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Singapore shares bounce back after 6-day losing streak; STI up 1%
Stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rebounded on Monday (Aug 4), snapping a six-day losing streak, even as Asian indices closed mixed.…
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The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic
Uh, no. Here are a few facts and figures, none of which appear in the article. Federal revenue from all sources in recent years has been…
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Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump.
The administration’s claims about being well-equipped to fight fires are selective, at best. Of the estimated 4,000 U.S. Forest Service…
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When Did Republican Women Get to Be So Vile as These Four?
On the main stage, Attorney General Pam Bondi has proven a singularly dutiful and hollow-eyed Trump soldier. (For Manson Family…
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A History of Abortion Undergrounds—and a Guide to Starting One
Here’s what one interaction, quoted in Vessel, a documentary about Women on Waves and Women on Web, looks like: MAY 27, 7:20PM Dear Women…
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GIC takes 25% stake in Spain’s broadband venture
Sovereign wealth fund GIC will take a 25 per cent stake in a fibre optic broadband venture between MasOrange, partly owned by France’s…
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UBS pays US$300 million to settle Credit Suisse mortgage case
Group said it reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice to resolve a legacy Credit Suisse matter related to the former bank’s…
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Trump to name new Fed governor, jobs data head in coming days
US President Donald Trump said that he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new jobs data statistician in the coming days,…
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Vietnam’s VinFast in talks to boost local sourcing as first India plant opens
[THOOTHUKUDI, India] Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast began operations at a new plant in India, its first overseas factory, on…
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Malaysian palm oil firm FGV to be delisted on August 28
Felda settlers own shares in the company but have not seen the returns that they were promised when the company was listed in 2012…
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BlueSG says it will pause its car sharing operations from Aug 8
Car sharing operator BlueSG on Monday (Aug 4) announced that it would pause its car sharing operations as part of a major upgrade to its…
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Asia: Markets fluctuate as traders weigh tariffs, US jobs
Asian markets flitted between gains and losses on Monday as investors continued to digest last week’s tariff blitz by Donald Trump and a…
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Gold succumbs to profit-taking after US jobs data-fuelled rally
Gold prices slipped on Monday (Aug 4) as investors booked profits after a sharp rise in the previous session following…
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United Hampshire US Reit acquires freehold Pennsylvania shopping center for US$16.4 million
The purchase marks the Reit’s third acquisition in Pennsylvania, the manager says United Hampshire US Reit has acquired freehold shopping…
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India hasn’t stopped Russian oil purchases after Trump rebuke
India has not given the country’s oil refiners instructions to stop buying Russian oil, according to sources familiar, days after US…
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South Korea’s SK On aims to best rivals with next-generation batteries
SK Innovation’s battery unit plans to accelerate development of cutting-edge technologies in partnership with US and European carmakers,…
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Boeing defence workers set to strike on Monday in US: union
Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defence industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike…
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The AI race has big tech spending US$344 billion this year
If there’s any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to…
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US dollar tumbles;traders bet on more US rate cuts after weak jobs report
THE greenback dropped on Friday (Aug 1) and was on track for its biggest daily loss against the yen since January 2023 after data showed…
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Wall Street banks lose ground in Europe as tariffs spook clients
AS US President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric against trading partners in Europe, corporates across the continent are taking…
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No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride-hailing services: LTA
The Land Transport Authority on Sunday (Aug 3) said it has “no plan to fully liberalise” point-to-point transportation between Singapore…
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iFast books S$50.3 million net institutional inflow in five sessions
Over the five trading sessions from Jul 25 to 31, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks. The net institutional outflow of…
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As Trump’s tariffs bite, investors should ensure the companies they own have strong fundamentals
It seemed like Groundhog Day again when US President Donald Trump unveiled revised reciprocal tariffs on imports from dozens of countries…
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Trump Wants a Police State—But Even Some Cops Want Something Better
I left daily journalism in 1995 to write a book about racial politics, a matter with which I’d long been engaged, but Mancuso and I have…