Posts by Riah Marton
Why Jennifer Garner Never Went Back to the Met Gala After 2007 Appearance
Jennifer—who shares kids Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, with ex Ben Affleck—isn’t the only celebrity to opt out of the event. In fact, Zayn Malik—who only attended the 2016 gala—concurred that he isn’t keen to return. Although he didn’t go as far as knocking it, the former One Direction member told GQ in…
Read MoreApple has made splashy bets in Hollywood. Are they paying off?
In the first episode of the Apple TV+ show “The Studio,” Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sells his script to the fictional Continental Studios, only to be told later by a studio chief played by Seth Rogen that the project, about Jonestown, has been killed. Instead, the company is fast-tracking a soulless brand-based cash grab: a…
Read MoreBig Oil isn’t budging on output as Opec+ supply hike looms
The largest western oil producers are mostly sticking with their growth plans for now, despite a 16 per cent decline in crude prices during April and a decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies (Opec+) to crank up output in June. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell and TotalEnergies all maintained their capital…
Read MoreKaty Perry, Kate Hudson and More Celebrities Who Have the Same Name
Kate Garry Hudson was 5 years old when Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson was born in 1984. And while her 2001 Christian debut album was called Katy Hudson, the artist decided that using her mom’s maiden name and going by Katy Perry instead was the move. Not least because Kate Hudson was more than Almost Famous by then. “I…
Read MoreShell is studying merits of BP deal as rival’s stock slumps
[LONDON] Shell is working with advisers to evaluate a potential acquisition of BP, though it’s waiting for further stock and oil price declines before deciding whether to pursue a bid, according to sources familiar with the matter. The oil major has been more seriously discussing the feasibility and merits of a BP takeover with its…
Read MoreTemu ditches Chinese imports model to avoid Trump’s tariffs
[NEW YORK] Temu is abandoning the model centred around cheap Chinese imports that catapulted it to success in the US, aiming to sell only goods from local merchants to American consumers for the foreseeable future. PDD Holdings’s online retail phenom, which much like Shein Group burst onto the scene just a few years ago with…
Read MoreElon Musk Wins Major Vote to Build His Own City in Texas as He Gets a Step Closer to His Dream to Colonize Mars
Elon Musk has won a vote to create his own city in Texas as part of his ambitious plan to one day colonize Mars. Musk plans to convert SpaceX’s headquarters in Boca Chica, at the southernmost point of Texas, into a city called Starbase. Locals voted 173-4 in favor of Musk to incorporate Starbase as…
Read MoreIndia’s largest bank plans to raise 250 billion rupees in share sale
[MUMBAI] State Bank of India, or SBI, plans to raise 250 billion rupees (S$3.8 billion) through new shares and this fiscal year, marking the first equity raising by the state lender in seven years. Net income at the country’s biggest lender fell 9.9 per cent to 186.4 billion rupees in the three months to March,…
Read MoreWho Is Greg Abel? Warren Buffett’s Successor as Berkshire Hathaway CEO Is Canadian-Born Billionaire Who Is a Doting Dad and Leads a Humble Life
Greg Abel, who has been chosen by Warren Buffett as the next CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is a Canadian-born near-billionaire who, despite his wealth, leads a humble and down-to-earth lifestyle in Des Moines, Iowa, and has devoted several years to the company. Abel is one of Buffett’s most trusted lieutenants. Abel, 62, has been with…
Read MoreStraco chair Wu Hsioh Kwang elevates his stake
[singapore] Over the four trading sessions from Apr 25 to 30, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$56.4 million, reversing the preceding five sessions’ institutional outflow of S$14 million. This brings the net institutional outflow for the 2025 year to Apr 30 to S$1.73 billion. Institutional flows The stocks…
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