Posts by Riah Marton
Taylor Swift “Completely in Shock” After Stabbing Attack at Themed Event in England – E! Online
Eight People Injured, Including Children, in Mass Stabbing at Taylor Swift-Themed Event Taylor Swift is speaking out amid a tragedy. After a horrific stabbing attack took place at a children’s Swift-themed dance workshop in Southport, England, which left three children dead and eight other individuals critically injured—five among them children—the 34-year-old is expressing her grief.…
Read MorePayPal lifts 2024 profit forecast as spending holds up, margins improve
PAYPAL on Tuesday (Jul 30) raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit for the second time, betting on resilient consumer spending in the back-to-school and upcoming holiday shopping seasons, while cost-cutting measures improved margins. American consumers have remained remarkably hardy despite higher-for-longer interest rates burning a hole in their pockets. Even as rival payments firms…
Read MoreSTI slips 0.1% as investors hold their breath for Fed meeting
SINGAPORE stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday (Jul 30), as investors wait in anticipation of the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended 0.1 per cent or 2.41 points lower at 3,441.77. Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 302 to 231, with around 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.2…
Read MoreA Pretty Woman Reunion, Ben Affleck’s Cold Feet and a Big Payday: Secrets About Runaway Bride Revealed – E! Online
15. The film was a family affair for Marshall, with his son Scott Marshall working as his second unit director, even shooting the film’s opening scene of Roberts on horseback. He also played the hotel clerk who is infatuated with Maggie. His daughter Kathy Marshall played a bridesmaid, Cousin Cindy, and his wife Barbara Sue…
Read MoreIndia keeps global funds at bay with new curbs on bond ownership
India will shield more of its bonds from foreign ownership, in a sign it’s uncomfortable with the billions of dollars of inflows linked to the inclusion of its debt in a key global index. Overseas investors will no longer be able to freely buy freshly issued Indian government bonds with 14-year and 30-year tenors,…
Read MoreHundreds of China merchants join protest against Temu over fines
HUNDREDS of merchants staged a rally at PDD Holdings’ offices in southern China this week, protesting what they called unfair penalties that Temu’s owner is increasingly levying. The suppliers, mainly smaller outfits that sell Chinese goods to Western shoppers via the fast-growing Temu platform, brandished placards and yelled slogans outside a Guangzhou company outpost on…
Read MoreJapan’s Nomura triples profit in Q1 on wealth management gains
Nomura’s net profit in the April-June was 68.9 billion yen (S$597.2 million) versus 23.3 billion yen a year earlier Nomura Holdings, Japan’s largest brokerage and investment bank, reported a 195 per cent jump in first-quarter profit on Tuesday (Jul 30) as the rally in global markets and return of domestic inflation bolstered demand for its…
Read MoreInside Hilary Swank’s Life With Her Million Dollar Babies – E! Online
And it’s not her only form of greeting. “Now, she’s also saying hi,” Swank added. “She goes, ‘Hi, hi, hi,’ to everything. The plant, ‘Hi!’, the sun, ‘Hi!’, the sky, ‘Hi!’” As for son Ohm—named for the first universal sound that “unites all people,” shared Swank—he’s a big fan of the point and “Ah!” as she demonstrated. …
Read MoreChina bond mania smashes records, setting up showdown with PBOC
CHINA’S bond rally has hit unprecedented levels, prompting investors to ask whether the central bank will finally decide to squeeze out speculators or let the market run hot to help the economy. Government debt yields have sunk through fresh record lows, as investors bruised by sinking stocks, falling property prices and unappealing deposit rates flee…
Read MoreRakuten slides most since May on fintech reorganisation delay
RAKUTEN Group’s shares slid as much as 6.7 per cent in their biggest intraday drop since May on delays to the Tokyo-based online shopping mall operator’s plans to combine its fintech operations. A plan to reorganise Rakuten’s banking, securities, credit card and insurance businesses under one umbrella had fueled optimism around the debt-ridden company, which…
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