Q3 reporting season kicks off with growth in S-Reits’ distributions

Q3 reporting season kicks off with growth in S-Reits’ distributions

[SINGAPORE] The latest earnings season for Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) has commenced, with seven trusts reporting their latest financial results or business updates over the past week. Of the seven, the six that provided information on distributable income have all reported year-on-year (yoy) growth. This came on the back of mostly higher revenue…

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Nelly Furtado Announces Indefinite Hiatus From Performing

Nelly Furtado Announces Indefinite Hiatus From Performing

Nelly Furtado is ready to turn off the stage lights. The “I’m Like a Bird” singer announced a major career shift, revealing her plans to take an indefinite break from live shows and touring. “I have decided to step away from performance for the foreseeable future,” she wrote in a post on Instagram Oct. 23,…

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Why America Ferrera Wants Her Daughter to See Ugly Betty

Why America Ferrera Wants Her Daughter to See Ugly Betty

When Ferrera was a teenager, she had her first professional audition for a commercial. “I was this little, brown, chubby valley girl who spoke, you know, like a valley girl,” Ferrera, who was born in Los Angeles and is the proud daughter of Honduran immigrants, said in an interview for the 72nd Emmys. “I walked…

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Europe: Shares close at record high on US data, trade hopes

Europe: Shares close at record high on US data, trade hopes

[BENGALURU] European shares closed at a record high on Friday (Oct 24), boosted by cooler than expected US inflation data and hopes of an easing in US-Chinese trade tensions, as investors assessed a slew of corporate earnings. The continent-wide Stoxx 600 index closed up 0.2 per cent. Most major regional indices ended higher, with London’s…

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