Posts by Liam Redmond
This isn’t a good $ign for NY comptroller candidate
ALBANY – A perennially unsuccessful Brooklyn-based candidate for office is now running to oversee the state’s finances as comptroller — but the bean-counter wannabe couldn’t even get his latest campaign finance filing in on time. Adem Bunkeddeko, asked about his tardy filing — which was submitted five days after the Jan. 15 deadline — claimed it…
Read MoreBo Nix’s return timeline comes into focus after ankle surgery
Bo Nix won’t be lacing up his spikes anytime soon. The Broncos quarterback is expected to be out for 12 weeks after undergoing season-ending ankle surgery, ESPN reported Sunday ahead of Denver’s AFC Championship clash against New England. Nix — who fractured a bone in his right ankle in last Saturday’s thrilling 33-30 overtime win…
Read MoreAirbus CEO warns of new risks after ‘significant’ trade damage
‘The industrial landscape in which we operate is sown with difficulties,’ says Guillaume Faury Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 08:16 PM [PARIS] The head of Airbus has warned staff that the plane-maker must be ready to adapt to unsettling new geopolitical risks after facing “significant” logistical and financial damage from US protectionism and US-China…
Read MoreMarket on high alert for yen intervention after Takaichi warning
Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 07:53 PM TRADERS will start the week on heightened alert of Japan government intervention to halt the yen’s recent slide – possibly with rare US assistance – as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of action on abnormal moves. Speculation of intervention is building after traders reported during the US…
Read MoreExclusive | NYC homeless living high life under Mayor Mamdani’s new policies
The homeless have a new perk thanks to Mayor Zohran Mamdani: turndown service. City sanitation workers did everything this week but put mints on the greasy pillows atop makeshift beds in a booming shantytown below a Queens overpass. Community leaders and residents complained that hobos were taking advantage of the socialist pol’s softer new guidelines…
Read MoreFloating rates are back on the radar, but fixed mortgages still rule Singapore’s home loans
After several years of rate volatility, many borrowers are placing greater emphasis on certainty [SINGAPORE] Interest in floating-rate home loans is picking up in Singapore as borrowing costs fall and expectations build for further rate cuts, but fixed-rate mortgages remain the preferred choice for most homeowners amid lingering uncertainty over where rates will settle. Market…
Read MoreSpeculative frenzy catapults silver above US$100/oz
Analysts say rapid nature of precious metal’s gains position it for a major correction Published Sun, Jan 25, 2026 · 06:00 PM [LONDON] Silver prices vaulted above US$100 an ounce on Friday (Jan 23), extending a remarkable 2025 surge into the new year as retail investor and momentum-driven buying added to a prolonged spell of…
Read MoreFear comes to India’s property developers
How much further will the current bout of pessimism run? The answer depends on how the industry boosts its efficiency WITH markets from Tokyo to New York on edge this week, the warning sign flashing around a large Mumbai builder didn’t get much attention. But Indian investors were keeping a close eye. When Oberoi Realty missed analysts’ forecasts for…
Read MoreWall Street grapples with new risk: A European buyers’ strike
Money managers from London to Berlin to Madrid have been increasingly fielding inquiries from clients about ways to at least lighten up on US assets US COMMERCE Secretary Howard Lutnick told the elites gathered in Davos that the Trump administration believes globalisation is “a failed policy” that left America behind. A day later, his boss,…
Read MoreCharles Bediako plays first game back with Alabama after previously signing NBA contract
Another former professional basketball player has gone back to school. Charles Bediako, who has already spent multiple seasons in the G League, played in his first game back with Alabama during their 79-73 loss against Tennessee on Saturday night. Bediako finished the game with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, along with two steals and two…
Read MoreJardine Matheson buys back shares; Soon Hock’s Tan Yeow Khoon builds stake
Institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks from Jan 16 to 22, with net institutional inflow of S$1.7 million [SINGAPORE] For the five trading sessions spanning Jan 16 to 22, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of S$1.7 million, taking the net inflow for the month to S$272.7 million. Stocks…
Read MoreChaotic moment federal officer reached for gun revealed in close-up analysis of Minneapolis armed anti-ICE protester shooting
Close-up videos of the fatal Minneapolis shooting showed protester Alex Jeffrey Pretti was armed with a gun — with the agent who fired the more than a dozen shots clearly reacting to something that alarmed him amid the chaos. It’s unclear if Pretti had drawn the weapon and was immediately disarmed, if an officer had pulled…
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