Posts by Kim Browne
Republicans Forced to Remove Sale of Public Lands From Budget Bill
President Trump went on a wordy, meandering rant against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the congresswoman called for his impeachment. “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her…
Read MoreFrasers Centrepoint Trust prices S$200 million perpetual securities at 3.98%
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Centrepoint Trust’s (FCT) trustee HSBC Institutional Trust Services has priced S$200 million subordinated perpetual securities at 3.98 per cent under its S$3 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme. The securities will be issued in denominations of S$250,000 each, and OCBC has been appointed as the sole lead manager, said FCT’s manager in a bourse…
Read MoreTrump Dodges Crucial Question on Iran Ceasefire Agreement
President Trump went on a wordy, meandering rant against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the congresswoman called for his impeachment. “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her…
Read More“LOSER”: Trump Escalates Beef With Republican Rep Who Called Him Out
Donald Trump just whacked the ball back to Russia with a string of eyebrow-furrowing comments on nuclear arms. On Sunday, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on social media that Russia’s “production of nuclear weapons” would continue. “A number of countries are ready to directly supply…
Read MoreICE Barbie Kristi Noem Announces Twisted Plan for FEMA Cash
A controversial immigrant detention center under construction in Florida will be bankrolled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” would repurpose a defunct airstrip in the Everglades in service of Trump’s draconian immigration agenda. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier unveiled plans for the facility…
Read MoreTrump Unloads on Fed Chair Over Tanking U.S. Economy
Donald Trump just whacked the ball back to Russia with a string of eyebrow-furrowing comments on nuclear arms. On Sunday, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on social media that Russia’s “production of nuclear weapons” would continue. “A number of countries are ready to directly supply…
Read MoreUS: Wall St indexes open higher after Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement
Published Tue, Jun 24, 2025 · 09:43 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Jun 24) as President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, calming investor nerves after the 12-day conflict hurt global risk assets and fanned inflation concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 225.3 points, or…
Read MoreIncome Insurance to explore other share liquidity options after scuppered Allianz deal: departing chairman Ronald Ong
[SINGAPORE] Income Insurance is “keeping its options open” over various share liquidity options, which could include a share-buyback programme, said its retiring chairman Ronald Ong at the insurer’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday (Jun 24). He reiterated that if German insurer Allianz’s proposed offer in July 2024 to buy a majority stake in Income…
Read MoreFinding opportunities in disclosures
[SINGAPORE] Sustainability and climate reporting continue to face widespread resistance among businesses – many of which do not view these issues as material or consistent with business objectives. But global markets’ gradual move towards mandatory reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – especially climate-related disclosures – goes beyond providing insights on the sustainability…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Erupts at Journos over Iran—and Reveals a Weakness
Casten: Yeah. Look, I wish Rubio and Vance would treat Donald Trump like the president of the U.S. and not the Supreme Leader of the U.S. This is the same descent into autocracy. Those people should be better than that. I do just want to highlight, because I think one of the big concerns on…
Read MoreBig US banks expected to ace stress tests, boost dividends
[NEW YORK] The biggest US lenders are expected to clear the Federal Reserve’s annual health check this year, showing they have ample capital that can be used to boost dividends, analysts said. The results of the central bank’s so-called “stress tests” on Friday (Jun 27) will determine how much cash lenders would need to hold…
Read MoreNew York City Can Do Better Than Andrew Cuomo
New York City’s eight million inhabitants are used to a certain amount of ambient misery. Bags of trash line the streets from time to time, although the city recently spent $1.6 million on McKinsey consultants who told them they could and should use wheeled bins instead. There are more rodents than people. They (the people,…
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