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Gavin Newsom’s Harsh New Trump Takedown Should Alarm Dems: “Wake Up!”
California Governor Gavin Newsom is breaking through like no other Democrat. This is partly because he’s forging ahead with a state…
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Asia’s US$306 billion of global bond sales are about to go higher
More Asian borrowers are considering bond offerings, extending a stretch of sales that has already jumped to the most since 2021 at US$306…
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Indonesia scraps coal pricing rules after pushback from buyers
Indonesia scrapped rules forcing miners to sell coal and minerals at government-determined levels after buyers pushed back against a…
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India central bank chief says RBI hasn’t ‘lost sight’ of growth
India’s central bank has not “lost sight” of its growth objective, even as price stability remains its primary mandate, governor Sanjay…
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Singtel’s Optus appoints non-executive director John Arthur as new chair
Singtel’s Australian subsidiary Optus has appointed John Arthur, a non-executive director, as its new board chairman with effect from…
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Thailand car production drops in July, local sales up
Car production in Thailand fell for the first time in three months in July as tariff uncertainty hurt export demand, while sales extended…
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Barclays, BNP pivot to September Fed rate cut on Powell’s labour warning
Barclays and BNP Paribas expect the US Federal Reserve to make a 25-basis-point interest rate cut in September, according to notes dated…
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Analysts downgrade SingPost on lack of clarity on strategy and growth post-Australia divestment
OCBC Investment Research and Maybank Securities analysts have downgraded their calls on local postal service provider Singapore Post…
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Oil prices climb after Ukraine attacks hit Russian energy sites
[BEIJING/SINGAPORE] Oil prices edged higher on Monday (Aug 25) after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russia, fanning concerns Russian oil…
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Indonesia urges EU to remove countervailing duty on biodiesel after WTO ruling
Indonesia’s trade ministry on Monday (Aug 25) urged the European Union to immediately remove countervailing duties on biodiesel imports,…
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Mizuho, MUFG join race by Japan’s banks for money manager deals overseas
[LONDON/TOKYO] Japanese banks Mizuho and MUFG are targeting buying or partnering with overseas money managers, they told Reuters, joining…
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Gold slips from two-week peak as US dollar ticks up
Gold prices edged lower on Monday (Aug 25) as the US dollar crept higher, while increased US interest rate cut expectations following a…
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BYD seeks to shift mass market image with souped-up race track
The name BYD is mainly associated with mass market electric vehicles. A manufacturing behemoth that churns out more electric cars than…
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Vietnam billionaire’s taxi firm takes on grab in South-east Asia
Vietnam’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong is looking to disrupt ride-hailing sectors across South-east Asia as his taxi company Green & Smart…
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US Fed’s Jackson Hole exposes hard road ahead for central bankers
The US Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in the Rocky Mountains is usually a time for central bankers and their wonky friends to kick…
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Spotify flags price rises as it introduces new services: FT
Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets one billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday (Aug 24)…
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Stopping Trump’s Dictatorship Is a Vital Message—and a Winning One
But those of us in the anti-Trump camp must do a better job of collectively telling a single story. The Democratic Party should name…
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Singapore-headquartered Mirxes to join Alibaba, Tencent on Hang Seng Composite Index
Home-grown biotech firm Mirxes will join the Hang Seng Composite Index on Sep 8, the startup announced on Saturday (Aug 23). The Hang Seng…
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Hospitality lags while industrial S-Reits defy tariff concerns in H1 results
While the hospitality sector “disappointed” in the latest half-year results for Singapore real estate investment trusts (S-Reits), the…
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Wave of director acquisitions as local rally takes a breather
Over the five trading sessions from Aug 15 to 21, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of…
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Databricks to buy Sequoia-backed Tecton in AI agent push
Databricks will acquire machine learning startup Tecton to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) agent offerings, the latest in a string…
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Goldman’s US$500 million Texas expansion takes shape in Dallas
Goldman Sachs’ US$500 million bet on Texas is poised to put a stamp on the Dallas skyline. The storied investment bank’s new office…
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Alphabet’s Waymo gets first permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City
New York State law requires that a test vehicle operator be present at all times and be ready to assume control of the vehicle while the…
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Starbucks throttles operations at US coffee plants to curb costs
The Starbucks plants that roast and package the company’s coffee beans in the US are cutting two days of weekly production as part of…