Posts by Riah Marton
Who Is Yahya Sinwar? Hamas Appoints Architect of October 7 Attack as Its Supreme Leader
Hamas appointed Gaza chief and October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar as its new leader on Monday, succeeding the group’s former head who was assassinated in Tehran. Sinwar, who has managed to evade the Israeli military for nearly 10 months, was officially named the new Politburo chief after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a bombing in…
Read MoreHot stock: Sembcorp rises as much as 7% after H1 profit increase
The uptick in profit is mainly due to the absence of a S$78 million loss in H1 FY2023 from a discontinued operation SHARES of Sembcorp surged on Wednesday (Aug 7), after the company announced that net profit for the half year was up 2 per cent on the absence of loss from a discontinued operation.…
Read MoreSamsung’s 8-layer HBM3E chips clear Nvidia’s tests for use, sources say
A VERSION of Samsung Electronics’ fifth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, has passed Nvidia’s tests for use in its artificial intelligence (AI) processors, three sources briefed on the results said. The qualification clears a major hurdle for the world’s biggest memory chipmaker which has been struggling to catch up with local rival SK…
Read MoreIndonesia president launches China-based BTR’s anode plant
INDONESIA’S President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (Aug 7) launched a plant built by China’s BTR New Material Group and Singapore’s Stellar Investment that will produce anode materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. In the first phase, the companies invested US$478 million for the plant that will produce 80,000 tonnes of materials per year, according…
Read MoreDBS Q2 profit rises 6% to S$2.79 billion; declares S$0.54 per share dividend
DBS net profit for its second quarter rose amid a broad-based growth in total income, it said on Wednesday (Aug 7). Net profit for the three months ended June 30, 2024, stood at S$2.79 billion, up 6 per cent from S$2.63 billion in the year-ago period. The earnings beat the S$2.7 billion consensus forecast in…
Read MoreGold prices inch lower as US dollar, yields rebound
GOLD prices edged lower on Wednesday (Aug 7) as the US dollar and Treasury yields firmed, while bets of a September rate cut from the Federal Reserve limited further losses. Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at US$2,385.23 per ounce, as at 0155 GMT. US gold futures fell 0.3 per cent to US$2,425.50. The…
Read MoreHot ringgit trade gets another boost from foreign bond flows
THE Malaysian ringgit’s rally is luring global funds to buy more local bonds, giving a further boost to the emerging market ’s top-performing currency this quarter. Foreign investors poured RM5.5 billion (S$1.6 billion) into Malaysian bonds in July, the largest monthly inflow in a year, according to data from Bank Negara Malaysia. The recent surge…
Read MoreParisian Restaurant Responds to Serena Williams’ Claims It Denied Her and Family Access – E! Online
Serena Williams‘ adventures in Paris continue to serve drama. After the tennis star shared that she and her family—including daughters Olympia Ohanian, 6, and Adira Ohanian, 12 months, whom she shares with husband Alexis Ohanian—had been denied access to the Peninsula restaurant in Paris while in France for the 2024 Olympic Games, the establishment responded to her claims, explaining the reasoning…
Read MoreElite UK Reit posts 19.5% lower H1 DPU of £0.014
ELITE UK Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) for the first half of the year fell 19.5 per cent to £0.014 from £0.0174 in the corresponding period the year before, based on a 90 per cent payout ratio. The manager of the trust on Wednesday (Aug 7) also posted half-year revenue of…
Read MoreBlake Lively Reveals Ryan Reynolds Wrote Iconic It Ends With Us Scene – E! Online
Blake Lively Admits Ryan Reynolds Wrote This Iconic ‘It Ends With Us’ Scene (Exclusive) Turns out making movies is a family affair for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The Gossip Girl alum revealed that the Deadpool & Wolverine star provided his creative expertise when it came to her new movie It Ends With Us. “The iconic rooftop scene, my husband actually wrote…
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