Posts by Riah Marton
Investors still harbour hope of Fed’s Powell giving a rate-cut the thumbs up
THE S&P 500 plunged into a bear market in April, then staged an epic recovery, and now the US Federal Reserve will reveal which was the correct response. The central bank is likely to leave rates unchanged at the current level between 4.25 per cent and 4.5 per cent at the end of its two-day…
Read MoreSias strongly disagrees with IFA opinion on ‘exploitative’ Sinarmas Land offer; urges offeror to revise bid
[SINGAPORE] David Gerald, the president of Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, has criticised the offer for Sinarmas Land by the Widjaja family-linked Lyon Investments as “exploitative”, urging the offeror to revise the bid to more fairly reflect the company’s net asset value (NAV). In a statement on Monday (May 5), Gerald said that Sias…
Read MoreJennifer Aniston, Tom Holland and More Celebs Who’ve Never Been to the Met Gala
Jennifer Aniston, Tom Holland and More Celebs Who’ve Never Been to the Met Gala Fashion’s biggest night may also be its most elusive. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit, known as the Met Gala, is an invite-only event spearheaded by Vogue’s Anna Wintour and her rotating group of fellow co-chairs. But while…
Read MoreVolvo Cars sales fall 11% in April as fully electric cars slump
Published Mon, May 5, 2025 · 04:01 PM [STOCKHOLM] Volvo Cars reported on Monday (May 5) an 11 per cent decrease in April sales to 58,881 cars from a year earlier, sending its shares down. Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, said in a statement, sales of fully electric cars fell 32 per…
Read MoreSingapore dollar surges against US dollar as Asia currencies rally on trade hopes
[SINGAPORE] Asian currencies rallied on Monday (May 5) on hopes of a thaw in the US-China trade war and regional tariff deals with the Trump administration. Taiwan led the charge, with its currency surging as much as 5 per cent, the biggest intraday gain in over three decades, on speculation exporters are rushing to convert…
Read MoreMet Gala 2025 “Tailoring Black Style” Theme and “Tailored For You” Dress Code Explained
If you’ve ever tried to do seating arrangements for a wedding, you might have a tiny understanding of just how difficult it is to do the seating chart for the Met Gala. This is one of the most important aspects of the event that the team spends the most time on, strategically seating guests by looking…
Read MoreOhio Divorce Attorney Killed Client Because He Didn’t Want Case to go to Trial
An Ohio divorce attorney has been arrested for allegedly killing a client in 2013 because he didn’t want her case to go to trial. Aliza Sherman, 53, was waiting outside Gregory Moore’s downtown Cleveland office when she was fatally stabbed on March 24, 2013. Sherman was Moore’s client at the time. Sherman was Ambushed Outside…
Read MoreSister Wives’ Meri Brown Reveals Why She Struggles With Dating After Kody Brown Breakup
“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 MoreNetflix co-CEO says India investment has had US$2 billion impact
The world’s largest video streaming platform has been consolidating its position as a premium service in the US$28 billion Indian media and entertainment market Published Mon, May 5, 2025 · 01:32 PM [SEOUL] Netflix said its production investment in India generated US$2 billion in economic impact from 2021 to last year, underscoring the country’s growing…
Read MoreWing Tai’s Amara foray may not help its own minorities
[SINGAPORE] Minority shareholders of hotel and property group Amara Holdings who did not accept an earlier offer by Amethyst Assets, which closed in early 2024, have reason to cheer. Last week, Amara’s minority investors received a far superior voluntary conditional general offer at S$0.895 per share from DRC Investments, compared with the S$0.60 per share…
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