Posts by Swedan Margen
Karen Bass: Los Angeles Mayor Secretly Altered Official Palisades Fire Analysis Report to Avoid City and Fire Department’s Failures
Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly changed the city’s official report on the Palisades Fire response in a bid to avoid criticism and minimize mistakes made by both the city and the fire department when the deadly blaze initially broke out, according to a bombshell new report. Bass, after reviewing an early draft of…
Read MoreMalaysia sees further upside for ringgit, 2026 growth forecast
Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 02:51 PM [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian ringgit, Asia’s top performing currency in the past year, still has potential to gain as the economy continues to perform strongly, Second Finance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan said, indicating that growth forecasts may be revised higher. The ringgit was undervalued last year and…
Read MoreMan Convicted of Killing Wife, Her Lover at Palm Desert Hotel After She Told Him She Wanted a Divorce
A 36-year-old man who ambushed his wife and her lover in the parking lot of a Palm Desert hotel, stabbing them both to death, has been convicted of murder. Kenny Wu was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder over the slayings of his wife Yaying “YaYa” Wu and her lover Jesus Sanchez in Palm…
Read MoreBillionaire owners seen posing challenge for new OCBC chief Tan
[SINGAPORE] As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of OCBC, one of his main challenges may be winning over the billionaire sitting across the boardroom table. Lee Tih Shih, whose family has been the largest shareholder of South-east Asia’s No 2 bank by assets for almost a century, has long kept a firm grip on…
Read MoreOCBC’s billionaire owners seen posing challenge for new CEO Tan Teck Long
The bank split the jobs of chairman and CEO in 1998, and have appointed outside professionals for both positions since 2003 [SINGAPORE] As Tan Teck Long takes the helm of OCBC, one of his main challenges may be winning over the billionaire sitting across the boardroom table. Lee Tih Shih, whose family has been the…
Read More3-Year-Old Dies as Child’s Father Shot by Officers During Hostage Situation in Las Vegas
A 3-year-old child and an armed suspect was killed during a hostage situation in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning. The incident took place around 1:20 a.m. in the 8400 block of S. Maryland Parkway, between Windmill Lane and Wigwam Parkway, according to Capt. Ryan Wiggins of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. Officers responded to the…
Read MoreBYD shifts to local parts in Brazil factory in bid for market leadership
Since October, the automaker has produced about 25,000 cars at the industrial complex Published Thu, Feb 5, 2026 · 01:29 PM [CAMACARI] Chinese automaker BYD is aiming to produce and source 50 per cent of its vehicle components locally at its new Brazilian factory by the end of 2026, the company’s top executive in the…
Read MoreMissouri Woman Who Lured Pregnant Arkansas Victim on Facebook, Then Cut Her Fetus from Womb to Claim Baby as Her Own, Sentenced
A convicted 45-year-old woman who lured a pregnant victim into an ambush in Arkansas and cut out her fetus in a botched scheme to “claim” the child as her own, changed her plea in in Benton County Court to guilty on Wednesday to guilty. Amber Waterman, of Pineville, Mo. pleaded guilty in Arkansas to two…
Read MoreAnalysts lift target prices for Singtel after STT GDC deal – with highest upside over 10%
[SINGAPORE] At least two brokerages have raised their target prices for Singtel, following the telco’s move to acquire a stake in data centre operator STT GDC as part of a KKR-led consortium. That would be the biggest ever data centre deal in Southeast Asia, according to Reuters. CGS International (CGSI) raised its target price to…
Read MoreSingtel shares close 2.6% lower after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.9 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) as part of a…
Read MoreSingtel shares fall as much as 3.7% after two-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.7 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator STT GDC as part of a KKR-led consortium. The counter dropped…
Read MoreSingtel shares fall as much as 3.7% after 2-day rally on STT GDC deal
The telco and KKR will acquire the remaining 82% stake that they do not own in STT GDC [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singtel fell as much as 3.7 per cent after surging for two days, following the confirmation of its purchase of data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) as part of a…
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