Posts by Kim Browne
Trump Official Who Helped Kill USAID Now Using Its Funds for Himself
[ad_1] CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott equivocated, saying that pushing a woman to the ground “can be” considered a de-escalation tactic, “depending on the circumstances.” “I don’t know what happened before this. If an officer thinks that doing that is going to prevent any kind of a physical encounter, if there’s a weapon or anything else,…
Read MoreEpstein Was in Touch With Trump Team Just Before Inauguration
[ad_1] CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott equivocated, saying that pushing a woman to the ground “can be” considered a de-escalation tactic, “depending on the circumstances.” “I don’t know what happened before this. If an officer thinks that doing that is going to prevent any kind of a physical encounter, if there’s a weapon or anything else,…
Read MoreLendlease Global Commercial Reit posts 3.1% increase in H1 DPU to S$0.0185
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] The manager of Lendlease Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Friday (Feb 13) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0185 for the first half ended Dec 31, 2025. This was up 3.1 per cent from S$0.018 in the previous corresponding period. The higher DPU in H1 of the 2026 financial…
Read MoreVideo: The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth
[ad_1] new video loaded: The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers. By Ben Casselman, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, June Kim and Nikolay Nikolov February 13,…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Is a Weak, Failing President—Dems Should Act Like It
[ad_1] Tomasky: They truly do. I don’t think they have to make a series of awful choices between: “Do we go left, or do we go center?” I talk a little bit about that debate in the piece, too. There are genuine differences between progressives and centrists, but I think they can sometimes be overstated.…
Read MoreOffer for Low Keng Huat closes with 96.88% valid acceptances
[ad_1] The special-purpose vehicle will exercise its right to compulsorily acquire all remaining shares at the offer price of S$0.78 a share [SINGAPORE] The privatisation offer for construction and property developer Low Keng Huat succeeded on Friday (Feb 13), with valid acceptances representing 96.88 per cent of the total shares. As at the close of…
Read MoreHin Leong liquidator succeeds in High Court bid to wind up Yuantai Fuel Trading
[ad_1] During the Friday morning hearing, the bunker firm did not raise any objections to the order [SINGAPORE] The High Court granted a winding-up order against local bunker firm Yuantai Fuel Trading on Friday (Feb 13). This is the latest development arising from the liquidation of collapsed oil trading giant Hin Leong Trading. The application,…
Read MoreHow the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
[ad_1] If all politics is spectacle in the era of Donald Trump, few episodes illustrate this more vividly than that created by Republican governors who bused asylum-seeking immigrants from their states into Northern cities during Joe Biden’s presidency. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida ensured that in the run-up to Trump’s 2024…
Read MoreInstead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
[ad_1] Early last year, polls and media commentary suggested that crime would be the defining issue of the New York City mayoral race. Then, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign started to take off. By the end of the race, the news organizations that conduct exit polls asked voters to choose the top issue animating their votes among…
Read MoreTuck Lee Ice sues for S$500,000 over alleged ‘wrongful’ re-directing of search results
[ad_1] An online search for its name last year would show the results diverted and redirected to Superior Products Asia’s corporate name and website [SINGAPORE] Ice supplier Tuck Lee Ice has sued Superior Products Asia for S$500,000 over alleged passing off, impersonation and misrepresentation through “wrongfully” directing search results and associated online listings to the…
Read MoreSingapore stocks falter on Friday; STI down 1.6%
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] Singapore shares ended lower on Friday (Feb 13), tracking losses on regional indices. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) fell 1.6 per cent or 78.98 points to 4,937.78. Meanwhile, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index nudged down 0.4 per cent or 6.06 points to 1,513.52. Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 413…
Read MoreiFast unveils ‘Truly Global Business Model’, rebrands FSMOne to FSM Global
[ad_1] The group is repositioning itself to view its customers as international – not just from the markets in which it operates [SINGAPORE] Digital bank and wealth management platform iFast has unveiled its “Truly Global Business Model”, which realises its vision of serving customers across the globe from Singapore and Hong Kong to London. In…
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