Posts by Liam Redmond
Oil market, long numb to war risk, confronts weekend of worry
The past two years of escalating tensions in the Middle East have taught oil traders to be sanguine about the risk of disruption to oil supplies. The barrage of headlines has revived memories of the political upheavals and prices spikes of the 1970s – and yet even when oil prices have jumped, it inevitably proved…
Read MoreShohei Ohtani snaps long ball drought with two dingers, now has 250 career homers
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani had never gone 10 games without hitting a homer for the Los Angeles Dodgers until this month. The three-time MVP ended his drought Saturday night — and then started making up for lost time. Ohtani hit two homers against the Giants, emphatically reaching 25 homers for the fifth consecutive season…
Read MoreUS dollar’s tepid rebound reinforces questions around haven role
The US dollar’s muted rally against major peers after Israel’s strikes on Iran reinforced the impression that the greenback’s role as a global haven currency is fading. A Bloomberg gauge of the US dollar gained as much as 0.6 per cent at one point on Friday (Jun 13) after Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities…
Read MoreWho Is Jenny Boelter? Wife of Suspected Minnesota Assassin Vance Boelter Detained after Traffic Stop as Cops Find Multiple Passports, Weapon in Car
The wife of alleged political assassin Vance Boelter was detained and is currently being interrogated after police found a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports in her car during a traffic stop on Saturday morning, according to a report. Jenny Boelter was pulled over by police around 10 a.m. on Saturday while traveling with several family…
Read MoreThe ‘ridiculous’ Korn Ferry Tour rule that left New Jersey native Ryan McCormick annoyed at US Open
OAKMONT, Pa. — Ryan McCormick, who made the cut at the U.S. Open on the number on Friday at 7-over par, should be exhilarated to be playing the weekend at Oakmont, his first major championship. But McCormick, one of five Metro Area players in the field this week, expressed disappointment when he finished his third…
Read MoreIran Fires Fresh Round of Missiles and Kills Eight Israeli Civilians as Israel Pounds Tehran With Bombs Escalating Tensions
Israel and Iran exchanged another wave of deadly attacks on late Saturday, resulting in overnight strikes that killed at least eight civilians in Israel and targeted the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tehran. Iran launched a massive barrage of missiles on Sunday in retaliation for Israel’s earlier preemptive strike earlier in the week, according…
Read MoreTrump says Iran would face military might ‘at levels never seen before’ if it attacks US
President Donald Trump said early on Sunday that if Iran attacks the United States in any way, it would face the might of the US military “at levels never seen before.” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that the US had nothing to do with an attack on Iran overnight and that “we can…
Read MoreThe low-cost carriers that have taken to Singapore skies
[SINGAPORE] News of the impending shutdown of Jetstar Asia, with the loss of more than 500 jobs, has sent shockwaves through the aviation sector. Comments on social media site Reddit lamented the budget carrier’s closure as it was the only airline that plied between Singapore and the holiday destinations of Okinawa in Japan, Wuxi in…
Read MoreCharles Barkley insists NBA Finals is ‘a wrap’ after Thunder’s Game 4 escape
Charles Barkley is ready to call this year’s NBA Finals in favor of the Thunder. Following Oklahoma City’s 111-104 road victory over the Pacers on Friday night, Barkley said the Thunder now have a huge advantage and called the series “a wrap” after the game. “Yeah, I think they are in trouble,” Barkley said of…
Read MoreDiversified S-Reits’ operating performance remains resilient amid market uncertainties
[SINGAPORE] Diversified real estate investment trusts (Reits) hold a mixture of assets across multiple sub-sectors such as industrial, retail, office and hospitality, offering investors the prospect of portfolio stability and flexibility. The larger diversified Reits in the Singapore market, or S-Reits, include Straits Times Index (STI) counters such as CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), Mapletree…
Read MoreVance Luther Boelter: Minnesota Mad Who Killed Lawmaker and Shot Another Runs Security Company and Ties to Africa and Middle East
The Minnesota man wanted in connection with the Saturday morning killing of a state legislator and the shooting of another runs a security agency and reportedly has links to the Middle East and Africa, his online biographies showed. Vance Luther Boelter lists himself on LinkedIn as the CEO of the Red Lion Group, a company…
Read MoreDebt to decarbonisation: challenges for Nippon Steel
[TOKYO] Nippon Steel on Saturday (Jun 14) touted a “historic partnership” with US Steel after US President Donald Trump approved a multi-billion-dollar merger. But the Japanese giant faces numerous headwinds going forward. Here are some of the challenges facing the company, from trade tariffs to lacklustre global demand: US conditions Nippon Steel and US Steel…
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