Posts by Liam Redmond
How the Iran war is fuelling wild swings in interest-rate bets
Middle East conflict has clouded the outlook for inflation and economic growth across the globe [WASHINGTON] The Iran war has clouded the outlook for inflation and economic growth across the globe and, in turn, where interest rates might be heading. The uncertainty is stirring volatility in interest-rate swap markets, where traders wager on what central…
Read MoreConsumers aren’t clicking the PayPal button. It’s a big problem for California’s fintech pioneer
PayPal, once the cutting-edge trailblazer of digital payments, is struggling to cash in on consumer clicks like it used to. The San José fintech giant is losing market share to competitors and had to swap out its leadership recently as its shares plunged, and it scrambled for a faster fix. When online shoppers reach the…
Read MoreMicrosoft charts US$10 billion of outlays in AI-eager Japan
It will invest in cybersecurity partnerships and train a million AI engineers through 2029 Published Fri, Apr 3, 2026 · 05:34 PM [TOKYO] Microsoft unveiled a four-year, US$10 billion investment package for Japan, a major pillar of its Asia-wide artificial intelligence push. The early OpenAI backer will develop cloud and AI infrastructure alongside Sakura Internet…
Read MoreWall Street money managers hunker down as Iran war rages on
Published Fri, Apr 3, 2026 · 12:34 PM [NEW YORK] Five weeks of war with Iran have wiped trillions off global stocks, pushed oil past US$100 and kept it there and repriced wagers on interest rates and inflation. This week was supposed to bring clarity on when, and how, all that disruption would end. Investors…
Read MoreFeds shine in big California hospice fraud bust
To reach the alleged fraudsters, agents had to saw through metal. That’s a fine metaphor for the task of prying entrenched, pervasive fraud out of scam-riddled California. Credit is due the Trump administration, for doing this vital, painstaking work the state itself has long neglected –– and for enforcing the law: a key step in addressing…
Read MoreStop Selling Newness, Start Selling Proof
New gets headlines, but proof gets customers. As a founder and marketer, I’ve learned that most buyers don’t want to be first. They want to feel safe, smart, and backed by evidence. My take is simple: if you’re selling anything new, your real product is trust, and trust is built with proof. Most people won’t…
Read More7 signs top founders know it’s time to pivot, not panic
You can feel it before you can articulate it. Growth stalls. Customer calls feel repetitive in the wrong way. Your team keeps pushing, but something underneath isn’t clicking. This is the uncomfortable middle where most founders start to panic. The best ones don’t. They slow down just enough to ask a harder question: is this…
Read MoreWall St opens lower after Trump’s comments dent Iran resolution hopes
Published Thu, Apr 2, 2026 · 09:47 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Apr 2), in the last session of a holiday-truncated week, after President Donald Trump signalled more aggressive attacks on Iran, dampening expectations for a swift end to the Middle East conflict. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell…
Read MoreSingapore biotech Mirxes misses 2025 results deadline as auditors probe vendor payments
[SINGAPORE] Local biotech company Mirxes has missed its mandatory deadline to publish full-year 2025 results after auditors flagged concerns over a “selected list of prepayments” to service providers and vendors. The Singapore-founded cancer diagnostics company had until Mar 31, 2026 to publish its results under Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) listing rules, but failed to…
Read MoreFlorida Democratic Party vice chair found dead in home, husband arrested
The vice chair of Florida’s Democratic Party who was reportedly planning a run for Congress was found dead in her home Wednesday morning and her husband was arrested in connection with the suspected domestic violence incident. Nancy Metayer Bowen, the 38-year-old vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died sometime in the morning at her home.…
Read More7 reasons the “move fast” mindset quietly destroys more startups than it builds
If you’ve spent any time in founder circles, you’ve probably felt the pressure to move faster. Ship faster. Hire faster. Pivot faster. It sounds like ambition, and sometimes it is. But more often, especially at the early-stage, it becomes a coping mechanism for uncertainty. You start confusing speed with progress, motion with momentum. And before…
Read More7 ways the best founders build strategy around cash, not ego
If you’ve been building for any amount of time, you’ve felt the tension between what looks impressive and what actually keeps your company alive. The flashy hire. The big launch. The office upgrade you tell yourself signals progress. But then you check your runway, and reality cuts through the narrative. The best founders I’ve seen…
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