Posts by Kim Browne
Singapore stocks rise amid mixed regional showing; STI up 0.5%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 297 to 140, after 985.7 million securities change hands [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Monday (Apr 6) amid mixed results from regional peers. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.5 per cent or 24.9 points to finish at 4,972.40. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding led the gainers on Singapore’s…
Read MoreQatar’s LNG tankers idle across Asia as export plant stays shut
Published Mon, Apr 6, 2026 · 11:53 AM [SINGAPORE] More than four-dozen empty Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers are idling across Asia, as the nation’s export plant remains shut and the Strait of Hormuz largely closed because of the war in the Middle East. The tankers are gathered in several locations, including West India,…
Read MorePeople Love to Blame “Ultra-Processed Food.” It’s Unhelpful.
The problem, however, is that Nova was not designed to adjudicate the nutritional properties of individual foods. It is designed to understand population-level health outcomes. While a growing body of research ties the consumption of ultra-processed foods to increased morbidity and deems them a “threat to public health,” deeper examination of the data tends to…
Read MoreThe Iran war is reshaping global aviation
The longer the war persists, the worse it will be for the carriers with bases in the Middle East [LONDON] For years, airlines in the US and Europe have gawked at the rise of Middle East carriers funnelling ever more passengers through their gleaming hubs in Dubai and Doha at competitive prices with the latest…
Read MoreAfter Yeo’s, Tiger Beer: Why some Singapore F&B firms leave – while others stay
Larger-scale manufacturers with overseas markets are seen as more likely to move operations out [SINGAPORE] The recent moves by two home-grown food and beverage (F&B) firms to downsize their Singapore operations and shift parts of their manufacturing overseas raise questions about whether others might follow. Tiger Beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) said on…
Read MoreRetail investors are net buyers of S‑Reits in March
[SINGAPORE] S‑Reits, as measured by the iEdge S‑Reit Index, slipped in the first quarter of 2026, as geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment. The index rose slightly in January, but declined 7 per cent in March amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, leading to negative total returns of 6.4 per cent in Q1 2026. …
Read MoreDemocrats Need New Stories
The MAGA figures pivoting to solar are stressing this distinction. Kellyanne Conway’s memo to American Energy First, detailing the results of the poll it commissioned, concludes by saying that “solar, unlike wind, is not viewed through a partisan lens; it is seen as a means to an end.” Since the survey summary doesn’t document any…
Read MoreNasa astronauts reach safe orbit in historic moon mission
[AUSTIN] Nasa’s crew of astronauts launched to space and reached a stable orbit, kicking off a landmark journey that will take them closer to the lunar surface than anyone has been in more than 50 years. The initial phase of the 10-day mission to lap the moon, a multibillion-dollar feat about a decade in the…
Read MoreMusk asks SpaceX IPO banks to buy Grok AI subscriptions, NYT reports
Published Sat, Apr 4, 2026 · 10:30 AM [BENGALURU] Elon Musk is requiring banks and other advisers working on SpaceX’s planned initial public offering (IPO) to buy subscriptions to Grok, his artificial intelligence chatbot, The New York Times reported on Friday (Apr 3), citing people familiar with the matter. Some banks have agreed to spend…
Read MoreNearly Two Dozen Democratic States Hit Trump With Elections Lawsuit
But Zarif is only on the periphery of power in Iran. The country’s current leadership is fronted by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of previous Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in February by a U.S.-Israeli joint operation. The junior Khamenei is considered even more extreme, and has been described as his father…
Read MoreMilitary Archbishop Says There’s No Way God Is Sponsoring This War
The conservative leader of Catholics in the U.S. military had some damning words for Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s holy war on Iran. Speaking in an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation set to air Sunday, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and one of the most conservative Catholic…
Read MoreThis Is Trump’s Only Comment as Second U.S. Plane Crashes in Iran War
But Zarif is only on the periphery of power in Iran. The country’s current leadership is fronted by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of previous Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in February by a U.S.-Israeli joint operation. The junior Khamenei is considered even more extreme, and has been described as his father…
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