Posts by Riah Marton
Banks want staff back at the office. There aren’t enough desks
[LONDON] Five years after the Covid pandemic fuelled an unprecedented boom in remote work, bank executives have become ever more vocal in their insistence that workers should return to the office. In a growing number of cases, however, they don’t have enough desks. JPMorgan Chase has just signed up for thousands more in the…
Read MoreXiaohongshu joins wave of Chinese firms releasing open-source AI models
[BEIJING] Xiaohongshu, also known as Rednote, one of the country’s most popular social media platforms, has released an open-source large language model, joining a wave of Chinese tech firms making their artificial intelligence models freely available. The approach contrasts with many US tech giants like OpenAI and Google, which have kept their most advanced models…
Read MoreShein and Reliance reportedly aim to sell India-made clothes abroad within a year
[MUMBAI/LONDON] Fashion retailer Shein and partner Reliance Retail plan to rapidly expand their Indian supplier base and start overseas sales of India-made Shein-branded clothes within six to 12 months, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The China-founded, Singapore-headquartered e-commerce firm has been discussing plans with the Indian retailer since before the US imposed…
Read MoreMasked Protester Waiving Mexican Flag on Dirt Bike Becomes the Symbol of Los Angeles Anti-ICE Riots
Dramatic video footage of a masked protester on a dirt bike, waving a Mexican flag while biking around a burning car in Los Angeles, has become a symbol of the anti-ICE riots in the city. Drone footage capturing the masked protester soon went viral after being posted on X — with many noting that it…
Read MoreWhy Sister Wives’ Kody Brown Says Falling in Love Has Been “A Painful Experience”
Janelle Brown Questioned How Kody Brown Handled the Family Money Griping about the family’s inability to pay off Coyote Pass, Janelle said Kody claimed to have “all these other debts.” And, yet, she’s watched him snap up other assets like trailers and home décor. “I see all the art on their walls,” she said of…
Read MoreSister Wives’ Christine Brown Reveals There Was “No Real Emotion” In Sex Life With Ex Kody Brown
Janelle Brown Questioned How Kody Brown Handled the Family Money Griping about the family’s inability to pay off Coyote Pass, Janelle said Kody claimed to have “all these other debts.” And, yet, she’s watched him snap up other assets like trailers and home décor. “I see all the art on their walls,” she said of…
Read MoreMoneyHero expands into digital assets in partnership with OSL
This is to satisfy Hong Kong’s growing interest in digital assets and increasing demand for diversified financial solutions [Hong Kong] MoneyHero Limited, a leading personal finance aggregation and comparison platform across Greater Southeast Asia announced a strategic collaboration with OSL Group, Asia’s foremost regulated digital asset platform today (Jun 9). This partnership signifies MoneyHero’s entry…
Read MoreWhy Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Is Suggesting “Selfish” Ex Kody Brown Is a Narcissist
“She looked like a soccer mom,” Kody Brown once joked on Sister Wives of meeting then-single mom Robyn in 2009. “She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, ‘I didn’t need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life—that’s just trouble.’” Nearly a decade and a half on, though, they’re still…
Read More‘Most unloved bonds’ turn routine US auction into crucial test
[NEW JERSEY] Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the most anticipated events on Wall Street this week. The Treasury is set to sell US$22 billion of 30-year government bonds on Thursday (Jun 12), part of its regularly scheduled borrowings. The…
Read MoreTony Awards 2025: Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow Have a Rare Mother-Son Outing
The 2025 Tony Awards is the perfect outing for Mia Farrow and her baby. After all, the actress had her and ex Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow by her side at the 78th annual ceremony on June 8. Mia—who was nominated in the Best Actress in a Play category for The Roommate—posed on the red…
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