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☆ How much 2 basketball TikTokers earned from NIL endorsements during a year at a D2 HBCU
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Brandon and Jayden Beloti are brothers who played basketball for Elizabeth City State University. Each had a few hundred thousand followers on TikTok when new NIL rules kicked in on July 1, 2021. The Beloti brothers played basketball during the 2021-22 season for Elizabeth City State University, a HBCU in Division II of the NCAA. The brothers' TikTok followings helped them easily secure NIL dealsBoth brothers began to balance being creators with their school and basketball lives. The Beloti brothers are now focused on building careers as creators with Zone 6(left to right) Jayden and Brandon Beloti representing Zone 6.

☆ Singapore's mortgage costs are rising — but some buyers are shrugging off higher rates
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Abigail Ng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The rising cost of borrowing is unlikely to have a major impact on Singapore's property market, analysts told CNBC. Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — The rising cost of borrowing is unlikely to have a major impact on Singapore's property market, analysts told CNBC. Singapore's real estate market is backed by wealth, according to Christine Li, head of Asia-Pacific research at Knight Frank. Demand driversHowever, it doesn't mean the residential property market ignores rising rates and looming risks, said Alan Cheong, executive director of research and consultancy at Savills. "However, past trends indicate that our property market is highly resilient and usually rebounds within six months of a cooling measure," she said.

☆ South Africa will allow a Russian oligarch to moor his superyacht in Cape Town as it continues on epic global cruise avoiding Western sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The yacht, owned by sanctioned billionaire Alexei Mordashov, is now headed to Cape Town, South Africa. Nord has now left the city state, and is sailing towards South Africa where it is expected to moor on November 9, Marine Traffic data shows. When it arrives in South Africa, it will be allowed to dock, despite outcry from some in the country. "South Africa has no legal obligation to abide by sanctions imposed by the US and EU," Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said, per the BBC. South Africa was among the 35 countries which abstained from a UN resolution in March which demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.

☆ Singapore plans to reduce peak emissions to 60 mln tonnes CO2 in 2030
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong delivers the Singapore Energy Lecture during the 15th Singapore International Energy Week, in Singapore October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel KuaSINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Singapore plans to reduce its peak carbon emissions target for 2030 to 60 million tonnes of carbon dioxide as the city state strives to achieve net zero by 2050, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday. The country had previously aimed for a reduction to 65 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2030. "This 5 million tonne improvement is significant as it is equivalent to reducing our current transport emissions by two thirds," Wong said at the Singapore International Energy Week conference. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Emily Chow and Florence Tan; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ EU could impose sanctions on Iran in a few days over alleged drone supplies to Russia, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine has blamed Iran for providing Russia with drones, which have been used to attack Kyiv in recent days. The European Union could impose new sanctions on Iran "in a matter of days" following further investigations into whether it helped Russia in its war in Ukraine, two sources told CNBC Tuesday. Ukraine has blamed Tehran for providing Russia with drones, which have been used to attack Kyiv in recent days. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, 28 drones have been used to attack the Ukrainian capital, with five of them contributing to explosions in the city on Monday. The U.S. has also said that Iranian drones were used in attacks in Kyiv on that same day.

☆ Adnan Syed Murder Charges Dropped by Baltimore Prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped the murder charges against Adnan Syed in a case that drew national attention after it was featured on the podcast “Serial.”A spokeswoman for the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday that her officer wouldn’t prosecute Mr. Syed a second time for the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee .

☆ Crypto giant Coinbase gets Singapore licence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Xinghui Kok | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, said it has received approval from Singapore's central bank to offer payment services in the city-state. About 180 crypto companies applied for a crypto payments licence to the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 2020 under a new regime. Besides Coinbase, Crypto.com and DBS Vickers - the brokerage run by Singapore's largest bank DBS (DBSM.SI) - are among those that have received licences. Both coins were developed by Terraform Labs, which was incorporated in Singapore. Terraform Lab's founder Do Kwon is currently wanted by the South Korean police.

☆ Sri Lanka looks to revive free trade deal with Singapore
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on during an interview with Reuters at Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 18, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka LiyanawatteCOLOMBO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will step up efforts to revive a stalled free trade pact with Singapore, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told the city state's premier on Tuesday, his office said in a statement. The free trade pact signed in January 2018 was suspended because of objections from Sri Lankan opposition parties and professional bodies. Sri Lanka proposed more than a dozen amendments in May 2021 but talks have largely stalled. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Shell Aviation President Jan Toschka poses during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) 2022 conference, in Singapore, September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel KuaSINGAPORE, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Global aviation fuel demand is expected to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels of 300 million tonnes per year in the next one to two years, the head of aviation at Shell (SHEL.L) said on Tuesday. SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELShell is considering building two more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants in the United States, as it aims for renewable fuel to account for 10% of its global jet sales by 2030, Toschka said. "We will be having more than 2 million tonnes of SAF annually by 2030," he added. Aviation, accounting for 3% of the world's carbon emissions, is one of the most difficult forms of transportation to decarbonise.

Syed was convicted of killing 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, whose body was found buried in Baltimore’s Leakin Park in 1999. Family attorney Steve Kelly said Lee's survivors do not believe Baltimore prosecutors will opt for another trial. “The family has very little hope at this point, they are not hopeful that anybody will ever face justice for Hae’s murder,” Kelly said Tuesday. Mosby's hedged comments belie court action moments earlier when her own prosecutor eviscerated the state's successful murder case against Syed. In her arguments in court Monday, prosecutor Becky Feldman attacked virtually every crucial point of the state's case against Syed.

BALTIMORE — A judge on Monday vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, years after the hit podcast “Serial” chronicled his case and cast doubt on his role in the slaying of former girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Trial prosecutors did not properly turn over evidence to defense lawyers that could have helped them show someone else killed Lee, Phinn said. Judge Phinn gave the state 30 days to decide whether to seek a new trial or potentially stop the case. "I was kind of blindsided," Lee told the court. After Syed, now 42, was sentenced to life behind bars in 2000, his case gained national notoriety from the 2014 podcast "Serial."

One of the best perks that comes with The Platinum Card® from American Express is that you can access a ton of airport lounges. This morning, American Express announced another new expansion of one of the Platinum Card's best perks. While the Platinum Card has a higher fee than most credit cards — $695 — it also comes with rewards, perks, and benefits that more than outweigh that fee. The Centurion Lounges are only accessible to Platinum Card cardholders (and people with the invitation-only "Black" card). In addition to the Centurion Lounges, American Express operates eleven "International American Express Lounges" at foreign airports including in Mumbai, Delhi, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Sydney, and, most recently announced, Melbourne.

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