Posts by Liam Redmond
NEA issues notices to 10 Singapore-based companies, including Wilmar and APP, over haze
It seeks information on firms’ Indonesian land concessions, corporate links and measures to prevent, fight fires [SINGAPORE] The National Environment Agency (NEA) has issued notices to 10 Singapore-registered companies, including Wilmar International and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), seeking information on their operations and potential links to the haze affecting Singapore. In a statement on…
Read MoreJio’s record IPO draws strong demand, defying India market rout
However, its overall subscription trails some other large offerings from the country in recent years Published Fri, Oct 23, 2026 · 09:18 PM [MUMBAI] Jio Platforms’ US$3.1 billion initial public offering drew strong demand, particularly from institutional investors, as the country’s biggest share sale defied the drag of a week-long sell-off in Indian equities. The…
Read MoreGemini for Business Adds Brand, Marketing and Finance Tools
Google has added a set of business tools to the Gemini app, and small business owners are the target. According to BestMediaInfo, the company announced the update on October 20, 2026. It covers brand creation, marketing, and financial analysis in one place. If you are a solo founder juggling design, ads, and bookkeeping, this is…
Read MoreHumanoid Robots Head to the Factory Floor at AGCO
AGCO and Agility Robotics have signed a commercial agreement to pilot humanoid robots at AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas, plant. The companies announced the deal on October 20, 2026. The pilot is expected to begin in 2027. Humanoid robots in manufacturing have mostly been demos. A farm equipment giant putting one in a real factory is a…
Read MoreCops discover California schoolgirl shooting plotters’ secret list of targets — as likely motive revealed
Two teenage girls plotted to shoot up a Riverside County high school and penned a list of exactly who they’d kill, police revealed. Source link
Read MoreAI Customer Service Rules: NYC Proposes a Human Off-Ramp
New York City wants to stop customer service bots from trapping people in endless loops. On October 20, 2026, the city’s consumer agency proposed a rule covering chatbots and other automated support tools. Violators would face restitution and fines that start at $525. If you run a small team, you may have added a chatbot…
Read MoreAutonomous Aircraft Startup Reliable Robotics Hits Unicorn Status
Reliable Robotics has extended its Series D with a $115 million financing, TechCrunch reported on October 20, 2026. The Mountain View autonomous aircraft startup says the round pushes its valuation beyond $1 billion. It is building flight automation that can be installed on aircraft that already exist. The company was co-founded by SpaceX alumni and…
Read MoreLLM API Pricing Climbs as Alibaba Lifts DeepSeek Rates
Alibaba quietly raised the list price of a popular budget model, according to a price tracker run by Stork AI. Its report dated October 20, 2026 shows DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 output pricing moving from $0.40 to $1.32 per million tokens. Input pricing more than doubled as well. If you build products on top of…
Read MoreWorld’s largest offshore wind platform by Seatrium consortium on track to be completed by 2028
Once operational, the 2 GW platform will weigh more than 30,000 tonnes with a base area of close to 8,200 sq m [SINGAPORE] The world’s largest 2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind platform is on track to set sail in 2028, despite challenges caused by the Iran war. The platform is the first of four high-voltage…
Read MoreIndonesian stocks with high shareholding concentrations to be excluded from index starting Nov 2
Published Thu, Oct 22, 2026 · 02:55 PM [JAKARTA] Stocks of Indonesian companies with high shareholding concentrations will be excluded from the Jakarta composite index starting from Nov 2, according to an announcement by the country’s stock exchange on Thursday (Oct 22). The exclusion is part of Indonesia‘s capital market reforms, and comes after index provider MSCI…
Read MoreNo direct exposure to Indonesia fires: Olam
The group says it was not aware of any formal regulatory inquiries or notices relating to the fires [SINGAPORE] Neither Olam Group nor Olam Agri owns or operates oil palm plantations or concessions in Indonesia, and therefore has no direct operational exposure to recent forest and peatland fires, the agri group said on Wednesday (Oct…
Read MoreFCT to turn Causeway Point’s former cinema space into reading hub in mall revamp
An asset-enhancement initiative is slated to start in Q2 2027 and be completed by end-2029 [SINGAPORE] Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) will repurpose the former cinema space at Causeway Point into a 32,000 square foot community reading destination as it moves to revamp the Woodlands mall. The HomePage @ Causeway Point, developed with the National Library…
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