Aug 15) slapped with a new charge under Section 477A of the Penal Code, related to falsification of papers that inflated the profit of an entity under the conglomerate. Yong, also known as Yong Khung Lin, is alleged to have abetted an individual…
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