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UBS CEO Ermotti underlines his desire for internal successor
The bank is currently putting together the right candidates for the new leadership, he says UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti hopes his successor…
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Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a…
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ASML tops US$500 billion market cap as TSMC plans to spend more
ASML, the world’s biggest maker of equipment used to manufacture computer chips, crossed US$500 billion in market value for the first time…
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Air India warns of possible disruptions to A350 routes after jet suffers engine damage
Air India operates six Airbus A350s on lucrative routes, including between New Delhi and London, New York and Newark Air India warned of…
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Transcript: Mike Johnson’s Gaslighting on ICE Takes Truly Vile Turn
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 15 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Trump Already Gave Us the Blueprint for Abolishing ICE
At the same time, Trump’s campaign has further soured the American public on ICE. A recent Economist/YouGov survey found that 46 percent…
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Authoritarianism Is Climate Policy
The MAHA movement associated with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has always had, shall we say, an above-average…
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Amazingly, the Democrats Have a Shot at a Senate Majority
And in many key states, Democrats have found Senate candidates who are familiar to voters and have been skilled enough to win in these…
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SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 1.9% in December
The group’s two carriers carry around 3.8 million passengers in the period – a new monthly record Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group on…
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Mike Johnson Goes Off Rails in Vile Gaslighting Display on Trump, ICE
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s response to growing ICE violence is really something to behold. In one long, rambling answer, he blamed…
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Co-living operator The Assembly Place offers Catalist IPO at S$0.23 a share
Company will have an estimated market capitalisation of about S$88.1 million post-listing Home-grown co-living operator The Assembly Place…
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Volvo identifies battery fire risk in EX30 Ultra EVs; owners told to limit charging to 70%
Some 143 owners of the Volvo EX30 Ultra electric car in Singapore are being advised not to charge their vehicles beyond 70 per cent due to…
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Nikkei falls from record as tech shares retreat; Topix rises
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell back from a record high on Thursday (Jan 15), as the yen’s rebound weighed on exporters and a red-hot…
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Oil tanker rates spike as US push into Venezuela redraws flows
The global oil industry is working through the consequences of Washington’s move earlier this month The shipping market is being shaken up…
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Woh Hup Engineering JV wins S$326 million LTA contract for Downtown Line extension
The contract includes work for two mainline tunnels and a tunnel link to Gali Batu Depot The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded…
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Lucid set to start manufacturing cars in Saudi Arabia in 2026
The company has also struggled more broadly with profitability and production challenges Lucid Group is on track with plans to start…
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BHP, Rio Tinto are joining forces to boost iron ore pipeline
Miners are trying to balance growth against capital discipline, and are increasingly looking at ways to squeeze efficiencies out of…
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Iran temporarily closes airspace to most flights, forcing airlines to reroute
Iran closed its airspace temporarily to most flights late on Wednesday, forcing airlines to cancel, reroute or delay some flights, amid…
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KKR Asia credit fund draws 75% new investors as decoupling rises
The optimism around Asian private credit runs counter to a broader global pullback KKR raised three-quarters of its US$2.5 billion Asia…
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UOB prices S$850 million perpetual securities at 3%
UOB has priced S$850 million in perpetual capital securities at 3 per cent under its US$30 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme, the…
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Fed survey suggests slight upgrade to US economy
Financial markets expect the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged at its January meeting ECONOMIC activity increased in most parts of the…
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TSMC likely to post fourth-quarter profit leap driven by AI boom
TSMC, the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, is expected to post a 28 per cent jump in fourth-quarter…
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ICE’s Secret Programs to Spy on All of Us Exposed
The brutality Americans are witnessing from Immigration and Customs Enforcement is just the tip of the iceberg: the agency is reportedly…
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Trump, 79, Falls Asleep in Weird Press Conference About Milk
President Trump once again appeared to doze off on camera during a milk legislation signing ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. The…