Posts by Liam Redmond
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq touch record highs after tame inflation data
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 09:42 PM [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Friday (Jun 27) as a benign inflation report supported hopes for a dovish policy outlook from the US Federal Reserve this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 118.8 points, or 0.27 per cent,…
Read MoreAnastasia Beverly Hills’ first-ever sunscreen is like three products in one
Page Six may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Anastasia Beverly Hills‘ latest launch is primed to be a Hollywood hit. While the brand’s best known for its brow products, this summer it’s diving into the skincare category for the…
Read MoreSygnum is sole new unicorn from South-east Asia in H1 2025: report
[SINGAPORE] Digital asset group Sygnum has emerged as the sole new unicorn from South-east Asia in the first half of 2025, data platform Tracxn said in a report released on Thursday (Jun 26). The Singapore-based firm attained unicorn status in January 2025, after three rounds of funding and a total of eight investors before its…
Read MoreSen. Gillibrand rips NYC mayor hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s controversial intifada comments, insists he should ‘denounce it’
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has ripped mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s controversial comments on intifada — insisting the Democratic socialist should emphatically “denounce it” if he wants to rep the Big Apple. Gillibrand, a pro-Israel Democrat, laid into Mamdani for refusing to condemn the “globalize the intifada” rallying cry used by others as she demanded…
Read MoreEdwin Díaz’s vintage season may force the Mets into a complicated free-agent decision
Pete Alonso isn’t the only high-profile Mets player putting up All-Star-level numbers who may opt out after the season in search of a long-term contract. Quietly, Edwin Díaz is having a superb campaign in the third season of a five-year contract with the Mets worth $102 million. Díaz has pitched to a 1.99 ERA in…
Read MoreCCCS okays Tamarind Health’s proposed acquisition of TalkMed
[SINGAPORE] The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has cleared Tamarind Health’s proposed acquisition of tertiary healthcare service provider TalkMed Group on Friday (Jun 27). The competition watchdog assessed that the proposed transaction will not substantially lessen competition within the Singapore market. TW Troy, a special purpose vehicle managed by Tamarind Health, proposed to…
Read MoreSwiss-American eye care firm Alcon launches expanded Tuas manufacturing facility
[SINGAPORE] Alcon, a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specialising in eye care products, opened its expanded manufacturing and logistics facility in Tuas on Friday (Jun 27). This brings its total investment in Singapore to more than US$600 million since opening its first manufacturing site here in 2005. Located in Tuas Biomedical Park, the facility…
Read MoreMystery US$33 billion Chinese medicine fortune collapses in days
[HONG KONG] When Yat-Gai Au was worth US$33 billion on paper, he was not in his Hong Kong office. One week later, when his net worth plunged to US$10.1 billion, he was not around either. Officers at the headquarters of Regencell Bioscience Holdings said both times that Au only takes short visits there, before turning…
Read MoreSingapore stocks track overnight Wall Street gains on Friday; STI up 0.7%
[SINGAPORE] Local stocks tracked overnight Wall Street gains to end higher on Friday (Jun 27). The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.7 per cent or 27.74 points to 3,966.2. Across the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 309 to 202, after 1.8 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion changed hands. Regional markets were mixed. The Nikkei…
Read MoreFBI releases new lead into murder of college baseball pitcher killed in California park while playing Pokémon GO in 2016
New information regarding the killing of a rising college baseball prospect gunned down while playing Pokémon Go in San Francisco was released on Tuesday — nearly a decade after the case went cold. The FBI released a new sketch of a second person of interest, believed to be involved with the murder of 20-year-old Calvin…
Read MoreUnilever to pay US$1.5 billion for men’s grooming brand Dr Squatch
The deal was announced earlier this week by all three parties, without disclosing financial details Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 04:28 PM [LONDON] Unilever is paying US$1.5 billion to buy men’s personal care brand Dr Squatch from private-equity firm Summit Partners, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Jun 27), citing sources. The deal was…
Read MoreJapan private-sector rice imports soar in May
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 03:55 PM [TOKYO] Japan’s private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a major headache for both consumers and policymakers. Some 10,600 metric tons of so-called staple rice – which is consumed at meals as opposed to rice used for…
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