Posts by Kim Browne
Spotify Paid $100 Million to Podcasters as Creator Wars Heat Up
Spotify has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers and creators since January, the company told The New York Times’s DealBook. The payout is the result of a program introduced in 2025 that opened up new revenue streams to eligible hosts. But it is also an attempt to draw more creators (and their audiences)…
Read MoreTranscript: Trump Blurts Out Revealing Admission on Abrego Garcia Case
Sargent: Chris, it looks to me like Donald Trump is actually trying to import Bukele’s style of authoritarian leadership into the U.S. He met with Bukele in the White House and the two of them were very, very friendly with one another. And it was overwhelmingly clear that Donald Trump sitting next to Bukele really…
Read MoreInvesting in influencers – Azure Capital partners Gushcloud in fund to support creators, with up to 12.5% returns
[SINGAPORE] The Azure-Gushcloud Entertainment Finance Fund, launched in February 2025, has successfully reached its initial target of raising S$10 million from investors. The fund promises investors a return of 12.5 per cent per annum in US dollars, or 11 per cent in Singapore dollars. Thereafter, returns are fixed at 7 per cent with an…
Read MoreCapitaLand Ascendas Reit reports positive rental reversions despite dip in occupancy in Q1
[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Clar) reported a growth in portfolio rental reversions of 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, despite occupancy dipping, in a bourse filing on Monday (Apr 28). Across Clar’s portfolio, all geographies saw a fall in occupancy, with a 1.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (qoq) decline in…
Read MoreSats’ WFS opens US$270 million cargo terminal at JFK Airport
[NEW YORK] Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has partnered the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and global investment manager Realterm to open a US$270 million cargo terminal at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in the US. This is the airport’s first new cargo terminal in 30 years, and will help to reduce…
Read MoreSingapore stocks close lower on Monday; STI falls 0.3%
The biggest decliner on the index is UOB, and the top gainer is Yangzijiang Shipbuilding [SINGAPORE] Shares on the Singapore market ended lower on Monday (Apr 28), after the city-state’s central bank sounded a cautious note about the economy’s growth outlook. The Republic’s latest employment report also cast more pessimism, with the government forecasting further…
Read MoreSingapore Savings Bond demand falls short by over S$200 million; 10-year return down at 2.69%
The latest tranche offers a first-year interest rate of 2.49%, declining from 2.73% in April’s issuance [SINGAPORE] The latest Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) tranche allotted on Monday (Apr 28) saw applications fall short of the S$700 million on offer by S$268.5 million, with a total of S$431.5 million applied for. Of this amount, S$400.8 million…
Read MoreSweetgreen’s CEO on Robots, RFK Jr. and Why Salads Are So Expensive
When Jonathan Neman was a student at Georgetown in the mid-2000s, he and some friends wanted to start a restaurant. A fast-food restaurant, but it would be healthy. And cool. The documentary “Super Size Me” had made waves, and “we were going to be rejecting the fast food of the previous generation,” Mr. Neman said.…
Read MoreSingle Travelers Are Finding Love in Airport Lounges
Brittany Romano, 32, was not looking to start her own long-distance rom-com last September when she showed up to JetBlue’s lounge at Kennedy International Airport 10 minutes before her flight was set to board — but she did. That’s where she met Matt Harrington, 35, a schoolteacher from Pasadena, Calif. He had spied her rushing…
Read MoreUS shoppers pay for Trump tariffs on Temu, doubling some prices
Published Mon, Apr 28, 2025 · 04:12 PM [BEIJING] Discount Chinese retail app Temu appears to be passing on nearly all of US President Donald Trump’s new import taxes to US consumers, more than doubling the cost of some products in a move that may add to concern about the inflationary impact of tariffs. Previously…
Read MoreAster Chemicals to bid for Exxon Mobil’s Singapore fuel stations, sources say
Published Mon, Apr 28, 2025 · 03:45 PM [SINGAPORE] Aster Chemicals and Energy, the new operator of the Bukom refining complex, is planning to bid for ExxonMobil’s petrol stations in Singapore, five people with knowledge of the matter said, as the refiner seeks retail fuel sales outlets. The sale of the ExxonMobil retail outlets is…
Read MoreMortgagee listings climb in Q1 as interest rate strains hit market: Knight Frank
[SINGAPORE] Mortgagee listings in Singapore property auctions rose in the first quarter of 2025 as distressed sales due to the last two years of high interest rates have started to enter the market, said a report by property consultancy Knight Frank on Monday (Apr 28). Mortgagee sales made up the majority of auction listings in…
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