Posts by Liam Redmond
Wealth ambitions, AI threats and war risks: 4 takeaways from Singapore banks’ Q1 results
The Big Three banks DBS, OCBC and UOB all post earnings that beat street expectations [SINGAPORE] Another quarter, another results season wrapped up for Singapore’s trio of local lenders. DBS, UOB and OCBC all posted earnings that beat street expectations for the first three months of 2026, even as lower interest rates continued to weigh…
Read MoreGeneral Motors to pay $12.5 million to settle claims that it illegally sold California driver data
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.5 million dollars to settle claims that the automaker illegally sold location and driving data of hundreds of thousands of Californians, state officials said Friday. The settlement is an example of how automakers are facing more scrutiny over allegations that they share driver data with the insurance industry, influencing…
Read More‘Price Is Right’ contestant wins $240,000 in record-smashing episode: See how she did it
A contestant on The Price is Right just made history by winning almost a quarter million dollars in a single pricing game. Vanesa from Vermont took home $240,150 and a “mother-daughter trip” to Morocco, marking the largest prize won in a single pricing game in the game show’s 54-year history, according to the network. This…
Read More7 ways seasoned founders make hard personnel calls with empathy
You don’t realize how heavy leadership feels until someone’s livelihood is tied to your decisions. Early on, hiring feels like momentum. Later, you learn the other side of that coin. The missed expectations, the culture mismatches, the quiet underperformance you hoped would self-correct. Making a hard personnel call is rarely about one moment. It is…
Read MoreStop Overthinking SMS Start With Cart Abandonment
Marketers keep staring at last quarter’s charts and miss what matters now. I’ve built companies on a different rule. Compare your performance to the market today, not your past. That mindset shift is the difference between spinning and scaling. It’s also why brands hesitating on SMS are leaving money on the table. Here’s my stance.…
Read MoreSony, Nintendo grapple with memory price surge as AI boom constrains supply
Published Fri, May 8, 2026 · 06:59 PM [TOKYO] Nintendo and Sony both flagged the impact from surging memory prices on their games businesses on Friday, as the artificial intelligence boom constrains chip supply and deepens disruptions across the tech sector. Memory chip prices doubled in the first quarter alone from the previous quarter and are forecast…
Read MoreFreeport Indonesia pushes back Grasberg copper restart by a year
Prices for the metal have surged to a record in January on a wave of speculative buying Published Fri, May 8, 2026 · 12:36 PM [LONDON] Freeport Indonesia pushed back the full restart of its giant Grasberg copper mine by a year, worsening supply constraints that are already impacting the global market for the metal.…
Read MoreCalifornia tech company Cloudflare to lay off more than 1,000 workers, cites AI
Cloudflare is laying off 20% of its staff, the latest technology company to announce big cuts as it uses more artificial intelligence-powered tools. The San Francisco web performance and cybersecurity company said it was getting rid of 1,100 people. “The way we work at Cloudflare has fundamentally changed,” Chief Executive Matthew Prince and Chief Operating…
Read MoreRaiders add six potential starters on defense via NFL draft, free agency
With so much of the Raiders’ offseason focus on new quarterback Fernando Mendoza, it’s easy to overlook how many changes and additions they made to their defense. Between the draft and free agency, they potentially added up to six new starters, completely overhauled their inside linebacker room and infused that side of the ball with…
Read More8 ways to lead your company without abandoning yourself
If you’re building a company right now, there’s a good chance you’ve quietly started trading pieces of yourself for progress. You say yes when you mean no, push through burnout because “this is what founders do,” and shape-shift depending on who’s in the room. From the outside, it can look like commitment. From the inside,…
Read More7 hard lessons founders learn about self-worth and results
Founders often begin their journey with a powerful belief that effort equals outcome. Work harder, move faster, care more, and success should follow. Over time, reality introduces a more complicated equation. The gap between self-worth and results becomes one of the most difficult things to understand and accept. These lessons are rarely taught directly, but…
Read MoreMoney Comes And Goes, Curiosity Stays
Entrepreneurship tests your spirit. The wins feel great. The grind can feel brutal. My take is simple: money is a byproduct, not the point. Purpose and curiosity keep you going when the day feels heavy. My stance: build a life that fuels your drive, then build the business. If your why is real, the cash…
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