Posts by Kim Browne
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?
Tapper and Thompson make it clear that several key people in Biden’s orbit understood that his health was declining and chose to do nothing. Others, including Biden and his family—and likely many others working closely with him—appeared to be in deep denial of what was obviously true: He was unwell. We now know that Biden…
Read MoreThe Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
Those problems led 136 rural hospitals, or about 3 percent, to close between 2010 and 2021. Almost three-fourths of those were in states that hadn’t expanded Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act, or had expanded it only within the previous year, hinting at how big a role the program plays in keeping those hospitals open.…
Read MoreBloomberg terminal outage disrupts bond sales across Europe
Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 05:57 PM — Updated Wed, May 21, 2025 · 06:30 PM [LONDON] News and data company Bloomberg suffered an outage to its terminal for financial professionals on Wednesday (May 21), disrupting numerous government bond sales and customer activity, according to several European debt management offices and market sources. Traders…
Read MoreBloomberg terminal back up after outage affects European bond sales
Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 05:57 PM — Updated Wed, May 21, 2025 · 07:10 PM [LONDON] News and data company Bloomberg said its systems were returning to normal on Wednesday (May 21) after a brief disruption earlier in the day that delayed numerous government bond sales and affected customer activity. “Our systems are…
Read MoreShould SingPost divest its headquarters building?
[SINGAPORE] The share price of Singapore Post (SingPost) said it all about investors’ attitude towards the national postal service provider’s latest set of financial results. The share price tanked 12 per cent on May 15 despite SingPost proposing a dividend of S$0.09 a share for FY2025 ended March, with the payout from the gain from…
Read MoreTime’s not ripe for SingPost to sell its flagship building
[SINGAPORE] The share price of Singapore Post (SingPost) said it all about investors’ attitude towards the national postal service provider’s latest set of financial results. The share price tanked 12 per cent on May 15 despite SingPost proposing a dividend of S$0.09 a share for FY2025 ended March, with the payout from the gain from…
Read More“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
President Trump has raged at Bruce Springsteen for days, demanding investigations as retaliation against him for criticizing the president. This is easy to dismiss as the usual lunacy, but Rolling Stone reports that there’s a genuine idea at work here: Trump has long planned to use government agencies to constrain his opponents’ political activities, and…
Read MoreYoma Strategic’s H2 profit falls 12.4% to US$18.3 million
[SINGAPORE] Yoma Strategic Holdings posted a 12.4 per cent decline in net profit for the second half-year ended Mar 31 to US$18.3 million, from US$20.9 million in the same period last year. This was mainly due to lower net fair value gains recorded on its investment properties in Myanmar, the conglomerate said in a regulatory…
Read MoreJulius Baer faces US$156 million loan loss charge
[ZURICH] Julius Baer Group said it’s booking another large loss from property developments it helped finance, just as the Swiss wealth manager is emerging from a crisis triggered by its exposure to Rene Benko’s Signa real estate empire. The Zurich-based bank disclosed late Tuesday (May 20) that it’s taking a loan-loss charge of US$156 million…
Read MoreAccenture to promote 50,000 staff after six-month delay
The move comes as the New York-listed company grapples with a pullback in client spending and greater scrutiny of US government contracts under US President Donald Trump Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 02:10 PM [MUMBAI] Accenture will promote almost 50,000 people worldwide in June as the company tries to boost morale after a six-month…
Read MoreCovid-19 testing demand surges as cases spike across Asia
Phase Scientific has developed the world’s first urine-based human papillomavirus test, and is planning to expand that business globally Published Wed, May 21, 2025 · 01:56 PM [BEIJING] Demand for Covid-19 tests is increasing in Hong Kong as cases surge in recent weeks, according to the top executive of diagnostic kit maker Phase Scientific International.…
Read MoreLabubu maker Pop Mart flagged for global expansion potential; CGSI initiates coverage
[Hong Kong] CGS International (CGSI) has initiated coverage on Pop Mart’s stock with an “add” rating, citing the group’s transformation from a toy retailer to an intellectual property (IP)-centric platform. CGSI set the price target for the Chinese stock at HK$249.60, versus its last price of HK$208 at Tuesday’s (May 20) close. That represents an…
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