Posts by Riah Marton
How much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up
Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach in early March, equipped with their smartphones and a mission. Their goal: take a “data walk” around a few blocks of the city to see various technologies — security cameras, public Wi-Fi hotspots, the library self-checkout…
Read MoreChina securities official expected to lead Shenzhen stock exchange: sources
CHINA is expected to appoint a senior securities official to head its second-largest bourse, four sources said, filling a role that has been vacant for the unusually long period of seven months as the securities regulator reshuffled its a leadership. Li Jizun, a civil servant who is currently director of the general office at the…
Read More‘No one is indispensable’ – UOB’s Wee Ee Cheong says succession plan is in place
UOB has its succession plan in place, said UOB’s chief executive Wee Ee Cheong, given that everyone – himself included – has to retire at some point. Retiring is “a matter of time” for everyone, and no one is indispensable, he said. Wee was responding to queries on his retirement plans, at a media briefing…
Read MoreLSEG first-half income rises 5.4%, progress on Microsoft joint venture
LONDON Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) reported first-half income above analysts’ expectations on Thursday (Aug 1), helped by progress with its Microsoft joint venture, as well as a rise in annual subscription value, an indicator of customer retention. LSEG, which suffered outages in February and this month, said its partnership with Microsoft is “approaching commercialisation” as…
Read MoreComfortDelGro inks MOU with Pony.ai on commercial robotaxi operations in China
This comes after the transport operator established a S$30 million Autonomous Vehicle Centre of Excellence in 2022 COMFORTDELGRO on Wednesday (Jul 31) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with autonomous mobility company Pony.ai to form a strategic partnership for large-scale commercial robotaxi operations in China. The tie-up aims to help both companies co-develop safe and…
Read MoreLatest Singapore 6-month T-bill cut-off yield falls to 3.4%
THE cut-off yield on the latest Singapore six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) slid to 3.4 per cent, based on auction results released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday (Aug 1). This was a 0.24 percentage point drop from the 3.64 per cent offered in the previous six-month auction, which closed on Jul 18.…
Read MoreHot stock: SIA shares fall on Thursday after Q1 earnings miss
SIA posts net profit of S$451.7 million in Q1, a 38.5 per cent drop from S$734 million in the year-ago period SHARES of Singapore Airlines (SIA) fell in early trading on Thursday (Aug 1) morning, after the group posted a 38.5 per cent drop in net profit for its first quarter ended June. As at…
Read MoreAugust rate cut on track as Philippine inflation may peak
THE Philippine central bank may still be on track to slash its key interest rate by at least a quarter percentage point in August amid expectations inflation would peak this month, according to governor Eli Remolona. “I think Aug 15 is still a possibility. Of course, it will depend on the numbers,” he told reporters…
Read MoreSingapore listcos’ scores dip slightly on governance and transparency index; Sats takes top spot
Big-cap companies with market capitalisations over S$1 billion outperform mid and small-cap companies The performance of Singapore-listed companies and trusts dipped slightly on the annual Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) compared with the year before, after the index’s framework was revised this year to emphasise sustainability disclosures. The index ranks Singapore Exchange-listed companies on…
Read MoreClaim to Fame: ’80s Brat Pack Legend’s Relative Revealed – E! Online
An ’80s film icon just made a cameo on Claim to Fame. Contestant Naomi was eliminated during the ABC reality competition series’ July 31 episode after costar Adam correctly guessed her celebrity relative—the first accurate guess of season three so far. However, Adam admitted to having no idea who the legendary actress was when he…
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