Posts by Liam Redmond
ASL Marine soars up to 9.3% on share placement; Yangzijiang Shipbuilding falls as much as 3.7% on port fees
The shipbuilders are subject to contrasting investor views on their fortunes. [SINGAPORE] Shares of ASL Marine surged as much as 9.3 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 14), while those of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding tumbled up to 3.7 per cent as investors took contrasting views of their fortunes. ASL Marine last Friday announced that its share placement…
Read MoreFantasy football Week 7 waiver wire adds: Be wary of popular running back
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. We are in the middle of the NFL bye weeks, injuries are piling up, and selecting the right players for your fantasy football roster can be difficult if you…
Read MoreStream It Or Skip It: ‘DMV’ on CBS, a comedy about people who work in a place everyone hates
It really feels like there is a formula to the workplace comedy these days. You have the awkward but well-meaning center of the show, oddball coworkers like the one who cares too much and the one who doesn’t care at all, and then clients who act like clueless jerks. A new CBS comedy has all…
Read MoreOil settles higher as US, China try to de-escalate trade tensions
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has kept its relatively high global oil demand growth forecasts unchanged for this year and next [NEW YORK] Oil prices rose on Monday (Oct 13) after assurances that US President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later in October, easing a flare-up in trade tensions…
Read MoreBears vs. Commanders prediction: ‘Monday Night Football’ best bets, pick
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Week 6 of the NFL season brings us a pair of ‘Monday Night Football’ matchups to bet on. The headliner is Bears vs. Commanders, a rematch of one of the…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs loses senior bankers after leadership reshuffles, dealmaking pause
Despite the departures, Goldman still tops Wall Street’s league tables for mergers and acquisitions [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs has lost more than a dozen senior investment bankers this year, a higher number than normal, after internal shake-ups and a sluggish start, opens new tab to 2025 drove them to seek new opportunities, according to three…
Read MorePresident Trump hailed as a ‘colossus’ and ‘giant of Jewish history’ during address in Israeli parliament
President Trump was hailed as a “colossus” and a “giant of Jewish history” who is the most deserving leader in history to get the Nobel Peace Prize. “You, President Donald J. Trump, are a colossus who will be enshrined in the pantheon of history thousands of years from now,” Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said to…
Read MoreHong Kong’s bourse operator expands commodities business with Dubai unit
HONG Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) launched a new unit in Dubai to advance its commodities business, the exchange operator said on Monday (Oct 13). Commodity Pricing and Analysis Limited (CPAL), the bourse operator’s new Dubai-based subsidiary, will operate as a commodities pricing administrator, providing independent price reporting and market analysis for the global metals…
Read MoreFirst of last living Israeli hostages freed by Hamas after 737 days of hell — as peace deal takes hold
Hamas has begun freeing the last remaining 20 living hostages in Gaza after 737 days in hellish captivity following a historic peace deal forged by President Trump. The first seven hostages were freed and transferred to Israeli forces by the Red Cross Monday morning, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed. They are Gali and Ziv Berman,…
Read MoreUS-China friction sends Asian currencies to five-month low
The risk-off sentiment has extended beyond currency markets, with regional stocks also slumping [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies slipped to the weakest levels since May as renewed trade tensions between the US and China induced caution among traders. The Bloomberg Asia Dollar Spot Index fell as much as 0.2 per cent to 91.51 on Monday (Oct 13),…
Read MoreBank Indonesia’s heavy bond buying to continue, analysts say
Although the central bank has cut rates by 1.25 percentage points this year, lending rates at commercial banks have so far declined at a much slower pace [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank will buy as much as 200 trillion rupiah (S$15.7 billion) of government debt in the secondary market next year, according to analysts, keeping up…
Read MoreStream It Or Skip It: ‘The Chair Company’ on HBO, where Tim Robinson is a tightly-wound project manager who stumbles into a conspiracy after an embarrassing accident
Tim Robinson has made his post-SNL years a success by having a keen sense of satire and parody, and an innate ability to play hilariously aggrieved everyman. That was what we saw during his Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave, and he’s carried it to his new HBO series, which is a comedic…
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