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UOB’s Lawrence Goh joins Nets’ board of directors
He has over three decades of international experience in spearheading large-scale transformations for businesses NETWORK for Electronic…
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Godiva’s Turkish owner to sell marinas to focus on core business
YILDIZ Holding, the Turkish conglomerate behind Godiva chocolates and McVitie’s biscuits, will sell its marinas to focus on its core food…
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Koh Brothers Eco unit wins S$313.9 million LTA contract to build bus depot
CATALIST-LISTED engineering solutions provider Koh Brothers Eco Engineering was awarded a S$313.9 million contract by the Land Transport…
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China avoids rate cut to keep ammunition for future pressure
CHINA refrained from cutting the interest rate and drained the most cash since 2014 with a one-year policy tool, keeping its powder dry…
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Taiwan blocks Uber’s US$950 million Foodpanda deal over competition concerns
TAIWAN has blocked Uber Technologies’ US$950 million purchase of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business on the island because of concerns it…
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Bank of Japan expects further progress in hitting 2 per cent inflation target in 2025
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) expects the economy to move closer to sustainably achieving the central bank’s 2 per cent inflation target next…
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Bank of Japan expects further progress in hitting 2% inflation target in 2025
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) expects the economy to move closer to sustainably achieving the central bank’s 2 per cent inflation target next…
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Democracy Is No Bulwark Against Oligarchy
None of the Founders fretted as much about oligarchy as Adams; he was writing about its dangers as early as 1766, and in 1785 he urged…
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10 events that made the headlines in Singapore
From the DBS leadership renewal to the Straits Times Index surging to a 17-year high, these are some events this year that captured…
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The Intolerable Life Cycle of Debt and Death
Yet debt is strangely equal opportunity. One study found that problem debt almost doubled the odds for considering suicide even…
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The Year of the Israeli Settler
Eiland likes to pose as a hardened paratrooper: a no-bullshit blusterer, ignorant of political chicanery, who is merely applying cold…
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Sneak Peek: Valentine’s Day! - Southern Curls & Pearls
The time period after Christmas can be a little bit of a let-down… which is why we quickly switch gears to Valentine’s Day! I love…
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Cromwell E-Reit to rename and rebrand, following completion of 280 million euro manager buyout
CROMWELL European Real Estate Investment Trust (Cromwell E-Reit) will be renamed Stoneweg European Reit from Jan 2, 2025, with…
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SingPost’s proposed A$1b sale of Australian business ‘on track’: buyer Pacific Equity Partners
THE proposed divestment by Singapore Post (SingPost) of its Australian logistics business is not affected by SingPost’s recent firing of…
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ComfortDelGro Zig platform fee to increase between S$0.30 and S$0.50 from Jan 1
FROM Jan 1, 2025, the platform fee on ComfortDelGro’s app Zig will be adjusted by S$0.30 to S$0.50, the land transport giant announced on…
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Gojek, Tada, ComfortDelGro Zig raising platform fees from Jan 1 to cover costs arising from upcoming Platform Workers Act
FROM Jan 1, 2025, the platform fee on ComfortDelGro’s app Zig will be adjusted by S$0.30 to S$0.50, the land transport giant announced on…
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China’s wild markets send Hong Kong derivatives to third record year
FOR a third year in a row, trading of derivatives in Hong Kong has hit a record. More than 377 million futures and options have changed…
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ASML sells ‘Lego’ model of most advanced chip machine to workers
ASML Holding, the Dutch maker of the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines, was selling ‘Lego’ replicas of its most prized product to…
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Microsoft works to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot products: sources
MICROSOFT has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence (AI) models to power its flagship AI product…
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F&N announces changes to its board for 2025
Fraser and Neave (F&N) announced on Tuesday (Dec 24) that its board chairman Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi will retire from office on Jan 16,…
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Stocks to watch: Seatrium, Sembcorp, F&N
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect the trading of their securities on Tuesday (Dec 24): Source link
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US crypto industry eyes possible day-one Trump executive orders
THE cryptocurrency industry is pushing president-elect Donald Trump’s team to kick start his promised crypto policy overhaul when he takes…
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Trump Wants to Bring Back the American Imperium
It may not surprise you that Trump mangled his facts about Panama, overstating by more than 600 percent the number of Americans who died…
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Oil prices ease on surplus concerns, US dollar strength
OIL prices edged lower on Monday (Dec 23) in thin trade ahead of the Christmas holiday on concerns about a supply surplus next year and a…